On the number of copies of one hypergraph in another (Q1264288)

For two given hypergraphs \(H\) and \(G\), let \(N(C,H)\) denote the number of subhypergraphs of \(G\) isomorphic to \(H\), and let \(N(\ell, H)\) denote the maximum of \(N(G,H)\), taken over all \(G\) with exactly \(\ell\) edges. Let \(E\) be the set of edges of \(H\) and let \(V\) be a set of vertices of \(H\). A fractional cover of \(H\) is a mapping \(\phi: E \rightarrow [0,1]\) such that \(\sum_{e \owns v} \phi(e) \geq 1 \) for each \( v \in V\). The fractional cover number of \(H\) , \(\rho^*(H) \), is the minimum over the fractional covers \(\phi\) of \(\sum_{e \in E}\phi(e) \). The authors show that for given \(H\), the growth of \(N(\ell,H)\) is basically a function of \(\rho^*(H)\), that is, \(N(\ell,H) = \theta(\rho^*(H))\). For graphs this was shown by \textit{N. Alon} [Isr. J. Math. 38, 116-130 (1981; Zbl 0472.05034)].