Hypergraph Ramsey numbers with quasipolynomial growth rate

Abstract

For a 3-uniform hypergraph (3-graph) $F$, let $r(F,n)$ be the smallest $N$ such that any $N$-vertex $F$-free 3-graph has an independent set of size $n$. We construct a $3$-graph $H_2$ with six vertices and five edges such that $r(H_2,n)=n^{\hat{I}˜(\log n)}$, and a more general family of $3$-graphs $F$ for which $r(F,n)=n^{{\log }^{\hat{I}˜(1)}(n)}$. These are the first examples of such Ramsey number known to be neither polynomial nor exponential.

9 pages, 4 figures. Comments are welcome!