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Lagrangian densities of hypergraph cycles

Combinatorics 2018-11-01 v1

Abstract

The Lagrangian density of an rr-uniform hypergraph FF is r!r! multiplying the supremum of the Lagrangians of all FF-free rr-uniform hypergraphs. For an rr-graph HH with tt vertices, it is clear that πλ(H)r!λ(Kt1r)\pi_{\lambda}(H)\ge r!\lambda{(K_{t-1}^r)}. We say that an rr-unform hypergraph HH with tt vertices is perfect if πλ(H)=r!λ(Kt1r)\pi_{\lambda}(H)= r!\lambda{(K_{t-1}^r)}. A theorem of Motzkin-Straus implies that all 22-uniform graphs are perfect. It is interesting to explore what kind of hypergraphs are perfect. A hypergraph is linear if any 2 edges have at most 1 vertex in common. We propose the following conjecture: (1) For r3r\ge 3, there exists nn such that a linear rr-unofrm hypergraph with at least nn vertices is perfect. (2) For r3r\ge 3, there exists nn such that if G,HG, H are perfect rr-uniform hypergraphs with at least nn vertices, then GHG\bigsqcup H is perfect. Regarding this conjecture, we obtain a partial result: Let S2,t={123,124,125,126,...,12(t+2)}S_{2,t}=\{123,124,125,126,...,12(t+2)\}. (An earlier result of Sidorenko states that S2,tS_{2,t} is perfect \cite{Sidorenko-89}.) Let HH be a perfect 33-graph with ss vertices. Then F=S2,tHF=S_{2,t}\bigsqcup H is perfect if s3s\geq 3 and t3t\geq 3.

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@article{arxiv.1810.13077,
  title  = {Lagrangian densities of hypergraph cycles},
  author = {Yuejian Peng and Zilong Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.13077},
  year   = {2018}
}
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