The jump threshold conjecture for 3-uniform hypergraphs

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For a 33-uniform hypergraph, a number θ\theta is called a jump if there exists β<θ\beta<\theta such that every sufficiently large 33-uniform hypergraph with edge density at least θ\theta contains a subhypergraph of positive density whose edge density is at least θ\theta; otherwise, θ\theta is a non-jump.

Jump threshold conjecture. All numbers in [0,4/9)[0,4/9) are jumps and all numbers in [4/9,1)[4/9,1) are non-jumps.

This conjecture would determine the complete jump spectrum for 33-uniform hypergraphs. In particular, together with the theorem that 4/94/9 is a non-jump, it would imply that 4/94/9 is the exact threshold between jumps and non-jumps and would resolve Erdős's question about whether 2/92/9 is a jump.

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Xizhi Liu and Dhruv Mubayi, “The number 4/9 is a non-jump for 3-graphs”, arXiv:2605.13567 (2026).

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