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Lower bounds for Turán's problem

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Turán's problem is to determine the maximum numberT(n,k,t) oft-element subsets of ann-set without a complete sub-hypergraph onk vertices, i.e., allt-subsets of ak-set. It is proved that fora≥1 fixed andt sufficiently largeT(n, t+a,t)>(1-a(a+4+o(1))logt/( t a )( n t holds

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Frankl, P., Rödl, V. Lower bounds for Turán's problem. Graphs and Combinatorics 1, 213–216 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02582949

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