Short Proof of Erd\H os Conjecture for Triple Systems

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Abstract

In 1965 Erd\H os conjectured that for all k≥2k\ge2, s≥1s\ge1 and n≥k(s+1)n\ge k(s+1), an nn-vertex kk-uniform hypergraph $\F$ with $ν(\F)=s$ cannot have more than \newline max⁡{(sk+k−1k),  (nk)−(n−sk)}\max\{\binom{sk+k-1}k,\;\binom nk-\binom{n-s}k\} edges. It took almost fifty years to prove it for triple systems. In 2012 we proved the conjecture for all ss and all n≥4(s+1)n\ge4(s+1). Then Łuczak and Mieczkowska (2013) proved the conjecture for sufficiently large ss and all nn. Soon after, Frankl proved it for all ss. Here we present a simpler version of that proof which yields Erd\H os's conjecture for s≥33s\ge33. Our motivation is to lay down foundations for a possible proof in the much harder case k=4k=4, at least for large ss.

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