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An exact Tur\'an result for tripartite 3-graphs

Combinatorics 2015-04-30 v1

Abstract

Mantel's theorem says that among all triangle-free graphs of a given order the balanced complete bipartite graph is the unique graph of maximum size. We prove an analogue of this result for 3-graphs. Let K4={123,124,134}K_4^-=\{123,124,134\}, F6={123,124,345,156}F_6=\{123,124,345,156\} and F={K4,F6}\mathcal{F}=\{K_4^-,F_6\}: for n5n\neq 5 the unique F\mathcal{F}-free 3-graph of order nn and maximum size is the balanced complete tripartite 3-graph S3(n)S_3(n) (for n=5n=5 it is C5(3)={123,234,345,145,125}C_5^{(3)}=\{123,234,345,145,125\}). This extends an old result of Bollob\'as that S3(n)S_3(n) is the unique 3-graph of maximum size with no copy of K4={123,124,134}K_4^-=\{123,124,134\} or F5={123,124,345}F_5=\{123,124,345\}.

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@article{arxiv.1504.07796,
  title  = {An exact Tur\'an result for tripartite 3-graphs},
  author = {Adam Sanitt and John Talbot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.07796},
  year   = {2015}
}

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