English

Tree suspensions and transfer functions for single degree Turán spectra

Combinatorics 2026-07-07 v1

Abstract

For integers 1<k1\le \ell<k, let Πk\Pi^k_\ell denote the single-forbidden \ell-degree Tur\'an spectrum of kk-uniform hypergraphs. We introduce transfer functions for this spectrum: explicit functions ff such that, for every FF, there is another single kk-graph FF^* with π(F)=f(π(F))\pi_\ell(F^*)=f(\pi_\ell(F)). This gives a mechanism for producing new single-forbidden densities while retaining full control of the resulting value. Our transfer functions are realized by a new family of suspension-type operations, called tree suspensions. From these operations we obtain three explicit maps: one acting on Πk\Pi^k_\ell for every 1<k1\le\ell<k, a second acting when k/2\ell\ge k/2, and a third acting in the ordinary Tur\'an case =1\ell=1. The common feature is a robust tree structure which gives the lower bound by a two-part construction and, in the regimes above, admits a matching embedding or Lagrangian upper bound. As a first application, the universal transfer function propagates accumulation points. Using the recent zero-accumulation results for 2\ell\ge2 together with the ordinary Tur\'an accumulation result of Conlon and Sch\"ulke, we prove that Πk\Pi^k_\ell has infinitely many accumulation points for every k3k\ge3 and every 1<k1\le\ell<k. This recovers, in particular, the known infinitude of accumulation points in the ordinary and codegree spectra. As a second application, combining two independent transfer functions forces algebraic degrees to grow. For every k3k\ge3 and every {1,k/2,,k2}\ell\in\{1,\lceil k/2\rceil,\ldots,k-2\}, the spectrum Πk\Pi^k_\ell contains algebraic numbers of arbitrarily large degree over Q\mathbb Q. Thus the arithmetic complexity previously known for finite forbidden families already occurs in the single-forbidden spectrum, both for ordinary Tur\'an density and for a broad range of degree Tur\'an densities.

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@article{arxiv.2607.06518,
  title  = {Tree suspensions and transfer functions for single degree Turán spectra},
  author = {Jiangdong Ai and Laihao Ding and Hong Liu and Haotian Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06518},
  year   = {2026}
}