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The weak-norming bound for the chain hypergraph (Lemma 3.3)

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SidB.weakly_norming_bound

by Lucas · Oct 21, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

chain-hypergraphsreflection-groupsweak-norming

Lemma 3.3 of the paper: the weak-norming step of the proof of Theorem 3.1. The (r+1)-graph H_alpha is weakly norming; in particular, for every (r+1)-graphon W_alpha, the homomorphism density of the [r]-chain core G_alpha under the weight vector q, raised to the power C(m,r), is at most the homomorphism density of H_alpha under the same weight vector: t_{G_alpha}(W_alpha) ^ C(m,r) <= t_{H_alpha}(W_alpha). The hypergraph H_alpha decomposes into C(m,r) edge-disjoint copies of G_alpha, one for each r-subset F of [m], intersecting only in the anchor part; the weak-norming property of the reflection hypergraph G_alpha turns the product of the per-F densities into the power of the single density. The reflection-group construction behind the weak-norming property, from the authors' earlier work with Hatami's theory, is the proposed work of this milestone.

Formalization Note The weak-norming property itself is the external ingredient here; the decomposition and the exponent C(m,r) are visible in the two chain hypergraphs of the hypergraph layer (gAlpha as the core, hAlpha as the full chain hypergraph).

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_SidB_graph
import Definitions.Def_SidB_hyper
Formal statement
namespace SidB

/-!  Milestone 4 (Lemma 3.3): the weak-norming bound for the chain
hypergraph. Let r be positive with r at most m and let the copy numbers
beta_k be positive. The chain hypergraph H_alpha is weakly norming, and in
particular, for every graphon, the homomorphism density of the [r]-chain
core hypergraph G_alpha raised to the power C(m,r) is at most the
homomorphism density of H_alpha, both under the weight vector q. The
hypergraph H_alpha decomposes into C(m,r) edge-disjoint copies of G_alpha,
and the weak-norming property of the reflection hypergraph G_alpha (the
content of the authors' earlier work with the reflection-group
constructions, carried in the mission as proposed work through the
Hoelder-type inequality for hypergraph functionals) yields the inequality. -/
theorem weakly_norming_bound (g : Graphon) (m r : ℕ) (β : ℕ → ℕ) (hr : 0 < r) (hmr : r ≤ m)
    (hβ : ∀ k, 1 ≤ k → k ≤ r → 0 < β k) :
    rDens g (gAlpha r β) (qOf r β) ^ (m.choose r : ℝ) ≤ rDens g (hAlpha m r β) (qOf r β) := by sorry

end SidB
Source
D. Conlon, J. Lee, Sidorenko's conjecture for blow-ups, Discrete Anal. 2021:2 (2021), Section 3 (Lemma 3.3, page 7) and Appendix A (the weakly norming discussion).
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Restate: for every graphon, all m and r with 0 < r <= m, and every integer vector beta with beta k positive for 1 <= k <= r, the homomorphism density of the [r]-chain core hypergraph gAlpha r beta under the weight vector qOf r beta, raised to the power of the binomial coefficient of m and r, is at most the homomorphism density of the full chain hypergraph hAlpha m r beta under the same weight vector. No other hypotheses appear.

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