Subquadratic bound for higher interval chromatic number

Determine whether, for fixed positive integers d and χ, there exists ε=ε(d,χ)>0 such that every n-vertex ordered 3-uniform hypergraph H^< with maximum degree d and interval chromatic number χ satisfies R_<(H^<)≤2^{O(n^{2-ε})}.

Background

A subquadratic-exponent upper bound is known for ordered 3-uniform hypergraphs of bounded maximum degree and interval chromatic number 3. The problem asks whether this phenomenon extends to every fixed interval chromatic number.

References

Another interesting problem is to extend the upper bound with subquadratic exponent from Theorem~\ref{thm-ordRamHyper-3UnifMaxDegIntChr} to ordered $3$-uniform hypergraphs with bounded maximum degree and fixed interval chromatic number that is larger than $3$.

Let $d$ and $\chi$ be fixed positive integers. Is there an $\varepsilon = \varepsilon(d,\chi)>0$ such that, for every ordered $3$-uniform hypergraph $H<$ on $n$ vertices with maximum degree $d$ and with interval chromatic number $\chi$, we have \R_<(H<) \leq 2{O(n{2-\varepsilon})}?\

A Survey on Ordered Ramsey Numbers  (2502.02155 - Balko, 4 Feb 2025) in Problem following Theorem (thm-ordRamHyper-3UnifMaxDegIntChr), Section 3.3

Is there an $\varepsilon = \varepsilon(d,\chi)>0$ such that, for every ordered $3$-uniform hypergraph $H<$ on $n$ vertices with maximum degree $d$ and with interval chromatic number $\chi$, we have R_<(H<) \leq 2{O(n{2-\varepsilon})}?

A Survey on Ordered Ramsey Numbers  (2502.02155 - Balko, 4 Feb 2025) in Section 3, subsection “Bounded degrees and interval chromatic number”