A Jump in the Codegree Turán Densities of Long Tight Cycles

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Main Authors: Balogh, József, Luo, Haoran, Sankar, Maya
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author Balogh, József
Luo, Haoran
Sankar, Maya
author_facet Balogh, József
Luo, Haoran
Sankar, Maya
contents We study the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$, the $r$-uniform hypergraph tight cycle of length $\ell$. A result of Han, Lo, and Sanhueza-Matamala states that if $\ell$ is sufficiently large and $r/\gcd(r,\ell)$ is even, then the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$ is $1/2$. We prove that whenever the latter assumption is not satisfied, there is a significant drop in the codegree Turán density. That is, if $\ell$ is sufficiently large and $r/\gcd(r,\ell)$ is odd, then the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$ can be at most $1/3$. Moreover, this bound is tight for infinitely many uniformities $r$ and all sufficiently large $\ell$ in the corresponding residue classes modulo $r$. Our proof makes use of a group-theoretic connection between Turán-type theorems for tight cycles and ``oriented colorings'' of the edge set of a hypergraph.
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spellingShingle A Jump in the Codegree Turán Densities of Long Tight Cycles
Balogh, József
Luo, Haoran
Sankar, Maya
Combinatorics
05C35, 05C65
We study the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$, the $r$-uniform hypergraph tight cycle of length $\ell$. A result of Han, Lo, and Sanhueza-Matamala states that if $\ell$ is sufficiently large and $r/\gcd(r,\ell)$ is even, then the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$ is $1/2$. We prove that whenever the latter assumption is not satisfied, there is a significant drop in the codegree Turán density. That is, if $\ell$ is sufficiently large and $r/\gcd(r,\ell)$ is odd, then the codegree Turán density of $\mathcal{C}_\ell^r$ can be at most $1/3$. Moreover, this bound is tight for infinitely many uniformities $r$ and all sufficiently large $\ell$ in the corresponding residue classes modulo $r$. Our proof makes use of a group-theoretic connection between Turán-type theorems for tight cycles and ``oriented colorings'' of the edge set of a hypergraph.
title A Jump in the Codegree Turán Densities of Long Tight Cycles
topic Combinatorics
05C35, 05C65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18398