An extremal problem on potentially $K_{m}-P_{k}$-graphic sequences

dc.creatorLai, Chunhui
dc.date2004-09-24
dc.date2006-07-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:38:50Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:38:50Z
dc.descriptionA sequence $S$ is potentially $K_{m}-P_{k}$ graphical if it has a realization containing a $K_{m}-P_{k}$ as a subgraph. Let $σ(K_{m}-P_{k}, n)$ denote the smallest degree sum such that every $n$-term graphical sequence $S$ with $σ(S)\geq σ(K_{m}-P_{k}, n)$ is potentially $K_{m}-P_{k}$ graphical. In this paper, we prove that $σ(K_{m}-P_{k}, n)\geq (2m-6)n-(m-3)(m-2)+2,$ for $n \geq m \geq k+1\geq 4.$ We conjecture that equality holds for $n \geq m \geq k+1\geq 4.$ We prove that this conjecture is true for $m=k+1=5$ and $m=k+2=5$.
dc.description5 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409466
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409466
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100879
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05C07, 05C35
dc.titleAn extremal problem on potentially $K_{m}-P_{k}$-graphic sequences
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