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Minimizing the Number of Triangular Edges

Part of: Graph theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2017

VYTAUTAS GRUSLYS  and
SHOHAM LETZTER
VYTAUTAS GRUSLYS
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB, UK (e-mail: v.gruslys@dpmms.cam.ac.uk, s.letzter@dpmms.cam.ac.uk)
SHOHAM LETZTER
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB, UK (e-mail: v.gruslys@dpmms.cam.ac.uk, s.letzter@dpmms.cam.ac.uk)
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Abstract

We consider the problem of minimizing the number of edges that are contained in triangles, among n-vertex graphs with a given number of edges. For sufficiently large n, we prove an exact formula for this minimum, which partially resolves a conjecture of Füredi and Maleki.

MSC classification

Primary: 05C35: Extremal problems
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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 27 , Special Issue 4: Special Issue: Oberwolfach Workshop , July 2018 , pp. 580 - 622
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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