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Let SPEX$_\mathcal{P}(n,F)$ and SPEX$_\mathcal{OP}(n,F)$ denote the sets of graphs with the maximum spectral radius over all $n$-vertex $F$-free planar and outerplanar graphs, respectively. Define $tP_l$ as a linear forest of $t$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Xilong Yin , Dan Li , Jixiang Meng

Given a graph $F$ and an integer $r \ge 2$, a partition $\widehat{F}$ of the edge set of $F$ into at most $r$ classes, and a graph $G$, define $c_{r, \widehat{F}}(G)$ as the number of $r$-colorings of the edges of $G$ that do not contain a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-30 Fabricio S. Benevides , Carlos Hoppen , Rudini Menezes Sampaio

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

In this paper, we first study a new extremal problem recently posed by Conlon and Tyomkyn~(arXiv: 2002.00921). Given a graph $H$ and an integer $k\geqslant 2$, let $f_{k}(n,H)$ be the smallest number of colors $c$ such that there exists a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Zixiang Xu , Tao Zhang , Yifan Jing , Gennian Ge

For graphs $G$ and $H$, a {\em homomorphism} from $G$ to $H$, or {\em $H$-coloring} of $G$, is an adjacency preserving map from the vertex set of $G$ to the vertex set of $H$. Writing ${\rm hom}(G,H)$ for the number of $H$-colorings…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-15 David Galvin

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

More than forty years ago, Erd\H{o}s conjectured that for any T <= N/K, every K-uniform hypergraph on N vertices without T disjoint edges has at most max{\binom{KT-1}{K}, \binom{N}{K} - \binom{N-T+1}{K}} edges. Although this appears to be a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-16 Hao Huang , Po-Shen Loh , Benny Sudakov

Given a graph $L$, the Tur\'an number $\textrm{ex}(n,L)$ is the maximum possible number of edges in an $n$-vertex $L$-free graph. The study of Tur\'an number of graphs is a central topic in extremal graph theory. Although the celebrated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-14 Xing Peng , Mengjie Xia

The planar Tur\'an number of a graph $H$, denoted by $ex_{_\mathcal{P}}(n,H)$, is the largest number of edges in a planar graph on $n $ vertices without containing $H$ as a subgraph. In this paper, we continue to study the topic of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Yongxin Lan , Zi-Xia Song

Spectral graph theory studies how the eigenvalues of a graph relate to the structural properties of a graph. In this paper, we solve three open problems in spectral extremal graph theory which generalize the classical Tur\'{a}n-type…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Yongtao Li , Hong Liu , Shengtong Zhang

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a finite family of graphs with $\min_{F\in \mathcal{F}}\chi(F)=r+1\geq3$, where $\chi(F)$ is the chromatic number of $F$. Set $t=\max_{F\in\mathcal{F}}|F|$. Let ${\rm EX}(n,\mathcal{F})$ be the set of graphs with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Wenqian Zhang

The edge blow-up of a graph $G$, denoted by $G^{p+1}$, is obtained by replacing each edge of $G$ with a clique of order $p+1$, where the new vertices of the cliques are all distinct. Yuan [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B, 152 (2022) 379-398]…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Jing Wang , Zhenyu Ni , Liying Kang , Yi-zheng Fan

An $r$-pattern $P$ is defined as an ordered pair $P=([l],E)$, where $l$ is a positive integer and $E$ is a set of $r$-multisets with elements from $[l]$. An $r$-graph $H$ is said to be $P$-colorable if there is a homomorphism $\phi$:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Jian Zheng , Honghai Li , Li Su

The Tur\'an number of a graph $H$, denoted by $ex(n, H)$, is the maximum number of edges in any graph on $n$ vertices containing no $H$ as a subgraph. Let $P_{\ell}$ denote the path on $\ell$ vertices, $S_{\ell-1}$ denote the star on $\ell$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-06 Tao Fang , Xiying Yuan

For a graph $F$, let ${\rm EX}(n,F)$ be the set of $F$-free graphs of order $n$ with the maximum number of edges. The graph $F$ is called vertex-critical, if the deletion of its some vertex induces a graph with smaller chromatic number. For…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Wenqian Zhang

The spectral Tur\'an number $\spex(n, F)$ denotes the maximum spectral radius $\rho(G)$ of an $F$-free graph $G$ of order $n$. This paper determines $\spex\left(n, C_{2k+1}^{\square}\right)$ for all sufficiently large $n$, establishing the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-11 Xinhui Duan , Lu Lu

Ore in 1961 determined the maximum number of edges in graphs not containing a Hamiltonian cycle, and Tur\'{a}n in 1941 found the maximum number of edges in graphs not containing a $K_{r+1}$. Motivated by the work of Adamus in 2009 and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Aleyah Dawkins , Rachel Kirsch

Let $\emph{spex}_{\mathcal{OP}}(n,F)$ and $\emph{spex}_{\mathcal{P}}(n,F)$ be the maximum spectral radius over all $n$-vertex $F$-free outerplanar graphs and planar graphs, respectively. Define $tC_l$ as $t$ vertex-disjoint $l$-cycles,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Xilong Yin , Dan Li

For positive integers $n$ and $r$, we consider $n$-vertex graphs with the maximum number of $r$-edge-colorings with no copy of a triangle where exactly two colors appear. We prove that, if $2 \leq r \leq 26$ and $n$ is sufficiently large,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-16 Carlos Hoppen , Hanno Lefmann , Dionatan Ricardo Schmidt

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