# we-solve research prompt: Math-1556, Exact deficit identity for recursive tight-cycle constructions

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/exact-deficit-identity-for-recursive-tight-cycle-constructions/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 20001028; source catalogue code AIM-COMBINATORICS-0153
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\section*{Exact deficit identity for recursive tight-cycle constructions}\label{20001028}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20001028 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0153 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
The tight $3$-uniform five-cycle $C_5^{(3)}$ has vertices $1,\ldots,5$
and the five edges
\[
                 123,\quad234,\quad345,\quad451,\quad512.
\]
Each edge consists of three consecutive vertices in the cyclic order;
the notation suppresses braces. A simple triple system $H$ is
$C_5^{(3)}$-free if no injective map from these five vertices takes
all five displayed edges to edges of $H$. Additional triples among
those vertices are permitted in a copy, so the condition is not
induced freeness.
Define $\operatorname{ex}(n,C_5^{(3)})$ as the largest edge count of
such a free hypergraph on $n$ vertices and write
\[
 \pi(C_5^{(3)})=\lim_{n\to\infty}
       \frac{\operatorname{ex}(n,C_5^{(3)})}{\binom n3}.
\]
The limit exists, and the conjectured value is $2\sqrt3-3$.

Thus the upper-bound target is: for every $\varepsilon>0$, all
sufficiently large triple systems with density above
$2\sqrt3-3+\varepsilon$ contain the five-cycle. The proposed lower
density comes from recursively dividing a vertex set into parts
$A,B$, taking all triples with exactly two vertices in $A$ and one
in $B$, and applying the same construction inside $B$.
The problem asks whether the optimal limiting density is already
achieved by this type of construction. The forbidden object has all
five cyclic edges; deleting an edge would give a different extremal
problem and a different target.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Determine whether the tight five-cycle has triple-system Turán density exactly two square roots of three minus three.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20001028 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0153), 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 33.1. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0153.
\url{http://aimpl.org/hypergraphturan/3/}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0153

## 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-20001028
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)
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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)