On Possible Turan Densities
Combinatorics
2013-04-22 v3
Abstract
The Tur\'an density \pi(H) of a family H of k-graphs is the limit as n tends to infinity of the maximum edge density of an H-free k-graph on n vertices. Let I^k consist of all possible Tur\'an densities and let F^k be the set of Tur\'an densities of finite k-graph families. Here we prove that F^k contains every density obtained from an arbitrary finite construction by optimally blowing it up and using recursion inside the specified set of parts. As an application, we show that F^k contains an irrational number for each k\ge 3. Also, we show that I^k has cardinality of the continuum. In particular, I^k is not equal to F^k.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.4423,
title = {On Possible Turan Densities},
author = {Oleg Pikhurko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4423},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
32 pages; v3: extra details and explanations added; accepted by Israel J Math