Generalized Ramsey–Turán density for cliques

We study the generalized Ramsey–Turán function $\mathrm {RT}(n,K_s,K_t,o(n))$ , which is the maximum possible number of copies of $K_s$ in an n-vertex $K_t$ -free graph with independence number $o(n)$ . The case when $s=2$ was settled by Erdős, Sós, Bollobás, Hajnal,...

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Main Authors: Jun Gao, Suyun Jiang, Hong Liu, Maya Sankar
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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description We study the generalized Ramsey–Turán function $\mathrm {RT}(n,K_s,K_t,o(n))$ , which is the maximum possible number of copies of $K_s$ in an n-vertex $K_t$ -free graph with independence number $o(n)$ . The case when $s=2$ was settled by Erdős, Sós, Bollobás, Hajnal, and Szemerédi in the 1980s. We combinatorially resolve the general case for all $s\ge 3$ , showing that the (asymptotic) extremal graphs for this problem have simple (bounded) structures. In particular, it implies that the extremal structures follow a periodic pattern when t is much larger than s. Our results disprove a conjecture of Balogh, Liu, and Sharifzadeh and show that a relaxed version does hold.
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spelling doaj-art-7ca5ad8257cd42919b5b44badf046ea52025-08-20T02:18:38ZengCambridge University PressForum of Mathematics, Sigma2050-50942025-01-011310.1017/fms.2025.29Generalized Ramsey–Turán density for cliquesJun Gao0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4229-4508Suyun Jiang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-2848Hong Liu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-7321Maya Sankar3https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8763-431XExtremal Combinatorics and Probability Group (ECOPRO), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34126, South Korea; E-mail: ,School of Artificial Intelligence, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China; E-mail:Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group (ECOPRO), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, 34126, South Korea; E-mail: ,Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USAWe study the generalized Ramsey–Turán function $\mathrm {RT}(n,K_s,K_t,o(n))$ , which is the maximum possible number of copies of $K_s$ in an n-vertex $K_t$ -free graph with independence number $o(n)$ . The case when $s=2$ was settled by Erdős, Sós, Bollobás, Hajnal, and Szemerédi in the 1980s. We combinatorially resolve the general case for all $s\ge 3$ , showing that the (asymptotic) extremal graphs for this problem have simple (bounded) structures. In particular, it implies that the extremal structures follow a periodic pattern when t is much larger than s. Our results disprove a conjecture of Balogh, Liu, and Sharifzadeh and show that a relaxed version does hold.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2050509425000295/type/journal_article05C3505D10
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