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Paths of Length Three are $K_{r+1}$-Tur\'an Good

Combinatorics 2021-12-07 v1

Abstract

The generalized Tur\'an problem ext(n,T,F)ext(n,T,F) is to determine the maximal number of copies of a graph TT that can exist in an FF-free graph on nn vertices. Recently, Gerbner and Palmer noted that the solution to the generalized Tur\'an problem is often the original Tur\'an graph. They gave the name "FF-Tur\'an-good" to graphs TT for which, for large enough nn, the solution to the generalized Tur\'an problem is realized by a Tur\'an graph. They prove that the path graph on two edges, P2P_2, is Kr+1K_{r+1}-Tur\'an-good for all r3r \ge 3, but they conjecture that the same result should hold for all PP_\ell. In this paper, using arguments based in flag algebras, we prove that the path on three edges, P3P_3, is also Kr+1K_{r+1}-Tur\'an-good for all r3r \ge 3.

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@article{arxiv.2102.00323,
  title  = {Paths of Length Three are $K_{r+1}$-Tur\'an Good},
  author = {Kyle Murphy and JD Nir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00323},
  year   = {2021}
}

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