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Graphs without repeated cycle lengths

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In 1975, P. Erd\"{o}s proposed the problem of determining the maximum number f(n)f(n) of edges in a graph of nn vertices in which any two cycles are of different lengths. In this paper, it is proved that f(n)n+36tf(n)\geq n+36t for t=1260r+169(r1)t=1260r+169 (r\geq 1) and n540t2+175811/2t+7989/2n \geq 540t^{2}+{175811/2}t+{7989/2}. Consequently, lim inf\sbnf(n)nn2+25.\liminf\sb {n \to \infty} {f(n)-n \over \sqrt n} \geq \sqrt {2 + {2 \over 5}}. We make the following conjecture: \par \bigskip \noindent{\bf Conjecture.} limnf(n)nn=2.4.\lim_{n \to \infty} {f(n)-n\over \sqrt n}=\sqrt {2.4}.

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@article{arxiv.math/0305161,
  title  = {Graphs without repeated cycle lengths},
  author = {Chunhui Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0305161},
  year   = {2007}
}

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