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Many -copies in graphs with a forbidden tree
For graphs and , let be the maximum
possible number of copies of in an -free graph on vertices. The
study of this function, which generalises the well-studied Tur\'an numbers of
graphs, was initiated recently by Alon and Shikhelman. We show that if is a
tree then for some integer , thus answering one of their questions.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
Chromatic thresholds in dense random graphs
The chromatic threshold of a graph with respect to the
random graph is the infimum over such that the following holds
with high probability: the family of -free graphs with
minimum degree has bounded chromatic number. The study of
the parameter was initiated in 1973 by
Erd\H{o}s and Simonovits, and was recently determined for all graphs . In
this paper we show that for all fixed , but that typically if . We also make significant progress towards determining
for all graphs in the range . In sparser random graphs the
problem is somewhat more complicated, and is studied in a separate paper.Comment: 36 pages (including appendix), 1 figure; the appendix is copied with
minor modifications from arXiv:1108.1746 for a self-contained proof of a
technical lemma; accepted to Random Structures and Algorithm
Universal graphs with forbidden subgraphs and algebraic closure
We apply model theoretic methods to the problem of existence of countable
universal graphs with finitely many forbidden connected subgraphs. We show that
to a large extent the question reduces to one of local finiteness of an
associated''algebraic closure'' operator. The main applications are new
examples of universal graphs with forbidden subgraphs and simplified treatments
of some previously known cases
Graph removal lemmas
The graph removal lemma states that any graph on n vertices with o(n^{v(H)})
copies of a fixed graph H may be made H-free by removing o(n^2) edges. Despite
its innocent appearance, this lemma and its extensions have several important
consequences in number theory, discrete geometry, graph theory and computer
science. In this survey we discuss these lemmas, focusing in particular on
recent improvements to their quantitative aspects.Comment: 35 page
Supersaturation Problem for Color-Critical Graphs
The \emph{Tur\'an function} \ex(n,F) of a graph is the maximum number
of edges in an -free graph with vertices. The classical results of
Tur\'an and Rademacher from 1941 led to the study of supersaturated graphs
where the key question is to determine , the minimum number of copies
of that a graph with vertices and \ex(n,F)+q edges can have.
We determine asymptotically when is \emph{color-critical}
(that is, contains an edge whose deletion reduces its chromatic number) and
.
Determining the exact value of seems rather difficult. For
example, let be the limit superior of for which the extremal
structures are obtained by adding some edges to a maximum -free graph.
The problem of determining for cliques was a well-known question of Erd\H
os that was solved only decades later by Lov\'asz and Simonovits. Here we prove
that for every {color-critical}~. Our approach also allows us to
determine for a number of graphs, including odd cycles, cliques with one
edge removed, and complete bipartite graphs plus an edge.Comment: 27 pages, 2 figure
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