Linear-range low-degree conjecture for t-intersecting hypergraphs

Let [n]={1,2,,n}[n]=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}, and let F([n]k)\mathcal{F}\subset \binom{[n]}{k} be a tt-intersecting family, meaning that any two members of F\mathcal{F} have intersection of size at least tt. Let dk+2(F)d_{k+2}(\mathcal{F}) denote the (k+2)(k+2)nd largest vertex degree in F\mathcal{F}.

Linear-range low-degree conjecture. There is an absolute constant cc such that, whenever ncktn\geq ckt,

dk+2(F)(nt1kt1).d_{k+2}(\mathcal{F})\leq \binom{n-t-1}{k-t-1}.

The paper proves a related bound for n(t+22)k2n\geq \binom{t+2}{2}k^2, with at least nk1n-k-1 vertices meeting the corresponding degree threshold. This stronger conjecture predicts the same type of control in the linear range ncktn\geq ckt.

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Peter Frankl and Jian Wang, “On the largest degrees in intersecting hypergraphs”, arXiv:2511.15508 (2025).

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