Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2017
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Graph Theory
Abstract
In this article, we make progress on a question related to one of Galvin that has attracted substantial attention recently. The question is that of determining among all graphs G with n vertices and Δ(G) ≤ r, which has the most complete subgraphs of size t, for t≥3. The conjectured extremal graph is aKr+1 ∪ Kb, where n = a(r + 1) + b with 0 ≤ b ≤ r. Gan et al. (Combin Probab Comput 24(3) (2015), 521–527) proved the conjecture when a ≤ 1, and also reduced the general conjecture to the case t = 3. We prove the conjecture for r ≤ 6 and also establish a weaker form of the conjecture for all r.
DOI
10.1002/jgt.22016
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Cutler, Jonathan and Radcliffe, A. J., "The Maximum Number of Complete Subgraphs of Fixed Size in a Graph with Given Maximum Degree" (2017). Department of Mathematics Facuty Scholarship and Creative Works. 174.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/mathsci-facpubs/174
Published Citation
Cutler, J., & Radcliffe, A. J. (2017). The maximum number of complete subgraphs of fixed size in a graph with given maximum degree. Journal of Graph Theory, 84(2), 134-145.