Newman–Pavelka sphere exponent conjecture

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Let d≥3d\geq 3, let Sd\mathbb S^d be the dd-dimensional sphere, and let ex⁡hom⁡(n,Sd)\operatorname{ex}_{\hom}(n,\mathbb S^d) denote its topological Turán number. Newman–Pavelka sphere exponent conjecture. It holds that

ex⁡hom⁡(n,Sd)=O(nd+1−(d+1)/(2d+1−2)).\operatorname{ex}_{\hom}(n,\mathbb S^d)=O\left(n^{d+1-(d+1)/(2^{d+1}-2)}\right).

This would improve the known Cauchy–Schwarz upper bound O(nd+1−21−d)O(n^{d+1-2^{1-d}}). The source notes that the conjectured exponent is tight for several structured families of triangulations, while the general case remains open.

References

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Maya Sankar, “An Improved Turán Exponent for 2-Complexes”, arXiv:2408.09029 (2026).

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