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Spanning Trees in Dense Graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2001

JÁNOS KOMLÓS
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
GÁBOR N. SÁRKÓZY
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
ENDRE SZEMERÉDI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

In this paper we prove the following almost optimal theorem. For any δ > 0, there exist constants c and n0 such that, if n [ges ] n0, T is a tree of order n and maximum degree at most cn/log n, and G is a graph of order n and minimum degree at least (1/2 + δ)n, then T is a subgraph of G.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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