An extension of Mantel's theorem to random 4-uniform hypergraphs (1411.3504v1)

Abstract: A sparse version of Mantel's Theorem is that, for sufficiently large $p$, with high probability (w.h.p.), every maximum triangle-free subgraph of $G(n,p)$ is bipartite. DeMarco and Kahn proved this for $p>K \sqrt{\log n/n}$ for some constant $K$, and apart from the value of the constant, this bound is the best possible. Denote by $T_3$ the 3-uniform hypergraph with vertex set ${a,b,c,d,e}$ and edge set ${abc,ade,bde}$. Frankl and F\"uredi showed that the maximum 3-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices containing no copy of $T_3$ is tripartite for $n> 3000$. For some integer $k$, let $G^k(n,p)$ be the random $k$-uniform hypergraph. Balogh et al. proved that for $p>K \log n/n$ for some constant $K$, every maximum $T_3$-free subhypergraph of $G^3(n,p)$ w.h.p. is tripartite and it does not hold when $p=0.1 \sqrt{\log n}/n$. Denote by $T_4$ the 4-uniform hypergraph with vertex set ${1,2,3,4,5,6,7}$ and edge set ${1234,1235,4567}$. Pikhurko proved that there is an $n_0$ such that for all $n\ge n_0$, the maximum 4-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices containing no copy of $T_4$ is 4-partite. In this paper, we extend this type of extremal problem in random 4-uniform hypergraphs. We show that for some constant $K$ and $p>K \log n/n$, w.h.p. every maximum $T_4$-free subhypergraph of $G^4(n,p)$ is 4-partite.