Extremal graphs for disjoint union of vertex-critical graphs
Combinatorics
2025-02-24 v1
Abstract
For a graph , let be the set of -free graphs of order with the maximum number of edges. The graph is called vertex-critical, if the deletion of its some vertex induces a graph with smaller chromatic number. For example, an odd wheel (obtained by connecting a vertex to a cycle of even length) is a vertex-critical graph with chromatic number 3. For , let be vertex-critical graphs with the same chromatic number. Let be the disjoint union of them. In this paper, we characterize the graphs in , when there is a proper order among the graphs . This solves a conjecture (on extremal problem for disjoint union of odd wheels) proposed by Xiao and Zamora \cite{XZ}.
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@article{arxiv.2502.15456,
title = {Extremal graphs for disjoint union of vertex-critical graphs},
author = {Wenqian Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.15456},
year = {2025}
}