Generalized Outerplanar Tur\'an numbers and maximum number of k-vertex subtrees
Combinatorics
2021-02-24 v1
Abstract
We prove an asymptotic result on the maximum number of k-vertex subtrees in binary trees of given order. This problem turns out to be equivalent to determine the maximum number of k+2-cycles in n-vertex outerplanar graphs, thus we settle the generalized outerplanar Tur\'an number for all cycles. We also determine the exponential growth of the generalized outerplanar Tur\'an number of paths Pk as a function of k which implies the order of magnitude of the generalized outerplanar Tur\'an number of arbitrary trees. The bounds are strongly related to the sequence of Catalan numbers.
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@article{arxiv.2102.11746,
title = {Generalized Outerplanar Tur\'an numbers and maximum number of k-vertex subtrees},
author = {Dávid Matolcsi and Zoltán Lóránt Nagy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.11746},
year = {2021}
}