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The inducibility of small oriented graphs

Combinatorics 2011-11-24 v2

Abstract

We use Razborov's flag algebra method to show an asymptotic upper bound for the maximal induced density i(P3)i(\vec P_3) of the orgraph P3\vec P_3 in an arbitrary orgraph. A conjecture of Thomass\'e states that i(P3)=2/5i(\vec P_3)=2/5. The hitherto best known upper bound i(P3)12/25i(\vec P_3)\leq12/25 was given by Bondy. We can show that i(P3)0.4446i(\vec P_3)\leq 0.4446. Further, we consider such a maximal density for some other small orgraphs. With easy arguments one can see that i(C3)=1/4i(\vec C_3)=1/4, i(K2E1)=3/4i(\vec K_2 \cup \vec E_1)=3/4 and 2/21i(C4)2/21\leq i(\vec C_4). We show that i(C4)0.1104i(\vec C_4)\leq 0.1104 and conjecture that the extremal orgraphs of P3\vec P_3 and C4\vec C_4 are the same. Furthermore we show that 642i(K1,2)0.46446-4\sqrt{2}\leq i(\vec K_{1,2})\leq 0.4644.

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@article{arxiv.1111.4813,
  title  = {The inducibility of small oriented graphs},
  author = {Konrad Sperfeld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.4813},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1106.1030. To make this paper self contained the section, where flag-algebras are defined, is very similar to the flag-algebra-defining section in my other paper "On the minimal monochromatic K_4-density". That is why there is an overlap

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