KST-type lower-bound conjecture from Sidorenko exponents

Let r2r\geq 2 be an integer and let FF be an (r1)(r-1)-graph. Let F(t)F(t) denote the rr-uniform hypergraph obtained by adjoining a new vertex to every edge of FF, and let ex(n,H)\operatorname{ex}(n,H) denote the nn-vertex extremal number of HH. Let s(F)s(F) be the Sidorenko exponent of FF. KST-type lower-bound conjecture. There exists a positive integer CFC_F such that, for all t>CFt>C_F,

ex(n,F(t))ΩF(nr1s(F)).\operatorname{ex}(n,F(t))\geq\Omega_F\left(n^{r-\frac{1}{s(F)}}\right).

The conjecture asserts that the paper's general upper bound for these extremal numbers is best possible for sufficiently large tt. It extends known lower-bound results for complete multipartite hypergraphs, but the general statement remains open.

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Hyunwoo Lee, “On Sidorenko exponents of hypergraphs”, arXiv:2509.08680 (2025).

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