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The generalized Tur'{a}n number of long cycles in graphs and bipartite graphs

Combinatorics 2024-06-26 v1

Abstract

Given a graph TT and a family of graphs F\mathcal{F}, the maximum number of copies of TT in an F\mathcal{F}-free graph on nn vertices is called the generalized Tur\'{a}n number, denoted by ex(n,T,F)ex(n, T , \mathcal{F}). When T=K2T= K_2, it reduces to the classical Tur\'{a}n number ex(n,F)ex(n, \mathcal{F}). Let exbip(b,n,T,F)ex_{bip}(b,n, T , \mathcal{F}) be the maximum number of copies of TT in an F\mathcal{F}-free bipartite graph with two parts of sizes bb and nn, respectively. Let PkP_k be the path on kk vertices, Ck\mathcal{C}_{\ge k} be the family of all cycles with length at least kk and MkM_k be a matching with kk edges. In this article, we determine exbip(b,n,Ks,t,C2n2k)ex_{bip}(b,n, K_{s,t}, \mathcal{C}_{\ge 2n-2k}) exactly in a connected bipartite graph GG with minimum degree δ(G)r1\delta(G) \geq r\ge 1, for bn2k+2rb\ge n\ge 2k+2r and kZk\in \mathbb{Z}, which generalizes a theorem of Moon and Moser, a theorem of Jackson and gives an affirmative evidence supporting a conjecture of Adamus and Adamus. As corollaries of our main result, we determine exbip(b,n,Ks,t,P2n2k)ex_{bip}(b,n, K_{s,t}, P_{2n-2k}) and exbip(b,n,Ks,t,Mnk)ex_{bip}(b,n, K_{s,t}, M_{n-k}) exactly in a connected bipartite graph GG with minimum degree δ(G)r1\delta(G) \geq r\ge 1, which generalizes a theorem of Wang. Moreover, we determine ex(n,Ks,t,Ck)ex(n, K_{s,t}, \mathcal{C}_{\ge k}) and ex(n,Ks,t,Pk)ex(n, K_{s,t}, P_{k}) respectively in a connected graph GG with minimum degree δ(G)r1\delta(G) \geq r\ge 1, which generalizes a theorem of Lu, Yuan and Zhang.

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@article{arxiv.2406.17371,
  title  = {The generalized Tur'{a}n number of long cycles in graphs and bipartite graphs},
  author = {Changchang Dong and Mei Lu and Jixiang Meng and Bo Ning},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.17371},
  year   = {2024}
}

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