Vertex degree sums for rainbow matchings in 3-uniform hypergraphs

Abstract

Let $n \in 3\mathbb{Z}$ be sufficiently large. Zhang, Zhao and Lu proved that if $H$ is a 3-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices and no isolated vertices, and if $deg(u)+deg(v) > \frac{2}{3}n^2 - \frac{8}{3}n + 2$ for any two vertices $u$ and $v$ that are contained in some edge of $H$, then $ H $ admits a perfect matching. In this paper, we prove that the rainbow version of Zhang, Zhao and Lu's result is asymptotically true. More specifically, let $\delta > 0$ and $ F_1, F_2, \dots, F_{n/3} $ be 3-uniform hypergraphs on a common set of $n$ vertices. For each $ i \in [n/3] $, suppose that $F_i$ has no isolated vertices and $deg_{F_i}(u)+deg_{F_i}(v) > \left( \frac{2}{3} + \delta \right)n^2$ holds for any two vertices $u$ and $v$ that are contained in some edge of $F_i$. Then $ \{ F_1, F_2, \dots, F_{n/3} \} $ admits a rainbow matching. Note that this result is asymptotically tight.