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Given a graph $H$ and an odd integer $t$ ($t\geq 3$), the odd-ballooning of $H$, denoted by $H(t)$, is the graph obtained from replacing each edge of $H$ by an odd cycle of length at least $t$ where the new vertices of the cycles are all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Yanni Zhai , Xiying Yuan

Let $P_{2,2}$ be the orientation of $C_4$ which consists of two 2-paths with the same initial and terminal vertices. In this paper, we determine the maximum size of $P_{2,2}$-free digraphs of order $n$ as well as the extremal digraphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Zejun Huang , Zhenhua Lyu

Given a graph $F$, a Berge copy of $F$ (Berge-$F$ for short) is a hypergraph obtained by enlarging the edges arbitrarily. Gy\H{o}ri, Salia and Zamora determined the maximum number of hyperedges in a connected $r$-uniform hypergraph on $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Xiamiao Zhao , Dániel Gerbner , Junpeng Zhou

Alon and Shikhelman initiated the systematic study of a generalization of the extremal function. Motivated by algorithmic applications, the study of the extremal function $\text{ex}(n, K_k, K_t\text{-minor})$, i.e., the number of cliques of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Ruilin Shi , Fan Wei

Let $\mathrm{rex}(n, F)$ denote the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph that is regular and does not contain $F$ as a subgraph. We give lower bounds on $\mathrm{rex}(n, F)$, that are best possible up to a constant factor, when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-27 Michael Tait , Craig Timmons

Given a graph $H$ and an integer $p$ ($p\geq 2$), the edge blow-up $H^{p+1}$ of $H$ is the graph obtained from replacing each edge in $H$ by a clique of order $(p+1)$, where the new vertices of the cliques are all distinct. The Tur\'{a}n…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Yanni Zhai , Xiying Yuan , Zhenyu Ni

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \geq \cdots \geq \lambda_n$. Both $\lambda_1 + \lambda_n$ and the odd girth of $G$ can be seen as measures of the bipartiteness of $G$. Csikv\'ari proved in 2022 that for odd girth 5…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Aida Abiad , Vladislav Taranchuk , Thijs van Veluw

In this paper we deal with a Tur\'an-type problem: given a positive integer n and a forbidden graph H, how many edges can there be in a graph on n vertices without a subgraph H? How does a graph look like if it has this extremal edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-12-01 Roman Glebov

Let $G$ be an $n$-vertex graph obtained by adding chords to a cycle of length $n$. Markstr\"{o}m asked for the maximum number of edges in $G$ if there are no two cycles in $G$ with the same length. A simple counting argument shows that such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Joey Lee , Craig Timmons

Given graphs $H$ and $F$, the generalized Tur\'an number $\mathrm{ex}(n,H,F)$ is the maximum number of copies of $H$ among all $n$-vertex $F$-free graphs. The friendship graph $F_k$ consists of $k$ triangles sharing a common vertex. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Wanfang Chen , Jia-Bao Yang , Leilei Zhang

It is easy to see that every $k$-edge-colouring of the complete graph on $2^k+1$ vertices contains a monochromatic odd cycle. In 1973, Erd\H{o}s and Graham asked to estimate the smallest $L(k)$ such that every $k$-edge-colouring of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Oliver Janzer , Fredy Yip

In this paper we study a multi-partite version of the Erd\H{o}s--Stone theorem. Given integers $r<k$ and $t\ge 1$, let $\text{ex}_k(n, K_{r+1}(t))$ be the maximum number of edges of $K_{r+1}(t)$-free $k$-partite graphs with $n$ vertices in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Jie Han , Yi Zhao

A zero-one matrix $M$ is said to contain another zero-one matrix $A$ if we can delete some rows and columns of $M$ and replace some $1$-entries with $0$-entries such that the resulting matrix is $A$. The extremal number of $A$, denoted…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Barnabás Janzer , Oliver Janzer , Van Magnan , Abhishek Methuku

We study the maximum number of edges in an $n$ vertex graph with Colin de Verdi\`{e}re parameter no more than $t$. We conjecture that for every integer $t$, if $G$ is a graph with at least $t$ vertices and Colin de Verdi\`{e}re parameter at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Rose McCarty

Let $\mathcal{C}_{k}^{-}$ be the set of all negative $C_k$. For odd cycle, Wang, Hou and Li [29] gave a spectral condition for the existence of negative $C_3$ in unbalanced signed graphs. For even cycle, we determine the maximum index among…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Yongang Wang , Huiqiu Lin

Let $\cal H$ be a family of graphs. The Tur\'an number ${\rm ex}(n,{\cal H})$ is the maximum possible number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph which does not contain any member of $\cal H$ as a subgraph. As a common generalization of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Chunyang Dou , Bo Ning , Xing Peng

The saturation number of a graph $F$, written $\textup{sat}(n,F)$, is the minimum number of edges in an $n$-vertex $F$-saturated graph. One of the earliest results on saturation numbers is due to Erd\H{o}s, Hajnal, and Moon who determined…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Craig Timmons

For a family of graphs $\cal F$, a graph $G$ is $\cal F$-free if it does not contain a member of $\cal F$ as a subgraph. The Tur\'an number $\textrm{ex}(n,{\cal F})$ is the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph which is $\cal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Chunyang Dou , Fu-tao Hu , Xing Peng

It is proved that for $n \geq 6$, the number of perfect matchings in a simple connected cubic graph on $2n$ vertices is at most $4 f_{n-1}$, with $f_n$ being the $n$-th Fibonacci number. The unique extremal graph is characterized as well.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-01 Peter Horak , Dongryul Kim

Concerning the recent notion of circular chromatic number of signed graphs, for each given integer $k$ we introduce two signed bipartite graphs, each on $2k^2-k+1$ vertices, having shortest negative cycle of length $2k$, and the circular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-04 Anna Gujgiczer , Reza Naserasr , Rohini S , S Taruni