Extremal results for berge hypergraphs

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Abstract

Let E(G) and V (G) denote the edge set and vertex set of a (hyper)graph G. Let G be a graph and H be a hypergraph. We say that a hypergraph H is a Berge-G if there is a bijection f : E(G) → E(H) such that for each e ϵ E(G) we have e ? f(e). This generalizes the established definitions of "Berge path" and "Berge cycle" to general graphs. For a fixed graph G we examine the maximum possible size of a hypergraph with no Berge-G as a subhypergraph. In the present paper we prove general bounds for this maximum when G is an arbitrary graph. We also consider the specific case when G is a complete bipartite graph and prove an analogue of the K?ovári-Sós-Turán theorem. In case G is C4, we improve the bounds given by Gy?ori and Lemons [Discrete Math., 312, (2012), pp. 1518-1520].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2314-2327
Number of pages14
JournalSIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Funding

∗Received by the editors March 16, 2016; accepted for publication (in revised form) July 11, 2017; published electronically October 12, 2017. http://www.siam.org/journals/sidma/31-4/M106619.html Funding: The first author’s research was supported by OTKA grant PD-109537. The second author’s research was supported by University of Montana UGP grant 325341. †Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, P.O.B. 127, Budapest H-1364, Hungary ([email protected]). ‡Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812 ([email protected]).

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325341
PD-109537

    Keywords

    • Berge hypergraphs
    • Extremal graphs
    • Extremal hypergraphs

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