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Number of cliques in graphs with a forbidden subdivision

Combinatorics 2018-05-16 v5

Abstract

We prove that for all positive integers tt, every nn-vertex graph with no KtK_t-subdivision has at most 250tn2^{50t}n cliques. We also prove that asymptotically, such graphs contain at most 2(5+o(1))tn2^{(5+o(1))t}n cliques, where o(1)o(1) tends to zero as tt tends to infinity. This strongly answers a question of D. Wood asking if the number of cliques in nn-vertex graphs with no KtK_t-minor is at most 2ctn2^{ct}n for some constant cc.

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@article{arxiv.1407.7707,
  title  = {Number of cliques in graphs with a forbidden subdivision},
  author = {Choongbum Lee and Sang-il Oum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7707},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

10 pages; to appear in SIAM J. Discrete Math