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A note on the minimum size of Tur\'{a}n systems

Combinatorics 2025-02-04 v2

Abstract

For positive integers ns>rn \ge s > r, a \emph{Tur\'{a}n (n,s,r)(n,s,r)-system} is an nn-vertex rr-graph in which every set of ss vertices contains at least one edge. Let T(n,s,r)T(n,s,r) denote the the minimum size of a Tur\'{a}n (n,s,r)(n,s,r)-system. Upper bounds on T(n,s,r)T(n,s,r) were established by Sidorenko~\cite{Sid97} for the case sr=Ω(r/lnr)s-r = \Omega(r/\ln r) (based on a construction of Frankl--R\"{o}dl~\cite{FR85}) and by a number of authors in the case sr=O(1)s-r = O(1). In this note, we establish upper bounds in the remaining range O(1)<sr=O(r/lnr)O(1)<s-r = O(r/\ln r).

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@article{arxiv.2501.15457,
  title  = {A note on the minimum size of Tur\'{a}n systems},
  author = {Xizhi Liu and Oleg Pikhurko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.15457},
  year   = {2025}
}

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