Maximizing subgraph density in graphs of bounded degree and clique number
Abstract
We asymptotically determine the maximum density of subgraphs isomorphic to , where is any graph containing a dominating vertex, in graphs on vertices with bounded maximum degree and bounded clique number. That is, we asymptotically determine the constant such that ex where is sufficiently large. Following recent interest in the corresponding parameter mex where where we fix the number of edges instead of the number of vertices of the graph, we determine the asymptotics of mex when has at least two dominating vertices. We obtain these results via a uniform proof of a common technical generalization of both, where we fix the number of -cliques in the graph. This general result may be of independent interest. Then we localize these results, proving a tight inequality involving the sizes of the locally largest cliques and complete split graphs.
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@article{arxiv.2504.10290,
title = {Maximizing subgraph density in graphs of bounded degree and clique number},
author = {Rachel Kirsch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10290},
year = {2025}
}
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16 pages