Embedding trees using minimum and maximum degree conditions

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Main Authors: Pokrovskiy, Alexey, Versteegen, Leo, Williams, Ella
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author Pokrovskiy, Alexey
Versteegen, Leo
Williams, Ella
author_facet Pokrovskiy, Alexey
Versteegen, Leo
Williams, Ella
contents A variant of the Erdős-Sós conjecture, posed by Havet, Reed, Stein and Wood, states that every graph with minimum degree at least $\lfloor 2k/3 \rfloor$ and maximum degree at least $k$ contains a copy of every tree with $k$ edges. Both degree bounds are best possible. We confirm this conjecture for large trees with bounded maximum degree, by proving that for all $Δ\in \mathbb{N}$ and sufficiently large $k\in \mathbb{N}$, every graph $G$ with $δ(G)\geq \lfloor 2k/3 \rfloor$ and $Δ(G)\geq k$ contains a copy of every tree $T$ with $k$ edges and $Δ(T)\leq Δ$. We also prove similar results where alternative degree conditions are considered. For the same class of trees, this verifies exactly a related conjecture of Besomi, Pavez-Signé and Stein, and provides asymptotic confirmations of two others.
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spellingShingle Embedding trees using minimum and maximum degree conditions
Pokrovskiy, Alexey
Versteegen, Leo
Williams, Ella
Combinatorics
A variant of the Erdős-Sós conjecture, posed by Havet, Reed, Stein and Wood, states that every graph with minimum degree at least $\lfloor 2k/3 \rfloor$ and maximum degree at least $k$ contains a copy of every tree with $k$ edges. Both degree bounds are best possible. We confirm this conjecture for large trees with bounded maximum degree, by proving that for all $Δ\in \mathbb{N}$ and sufficiently large $k\in \mathbb{N}$, every graph $G$ with $δ(G)\geq \lfloor 2k/3 \rfloor$ and $Δ(G)\geq k$ contains a copy of every tree $T$ with $k$ edges and $Δ(T)\leq Δ$. We also prove similar results where alternative degree conditions are considered. For the same class of trees, this verifies exactly a related conjecture of Besomi, Pavez-Signé and Stein, and provides asymptotic confirmations of two others.
title Embedding trees using minimum and maximum degree conditions
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16799