For integers $q\ge p\ge r\ge2$, we say that an $r$-uniform hypergraph $H$ has property $(q,p)$, if for any $q$-vertex subset $Q$ of $V(H)$, there exists a $p$-vertex subset $P$ of $Q$ spanning a clique in $H$. Let $T_{ r}(n,q,p)=\min\{ e(H): H\subset \binom{ [n]}{ r}, H \text{ ~has property~} (q,p)\}$. The local Tur\'an density about property $(q,p)$ in $r$-uniform hypergraphs is defined as $t_{ r}(q,p)=\lim_{ n\to \infty}T_{ r}(n,q,p)/\binom{ n}{ r}$. Frankl, Huang and R\"odl [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A, 177 (2021)] showed that $\lim_{ p\to\infty}t_{ r}(ap+1,p+1)=\frac{ 1}{ a^{ r-1}}$ for positive integer $a$ and $t_{ 3}(2p+1,p+1)=\frac{ 1}{ 4}$ for all $p\ge 3$ and asked the question that determining the value of $\lim_{ p\to\infty}t_{ r}(\gamma p+1,p+1)$, where $\gamma\ge 1$ is a real number. Based on the study of hypergraph Tur\'an densities, we determine some exact values of local Tur\'an densities and answer their question partially; in particular, our results imply that the equality in their question about exact values does not hold in general.

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On local Tur\'an density problems of hypergraphs