Graphs with constant links and induced Tur\'an numbers

TL;DR

This paper explores the relationship between graphs with constant links and induced Turán numbers, providing bounds, constructions, and methods to generate graphs with specific properties related to cycle lengths and hypergraph structures.

Contribution

It establishes bounds on induced Turán numbers for graphs with constant links and introduces new constructions of such graphs with restricted cycle lengths using hypergraph and Steiner System techniques.

Findings

Bound on ${ m ex}(n; C_k, K_{1,t}{\rm -ind})$ for certain parameters

Existence of graphs with constant link and restricted cycle lengths

Construction methods for graphs with constant links and cycle restrictions

Abstract

A graph $G$ of constant link $L$ is a graph in which the neighborhood of any vertex induces a graph isomorphic to $L$. Given two different graphs, $H$ and $G$, the induced Tur\'an number ${\rm ex}(n; H, G{\rm -ind})$ is defined as the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph having no subgraph isomorphic to $H$ and no copy from $G$ as an induced subgraph. Our main motivation in this paper is to establish a bridge between graphs with constant link and induced Tur\'an numbers via the class of $t$-regular, $k$-uniform (linear) hypergraphs of girth at least $4$, as well as to present several methods of constructing connected graphs with constant link. We show that, for integers $t \geq 3$ and $k \geq 3$, ${\rm ex}(n; C_k, K_{1,t}{\rm -ind}) \leq (k - 2)(t - 1)n/2$ and that equality holds for infinitely many values of $n$. This result is built upon the existence of graphs with constant link $tL$ with restricted cycle length, which we prove in another theorem. More precisely, we show that, given a graph $F$ with constant link $L$ and circumference $c$, then, for all integers $t \geq 2$ and $g > c$, there exists a graph with constant link $tL$ which is free of cycles of length $l$, for all $c < l < g$. We provide two proofs of this result using distinct approaches. We further present constructions of graphs with constant links $tL$, $t \geq 2$, and restricted cycle length based on Steiner Systems. Finally, starting from a connected graph of constant link $tL$, for $t \geq 2$, having order $n$ and restricted cycle lengths, we provide a method to construct an infinite collection of connected graphs of constant link $tL$ that preserves the cycle length restriction, and whose orders form an arithmetic progression $qn$, $q \geq 1$.