Extremal triangle-free graphs with chromatic number at least four

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Auteurs principaux: Ren, Sijie, Wang, Jian, Wang, Shipeng, Yang, Weihua
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author Ren, Sijie
Wang, Jian
Wang, Shipeng
Yang, Weihua
author_facet Ren, Sijie
Wang, Jian
Wang, Shipeng
Yang, Weihua
contents Let $G$ be an $n$-vertex triangle-free graph. The celebrated Mantel's theorem showed that $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{n^2}{4}\rfloor$. In 1962, Erdős (together with Gallai), and independently Andrásfai, proved that if $G$ is non-bipartite then $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{(n-1)^2}{4}\rfloor+1$. In this paper, we extend this result and show that if $G$ has chromatic number at least four and $n\geq 90$, then $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{(n-3)^2}{4}\rfloor+5$. The blow-ups of Grötzsch graph shows that this bound is best possible.
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spellingShingle Extremal triangle-free graphs with chromatic number at least four
Ren, Sijie
Wang, Jian
Wang, Shipeng
Yang, Weihua
Combinatorics
Let $G$ be an $n$-vertex triangle-free graph. The celebrated Mantel's theorem showed that $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{n^2}{4}\rfloor$. In 1962, Erdős (together with Gallai), and independently Andrásfai, proved that if $G$ is non-bipartite then $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{(n-1)^2}{4}\rfloor+1$. In this paper, we extend this result and show that if $G$ has chromatic number at least four and $n\geq 90$, then $e(G)\leq \lfloor\frac{(n-3)^2}{4}\rfloor+5$. The blow-ups of Grötzsch graph shows that this bound is best possible.
title Extremal triangle-free graphs with chromatic number at least four
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07486