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Xinmin Hou

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arXiv2017

Odd induced subgraphs in graphs with treewidth at most two

A long-standing conjecture asserts that there exists a constant $c>0$ such that every graph of order $n$ without isolated vertices contains an induced subgraph of order at least $cn$ with all degrees odd. Scott (1992) proved that every graph $G$ has an induced subgraph of order at least $|V(G)|/(2χ(G))$ with all degrees odd, where $χ(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$, this implies the conjecture for graphs with { bounded} chromatic number. But the factor $1/(2χ(G))$ seems to be not best possible, for example, Radcliffe and Scott (1995) proved $c=\frac 23$ for trees, Berman, Wang and Wargo (1997) showed that $c=\frac 25$ for graphs with maximum degree $3$, so it is interesting to determine the exact value of $c$ for special family of graphs. In this paper, we further confirm the conjecture for graphs with treewidth at most 2 with $c=\frac{2}{5}$, and the bound is best possible.

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arXiv2016

Turán number and decomposition number of intersecting odd cycles

An extremal graph for a given graph $H$ is a graph on $n$ vertices with maximum number of edges that does not contain $H$ as a subgraph. Let $s,t$ be integers and let $H_{s,t}$ be a graph consisting of $s$ triangles and $t$ cycles of odd lengths at least 5 which intersect in exactly one common vertex. Erdős et al. (1995) determined the extremal graphs for $H_{s,0}$. Recently, Hou et al. (2016) determined the extremal graphs for $H_{0,t}$, where the $t$ cycles have the same odd length $q$ with $q\ge 5$. In this paper, we further determine the extremal graphs for $H_{s,t}$ with $s\ge 0$ and $t\ge 1$. Let $ϕ(n,H)$ be the largest integer such that, for all graphs $G$ on $n$ vertices, the edge set $E(G)$ can be partitioned into at most $ϕ(n, H)$ parts, of which every part either is a single edge or forms a graph isomorphic to $H$. Pikhurko and Sousa conjectured that $ϕ(n,H)=\ex(n,H)$ for $χ(H)\geqs3$ and all sufficiently large $n$. Liu and Sousa (2015) verified the conjecture for $H_{s,0}$. In this paper, we further verify Pikhurko and Sousa's conjecture for $H_{s,t}$ with $s\ge 0$ and $t\ge 1$.

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arXiv2015

Extremal graph for intersecting odd cycles

An extremal graph for a graph $H$ on $n$ vertices is a graph on $n$ vertices with maximum number of edges that does not contain $H$ as a subgraph. Let $T_{n,r}$ be the Turán graph, which is the complete $r$-partite graph on $n$ vertices with part sizes that differ by at most one. The well-known Turán Theorem states that $T_{n,r}$ is the only extremal graph for complete graph $K_{r+1}$. Erdös et al. (1995) determined the extremal graphs for intersecting triangles and Chen et al. (2003) determined the maximum number of edges of the extremal graphs for intersecting cliques. In this paper, we determine the extremal graphs for intersecting odd cycles.

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arXiv2015

Decomposition of Graphs into $(k,r)$-Fans and Single Edges

Let $ϕ(n,H)$ be the largest integer such that, for all graphs $G$ on $n$ vertices, the edge set $E(G)$ can be partitioned into at most $ϕ(n, H)$ parts, of which every part either is a single edge or forms a graph isomorphic to $H$. Pikhurko and Sousa conjectured that $ϕ(n,H)=\ex(n,H)$ for $χ(H)\geqs3$ and all sufficiently large $n$, where $\ex(n,H)$ denotes the maximum number of edges of graphs on $n$ vertices that does not contain $H$ as a subgraph. A $(k,r)$-fan is a graph on $(r-1)k+1$ vertices consisting of $k$ cliques of order $r$ which intersect in exactly one common vertex. In this paper, we verify Pikhurko and Sousa's conjecture for $(k,r)$-fans. The result also generalizes a result of Liu and Sousa.

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