DATE: 09 December 2020

SPEAKER: Joseph Hyde

TITLE: A Pósa-type degree sequence result for perfect matchings in 3-graphs

ABSTRACT: The study of asymptotic minimum degree thresholds that force
matchings and tilings in hypergraphs is a lively area of research in
combinatorics. A key breakthrough in this area was a result of H\`{a}n, Person
and Schacht who proved that the asymptotic minimum vertex degree threshold for
a perfect matching in an $n$-vertex $3$-graph is
$\left(\frac{5}{9}+o(1)\right)\binom{n}{2}$. In this talk we present an
improvement of this result, giving a family of degree sequence results, all of
which imply the result of H\`{a}n, Person and Schacht, and additionally allow
one third of the vertices to have degree $\frac{1}{9}\binom{n}{2}$ below this
threshold. Furthermore, we show that this result is, in some sense, tight.
Joint work with Candida Bowtell.