Lee's conjecture that the fractional Steiner triple system threshold is 2/32/3

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Let θSTS⁡\theta_{\operatorname{STS}} denote the minimum codegree threshold for Steiner triple systems, and let θSTS⁡∗\theta_{\operatorname{STS}}^* denote the corresponding fractional threshold. Lee's conjecture.

θSTS⁡∗=23.\theta_{\operatorname{STS}}^*=\frac{2}{3}.

The paper notes that this value would be strictly smaller than the ordinary threshold and would imply a substantial strengthening of the known bounds; it remains open.

References

Primary source

Michael Zheng, “Codegree conditions for (fractional) Steiner triple systems”, arXiv:2411.07981 (2026).

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