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Maximum star densities

Combinatorics 2018-06-07 v3

Abstract

Given an integer k2k \geq 2 and a real number γ[0,1]\gamma\in [0, 1], which graphs of edge density γ\gamma contain the largest number of kk-edge stars? For k=2k=2 Ahlswede and Katona proved that asymptotically there cannot be more such stars than in a clique or in the complement of a clique (depending on the value of γ\gamma). Here we extend their result to all integers k2k\ge 2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.01822,
  title  = {Maximum star densities},
  author = {Christian Reiher and Stephan Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01822},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

third version addresses changes arising from the referee reports

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