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Positive co-degree densities and jumps

Combinatorics 2026-02-17 v1

Abstract

The minimum positive co-degree of a nonempty rr-graph HH, denoted by δr1+(H)\delta_{r-1}^+(H), is the largest integer kk such that for every (r1)(r-1)-set SV(H)S \subset V(H), if SS is contained in a hyperedge of HH, then SS is contained in at least kk hyperedges of HH. Given a family F\mathcal{F} of rr-graphs, the positive co-degree Tur\'an function co+ex(n,F)\mathrm{co^+ex}(n,\mathcal{F}) is the maximum of δr1+(H)\delta_{r-1}^+(H) over all nn-vertex rr-graphs HH containing no member of F\mathcal{F}. The positive co-degree density of F\mathcal{F} is γ+(F)=limnco+ex(n,F)n.\gamma^+(\mathcal{F}) = \underset{n \rightarrow \infty}{\lim} \frac{\mathrm{co^+ex}(n,\mathcal{F})}{n}. While the existence of γ+(F)\gamma^+(\mathcal{F}) is proved for all families F\mathcal{F}, only few positive co-degree densities are known exactly. For a fixed r2r \geq 2, we call α[0,1]\alpha \in [0,1] an achievable value if there exists a family of rr-graphs F\mathcal{F} with γ+(F)=α\gamma^+(\mathcal{F}) = \alpha, and call α\alpha a jump if for some δ>0\delta > 0, there is no family F\mathcal{F} with γ+(F)(α,α+δ)\gamma^+(\mathcal{F}) \in (\alpha, \alpha + \delta). Halfpap, Lemons, and Palmer showed that every α[0,1r)\alpha \in [0, \frac{1}{r}) is a jump. We extend this result by showing that every α[0,22r1)\alpha \in [0, \frac{2}{2r -1}) is a jump. We also show that for r=3r = 3, the set of achievable values is infinite, more precisely, k22k3\frac{k-2}{2k-3} for every k4k \geq 4 is achievable. Finally, we determine two additional achievable values for r=3r=3 using flag algebra calculations.

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@article{arxiv.2412.08597,
  title  = {Positive co-degree densities and jumps},
  author = {József Balogh and Anastasia Halfpap and Bernard Lidický and Cory Palmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.08597},
  year   = {2026}
}

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30 pages, 11 figures