Exact minimum co-degree conditions for $\ell$-Hamiltonicity in hypergraphs

Abstract

Suppose $1\le \ell <k$ such that $(k-\ell)\nmid k$. Given an $n$-vertex $k$-uniform hypergraph $\mathcal H$, for all $k/2<\ell< 3k/4$ and sufficiently large $n\in (k-\ell)\mathbb N$, we prove that if $\mathcal H$ has minimum co-degree at least $\frac{n}{\lceil \frac{k}{k-\ell}\rceil (k-\ell)}$, then $\mathcal H$ contains a Hamilton $\ell$-cycle, which partially verifies a conjecture of Han and Zhao and (partially) resolves a problem of R\"odl and Ruci\'nski. Moreover, we show that assuming minimum co-degree $\frac{n}{\lceil \frac{k}{k-\ell}\rceil (k-\ell)}+\frac{k^2}2$ is enough for all $\ell$.