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Turán-Type Bounds for Graphs Containing Large $F$-Sparse Sets

Combinatorics 2026-07-12 v1

Abstract

We study Tur\'an-type extremal problems for graphs containing a large FF-sparse vertex set, meaning a vertex set whose induced subgraph contains few copies of FF. For integers r>s1r>s\ge 1, we prove that if a Kr+1K_{r+1}-free graph GG on nn vertices contains a set MM of size msn/rm\ge \lceil sn/r\rceil such that G[M]G[M] is Ks+1K_{s+1}-free, then e(G)m(nm)+ts(m)+trs(nm). e(G)\le m(n-m)+t_s(m)+t_{r-s}(n-m). We characterize the equality cases as the complete rr-partite graphs whose vertex classes split into two balanced groups of total sizes mm and nmn-m, consisting of ss and rsr-s classes, respectively. We also prove a color-critical extension for forbidden graphs that embed into a join of two edge-critical graphs, together with an asymptotic extension for general HH-free graphs in which the prescribed large vertex set spans few copies of a fixed graph FF with χ(F)<χ(H)\chi(F)<\chi(H).

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@article{arxiv.2607.10832,
  title  = {Turán-Type Bounds for Graphs Containing Large $F$-Sparse Sets},
  author = {Yupei Li and Linyuan Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.10832},
  year   = {2026}
}

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