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Ordered graphs and large bi-cliques in intersection graphs of curves
An ordered graph G0 such the intersection graph G of any collection of nx-monotone curves in the plane has a bi-clique of size at least cn∕logn or its complement contains a bi-clique of size at least cn. (A curve is called x-monotone if every vertical line intersects it in at most one point.) We also prove that if G has at most [Formula presented] edges for some ϵ>0, then G¯ contains a linear sized bi-clique. We show that this statement does not remain true if we replace [Formula presented] by any larger constants. © 2019 Elsevier Lt
On String Graph Limits and the Structure of a Typical String Graph
We study limits of convergent sequences of string graphs, that is, graphs
with an intersection representation consisting of curves in the plane. We use
these results to study the limiting behavior of a sequence of random string
graphs. We also prove similar results for several related graph classes.Comment: 18 page
Erdos-Hajnal-type theorems in hypergraphs
The Erdos-Hajnal conjecture states that if a graph on n vertices is H-free,
that is, it does not contain an induced copy of a given graph H, then it must
contain either a clique or an independent set of size n^{d(H)}, where d(H) > 0
depends only on the graph H. Except for a few special cases, this conjecture
remains wide open. However, it is known that a H-free graph must contain a
complete or empty bipartite graph with parts of polynomial size. We prove an
analogue of this result for 3-uniform hypergraphs, showing that if a 3-uniform
hypergraph on n vertices is H-free, for any given H, then it must contain a
complete or empty tripartite subgraph with parts of order c(log n)^{1/2 +
d(H)}, where d(H) > 0 depends only on H. This improves on the bound of c(log
n)^{1/2}, which holds in all 3-uniform hypergraphs, and, up to the value of the
constant d(H), is best possible. We also prove that, for k > 3, no analogue of
the standard Erdos-Hajnal conjecture can hold in k-uniform hypergraphs. That
is, there are k-uniform hypergraphs H and sequences of H-free hypergraphs which
do not contain cliques or independent sets of size appreciably larger than one
would normally expect.Comment: 15 page
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