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Density Hajnal--Szemer\'{e}di theorem for cliques of size four

Combinatorics 2025-01-03 v1

Abstract

The celebrated Corr\'{a}di--Hajnal Theorem~\cite{CH63} and the Hajnal--Szemer\'{e}di Theorem~\cite{HS70} determined the exact minimum degree thresholds for a graph on nn vertices to contain kk vertex-disjoint copies of KrK_r, for r=3r=3 and general r4r \ge 4, respectively. The edge density version of the Corr\'{a}di--Hajnal Theorem was established by Allen--B\"ottcher--Hladk\'y--Piguet~\cite{ABHP15} for large nn. Remarkably, they determined the four classes of extremal constructions corresponding to different intervals of kk. They further proposed the natural problem of establishing a density version of the Hajnal--Szemer\'{e}di Theorem: For r4r \ge 4, what is the edge density threshold that guarantees a graph on nn vertices contains kk vertex-disjoint copies of KrK_r for kn/rk \le n/r. They also remarked, ``We are not even sure what the complete family of extremal graphs should be.'' We take the first step toward this problem by determining asymptotically the five classes of extremal constructions for r=4r=4. Furthermore, we propose a candidate set comprising r+1r+1 classes of extremal constructions for general r5r \ge 5.

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@article{arxiv.2501.00801,
  title  = {Density Hajnal--Szemer\'{e}di theorem for cliques of size four},
  author = {Jianfeng Hou and Caiyun Hu and Xizhi Liu and Yixiao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.00801},
  year   = {2025}
}

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