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On rainbow Tur\'{a}n Densities of Trees

Combinatorics 2023-12-27 v1

Abstract

For a given collection G=(G1,,Gk)\mathcal{G} = (G_1,\dots, G_k) of graphs on a common vertex set VV, which we call a \emph{graph system}, a graph HH on a vertex set V(H)VV(H) \subseteq V is called a \emph{rainbow subgraph} of G\mathcal{G} if there exists an injective function ψ:E(H)[k]\psi:E(H) \rightarrow [k] such that eGψ(e)e \in G_{\psi(e)} for each eE(H)e\in E(H). The maximum value of mini{E(Gi)}\min_{i}\{|E(G_i)|\} over nn-vertex graph systems G\mathcal{G} having no rainbow subgraph isomorphic to HH is called the rainbow Tur\'{a}n number exk(n,H)\mathrm{ex}_k^{\ast}(n, H) of HH. In this article, we study the rainbow Tur\'{a}n density πk(T)=limnexk(n,T)(n2)\pi_k^{\ast}(T) = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\mathrm{ex}_k^{\ast}(n, T)}{\binom{n}{2}} of a tree TT. While the classical Tur\'{a}n density π(H)\pi(H) of a graph HH lies in the set {11t:tN}\{1-\frac{1}{t} : t\in \mathbb{N}\}, the rainbow Tur\'{a}n density exhibits different behaviors as it can even be an irrational number. Nevertheless, we conjecture that the rainbow Tur\'{a}n density is always an algebraic number. We provide evidence for this conjecture by proving that the rainbow Tur\'{a}n density of a tree is an algebraic number. To show this, we identify the structure of extremal graphs for rainbow trees. Moreover, we further determine all tuples (α1,,αk)(\alpha_1,\dots, \alpha_k) such that every graph system (G1,,Gk)(G_1,\dots,G_k) satisfying E(Gi)>(αi+o(1))(n2)|E(G_i)|>(\alpha_i+o(1))\binom{n}{2} contains all rainbow kk-edge trees. In the course of proving these results, we also develop the theory on the limit of graph systems.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15956,
  title  = {On rainbow Tur\'{a}n Densities of Trees},
  author = {Seonghyuk Im and Jaehoon Kim and Hyunwoo Lee and Haesong Seo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15956},
  year   = {2023}
}

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24pages + 9 page appendix, 2 figures