The multiplicative conjecture for star-pattern intervals

Let sZ4s\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 4}, and let G=G(a)G=G^{(a)} be any graph pattern in the statement, with ambient edge multiplicity a=2a=2. Multiplicative conjecture. If

Σs(K1,4)q<min(Σs(K1,7),Σs(K1,)),\Sigma_s(K_{1,4})\leq q<\min\left(\Sigma_s(K_{1,7}),\Sigma_s(K_{1,\infty})\right),

then

exΠ(s,q)=eπPetersen.\operatorname{ex}_\Pi(s,q)=e^{\pi_{\operatorname{Petersen}}}.

For all k7k\geq 7, if

Σs(K1,k)q<min(Σs(K1,k+1),Σs(K1,)),\Sigma_s(K_{1,k})\leq q<\min\left(\Sigma_s(K_{1,k+1}),\Sigma_s(K_{1,\infty})\right),

then

exΠ(s,q)=eπK1,k.\operatorname{ex}_\Pi(s,q)=e^{\pi_{K_{1,k}}}.

Finally, at q=Σs(K1,)q=\Sigma_s(K_{1,\infty}),

exΠ(s,q)=eπK1,.\operatorname{ex}_\Pi(s,q)=e^{\pi_{K_{1,\infty}}}.

The conjecture proposes the multiplicative extremal values on the remaining star-pattern intervals for ambient multiplicity 22. The paper gives corresponding extremal constructions, but the full assertions are presented as tentative conjectures.

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Victor Falgas-Ravry, Adva Mond, Rik Sarkar and Victor Souza, “On problems in extremal multigraph theory”, arXiv:2505.14281 (2025).

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