# we-solve research prompt: Math-1554, Unique balance and a codegree-variance obstruction for the tetrahedron conjecture

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/unique-balance-and-a-codegree-variance-obstruction-for-the-tetrahedron-conjecture/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 20001021; source catalogue code AIM-COMBINATORICS-0146
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\section*{Unique balance and a codegree-variance obstruction for the tetrahedron conjecture}\label{20001021}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20001021 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0146 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
A simple $3$-uniform hypergraph $H$ on $n$ vertices has an edge set
$E(H)\subseteq\binom{V(H)}3$. The tetrahedron $K_4^{(3)}$ consists
of all four triples on four vertices. A copy in $H$ means four distinct
vertices whose four triples all belong to $E(H)$.
Let $\operatorname{ex}(n,K_4^{(3)})$ be the maximum number of edges
in a tetrahedron-free $3$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices. Its
Tur\'an density is
\[
 \pi(K_4^{(3)})=\lim_{n\to\infty}
       \frac{\operatorname{ex}(n,K_4^{(3)})}{\binom n3}.
\]
The limit exists by the usual averaging monotonicity of normalized
extremal densities. The conjecture asks whether this limit is $5/9$.

In upper-bound form, for every $\varepsilon>0$ and all sufficiently
large $n$, every $3$-uniform hypergraph with more than
$(5/9+\varepsilon)\binom n3$ edges should contain a tetrahedron.
The candidate density has a concrete interpretation: partition the
vertices into three nearly equal parts $A,B,C$; include triples meeting
all three parts, and triples of types $AAB$, $BBC$, and $CCA$.
This construction is tetrahedron-free and has density tending to $5/9$.
The problem is whether any construction can have a larger limiting
density. The forbidden copy is an ordinary subhypergraph, with no
induced-copy convention or restrictions on vertex degrees.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Is five ninths the maximum limiting edge density of a tetrahedron-free triple system?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20001021 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0146), AIM Workshop Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] American Institute of Mathematics, Hypergraph Turan problem, item 11.1. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0146.
\url{http://aimpl.org/hypergraphturan/1/}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0146

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-20001021
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)