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Tur\'{a}n Problems for Vertex-disjoint Cliques in Multi-partite Hypergraphs

Combinatorics 2020-11-04 v3

Abstract

For two ss-uniform hypergraphs HH and FF, the Tur\'{a}n number exs(H,F)ex_s(H,F) is the maximum number of edges in an FF-free subgraph of HH. Let s,r,k,n1,,nrs, r, k, n_1, \ldots, n_r be integers satisfying 2sr2\leq s\leq r and n1n2nrn_1\leq n_2\leq \cdots\leq n_r. De Silva, Heysse and Young determined ex2(Kn1,,nr,kK2)ex_2(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r}, kK_2) and De Silva, Heysse, Kapilow, Schenfisch and Young determined ex2(Kn1,,nr,kKr)ex_2(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r},kK_r). In this paper, as a generalization of these results, we consider three Tur\'{a}n-type problems for kk disjoint cliques in rr-partite ss-uniform hypergraphs. First, we consider a multi-partite version of the Erd\H{o}s matching conjecture and determine exs(Kn1,,nr(s),kKs(s))ex_s(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r}^{(s)},kK_s^{(s)}) for n1s3k2+srn_1\geq s^3k^2+sr. Then, using a probabilistic argument, we determine exs(Kn1,,nr(s),kKr(s))ex_s(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r}^{(s)},kK_r^{(s)}) for all n1kn_1\geq k. Recently, Alon and Shikhelman determined asymptotically, for all FF, the generalized Tur\'{a}n number ex2(Kn,Ks,F)ex_2(K_n,K_s,F), which is the maximum number of copies of KsK_s in an FF-free graph on nn vertices. Here we determine ex2(Kn1,,nr,Ks,kKr)ex_2(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r}, K_s, kK_r) with n1kn_1\geq k and n3==nrn_3=\cdots=n_r. Utilizing a result on rainbow matchings due to Glebov, Sudakov and Szab\'{o}, we determine ex2(Kn1,,nr,Ks,kKr)ex_2(K_{n_1, \ldots, n_r}, K_s, kK_r) for all n1,,nrn_1, \ldots, n_r with n4rr(k1)k2r2n_4\geq r^r(k-1)k^{2r-2}.

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@article{arxiv.1908.05983,
  title  = {Tur\'{a}n Problems for Vertex-disjoint Cliques in Multi-partite Hypergraphs},
  author = {Erica L. L. Liu and Jian Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.05983},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

After the paper appeared in Discrete Mathematics, we are informed that a much stronger form of Theorems 1.1 and 1.3 have already been proved by Frankl in 2012, where a beautiful proof is given via Katona's Cyclic Permutation Method. Please see "P. Frankl, Disjoint edges in separated hypergraphs, Moscow Journal of Combinatorics and Number Theory 2012, vol.2, iss. 4, pp 19-26."

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