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Saturation in Random Hypergraphs

Combinatorics 2026-01-14 v2 Probability

Abstract

Let KnrK^r_n be the complete rr-uniform hypergraph on nn vertices, that is, the hypergraph whose vertex set is [n]:={1,2,...,n}[n]:=\{1,2,...,n\} and whose edge set is ([n]r)\binom{[n]}{r}. We form Gr(n,p)G^r(n,p) by retaining each edge of KnrK^r_n independently with probability pp. An rr-uniform hypergraph HGH\subseteq G is FF-saturated if HH does not contain any copy of FF, but any missing edge of HH in GG creates a copy of FF. Furthermore, we say that HH is weakly FF-saturated in GG if HH does not contain any copy of FF, but the missing edges of HH in GG can be added back one-by-one, in some order, such that every edge creates a new copy of FF. The smallest number of edges in an FF-saturated hypergraph in GG is denoted by sat(G,F)sat(G,F), and in a weakly FF-saturated hypergraph in GG by wsat(G,F)wsat(G,F). In 2017, Kor\'andi and Sudakov initiated the study of saturation in random graphs, showing that for constant pp, with high probability sat(G(n,p),Ks)=(1+o(1))nlog11pnsat(G(n,p),K_s)=(1+o(1))n\log_{\frac{1}{1-p}}n, and wsat(G(n,p),Ks)=wsat(Kn,Ks)wsat(G(n,p),K_s)=wsat(K_n,K_s). Generalising their results, in this paper, we solve the suturation problem for random hypergraphs for every 2r<s2\le r < s and constant pp.

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@article{arxiv.2405.03061,
  title  = {Saturation in Random Hypergraphs},
  author = {Sahar Diskin and Ilay Hoshen and Dániel Korándi and Benny Sudakov and Maksim Zhukovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.03061},
  year   = {2026}
}