Constructing extremal triangle-free graphs using integer programming


Banak A. E., EKİM T., TAŞKIN Z. C.

Discrete Optimization, cilt.50, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.disopt.2023.100802
  • Dergi Adı: Discrete Optimization
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Applied Science & Technology Source, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, MathSciNet, zbMATH
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Extremal graphs, Factor-critical, Integer programming, Orbital branching
  • Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The maximum number of edges in a graph with matching number m and maximum degree d has been determined in Chvátal and Hanson (1976) and Balachandran and Khare (2009), where some extremal graphs have also been provided. Then, a new question has emerged: how the maximum edge count is affected by forbidding some subgraphs occurring in these extremal graphs? In Ahanjideh et al. (2022), the problem is solved in triangle-free graphs for d≥m, and for dd. Our results endorse the formula for the number of edges in all extremal triangle-free graphs conjectured in Ahanjideh et al. (2022).