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A connected graph is called a block graph if each of its blocks is a complete graph. Let $\mathbf{Bl}(\textbf{k}, \varphi)$ be the class of block graphs on $\textbf{k}$ vertices with given dissociation number $\varphi$. In this article, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Joyentanuj Das , Sumit Mohanty

A graph $G$ is a non-separating planar graph if there is a drawing $D$ of $G$ on the plane such that (1) no two edges cross each other in $D$ and (2) for any cycle $C$ in $D$, any two vertices not in $C$ are on the same side of $C$ in $D$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Hooman R. Dehkordi , Graham Farr

Let $\mathcal{G}_{n, \beta^*}$ $(\mathcal{G}^*_{n,\beta^*})$ be the set of all (connected) graphs of order $n$ with fractional matching number $\beta^*$. In this paper, the graphs with maximal spectral radius in $\mathcal{G}_{n,\beta^*}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Qian-Qian Chen , Ji-Ming Guo

We systematically study a natural problem in extremal graph theory, to minimize the number of edges in a graph with a fixed number of vertices, subject to a certain local condition: each vertex must be in a copy of a fixed graph $H$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Debsoumya Chakraborti , Po-Shen Loh

For positive integers $n>k>t$ let $\binom{[n]}{k}$ denote the collection of all $k$-subsets of the standard $n$-element set $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$. Subsets of $\binom{[n]}{k}$ are called $k$-graphs. A $k$-graph $\mathcal{F}$ is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-21 Peter Frankl , Jian Wang

Given an $r$-graph $F$ with $r \ge 2$, let $\mathrm{ex}(n, (t+1) F)$ denote the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex $r$-graph with at most $t$ pairwise vertex-disjoint copies of $F$. Extending several old results and complementing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Jianfeng Hou , Caiyun Hu , Heng Li , Xizhi Liu , Caihong Yang , Yixiao Zhang

For a graph $H$, the {\em extremal number} $ex(n,H)$ is the maximum number of edges in a graph of order $n$ not containing a subgraph isomorphic to $H$. Let $\delta(H)>0$ and $\Delta(H)$ denote the minimum degree and maximum degree of $H$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-07 Noga Alon , Raphael Yuster

The planar Tu\'{a}n number of $H$, denoted by $ex_{\mathcal{P}}(n,H)$, is defined as the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex $H$-free planar graph. The exact value of $ex_{\mathcal{P}}(n,H)$ remains a mystery when $H$ is large (for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Xuqing Bai , Zhipeng Gao , Ping Li

This paper presents a sharp upper bound for the spectral radius of simple digraphs with described number of arcs. Further, the extremal graphs which attain the maximum spectral radius among all simple digraphs with fixed arcs are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-25 Ya-Lei Jin , Xiao-Dong Zhang

Recently, Ali et al. posed several open problems concerning extremal graphs with respect to the ABS index. These problems involve characterizing graphs that attain the maximum ABS index within specific graph classes, including: connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Swathi Shetty , B. R. Rakshith , Sayinath Udupa N.

A graph is color-critical if it contains an edge whose deletion reduces its chromatic number. This class of graphs, including cliques and odd cycles, plays a central role in extremal graph theory. In this paper, following an influential…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Longfei Fang , Yongtao Li , Huiqiu Lin , Jie Ma

Given a graph $H$ and a natural number $n$, the extremal number $\mathrm{ex}(n, H)$ is the largest number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph containing no copy of $H$. In this paper, we obtain a general upper bound for the extremal number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Jisun Baek , David Conlon , Joonkyung Lee

We give an upper bound on the maximal eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a connected graph in terms of its maximum degree, diameter and order. This bound is best possible up to a constant factor and improves prevoius results of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Nikiforov

For every integer $k \ge 3$, we determine the extremal structure of an $n$-vertex graph with at most $t$ vertex-disjoint copies of $C_{2k}$ when $n$ is sufficiently large and $t$ lies in the interval…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-29 Jianfeng Hou , Caiyun Hu , Heng Li , Xizhi Liu , Caihong Yang , Yixiao Zhang

A graph is called $K$-almost regular if its maximum degree is at most $K$ times the minimum degree. Erd\H{o}s and Simonovits showed that for a constant $0< \varepsilon< 1$ and a sufficiently large integer $n$, any $n$-vertex graph with more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-18 Weilun Xu , Guorong Gao , An Chang

This survey is two-fold. We first report new progress on the spectral extremal results on the Tur\'{a}n type problems in graph theory. More precisely, we shall summarize the spectral Tur\'{a}n function in terms of the adjacency spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-13 Yongtao Li , Weijun Liu , Lihua Feng

Erd\H{o}s proved an upper bound on the number of edges in an $n$-vertex non-Hamiltonian graph with given minimum degree and showed sharpness via two members of a particular graph family. F\"{u}redi, Kostochka and Luo showed that these two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-03 Zhanar Berikkyzy , Kirsten Hogenson , Rachel Kirsch , Jessica McDonald

The classic extremal problem is that of computing the maximum number of edges in an $F$-free graph. In the case where $F=K_{r+1}$, the extremal number was determined by Tur\'an. Later results, known as supersaturation theorems, proved that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Jonathan Cutler , JD Nir , A. J. Radcliffe

Given a graph family $\mathcal{H}$ with $\min_{H\in \mathcal{H}}\chi(H)=r+1\geq 3$. Let ${\rm ex}(n,\mathcal{H})$ and ${\rm spex}(n,\mathcal{H})$ be the maximum number of edges and the maximum spectral radius of the adjacency matrix over…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Longfei Fang , Michael Tait , Mingqing Zhai

A dissociation set in a graph is a subset of vertices which induces a subgraph with maximum degree at most one. The dissociation number of a graph is the maximum cardinality of its dissociation sets. In this paper, we consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Zejun Huang , Jiahui Liu , Chenxi Yang