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On Turán’s $$(3,4)$$-problem with forbidden subgraphs. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1310.05126
Math. Notes 95, No. 2, 245-252 (2014); translation from Mat. Zametki 95, No. 2, 271-281 (2014).
Summary: We identify three 3-graphs on five vertices that are missing in all known extremal configurations for Turán’s $$(3,4)$$-problem and prove Turán’s conjecture for 3-graphs that are additionally known not to contain any induced copies of these 3-graphs. Our argument is based on an (apparently) new technique of “indirect interpretation” that allows us to retrieve additional structure from hypothetical counterexamples to Turán’s conjecture, but in rather loose and limited sense. We also include two miscellaneous calculations in flag algebras that prove similar results about some other additional forbidden subgraphs.

##### MSC:
 05C35 Extremal problems in graph theory 05C65 Hypergraphs
Flagmatic
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