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An extremal problem on potentially $K_{m}-C_{4}$-graphic sequences

Combinatorics 2007-08-30 v2

Abstract

A sequence SS is potentially KmC4K_{m}-C_{4}-graphical if it has a realization containing a KmC4K_{m}-C_{4} as a subgraph. Let σ(KmC4,n)\sigma(K_{m}-C_{4}, n) denote the smallest degree sum such that every nn-term graphical sequence SS with σ(S)σ(KmC4,n)\sigma(S)\geq \sigma(K_{m}-C_{4}, n) is potentially KmC4K_{m}-C_{4}-graphical. In this paper, we prove that σ(KmC4,n)(2m6)n(m3)(m2)+2,\sigma (K_{m}-C_{4}, n)\geq (2m-6)n-(m-3)(m-2)+2, for nm4.n \geq m \geq 4. We conjecture that equality holds for nm4.n \geq m \geq 4. We prove that this conjecture is true for m=5m=5.

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@article{arxiv.math/0409041,
  title  = {An extremal problem on potentially $K_{m}-C_{4}$-graphic sequences},
  author = {Chunhui Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409041},
  year   = {2007}
}

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