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Rainbow planar Tur{\'a}n numbers of cycles

Combinatorics 2025-11-07 v1

Abstract

The rainbow Tur{\'a}n number of a fixed graph HH, denoted by ex(n,H){\text{ex}}^*(n,H), is the maximum number of edges in an nn-vertex graph such that it admits a proper edge coloring with no rainbow HH. We study this problem in planar setting. The rainbow planar Tur{\'a}n number of a graph HH, denoted by exP(n,H){\text{ex}_{\mathcal{P}}}^*(n,H), is the maximum number of edges in an nn-vertex planar graph such that it has a proper edge coloring with no rainbow HH. We consider the rainbow planar Tur{\'a}n number of cycles. Since C3C_3 is complete, exP(n,C3){\text{ex}_{\mathcal{P}}}^*(n, C_3) is exactly its planar Tur{\'a}n number, which is 2n42n-4 for n3n\ge 3. We show that exP(n,C4)=3n6{\text{ex}_{\mathcal{P}}}^*(n, C_4)=3n-6 for n=k23k+2n=k^2-3k+2 where k5k\ge 5, and exP(n,Ck)=3n6{\text{ex}_{\mathcal{P}}}^*(n,C_k)=3n-6 for all k5k\ge 5 and n3n\ge 3.

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@article{arxiv.2511.04066,
  title  = {Rainbow planar Tur{\'a}n numbers of cycles},
  author = {Xiaonan Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.04066},
  year   = {2025}
}