Title
Degree powers in graphs with a forbidden forest.
Abstract
Given a positive integer p and a graph G with degree sequence d1,…,dn, we define ep(G)=∑i=1ndip. Caro and Yuster introduced a Turán-type problem for ep(G): Given a positive integer p and a graph H, determine the function exp(n,H), which is the maximum value of ep(G) taken over all graphs G on n vertices that do not contain H as a subgraph. Clearly, ex1(n,H)=2ex(n,H), where ex(n,H) denotes the classical Turán number. Caro and Yuster determined the function exp(n,Pℓ) for sufficiently large n, where p≥2 and Pℓ denotes the path on ℓ vertices. In this paper, we generalise this result and determine exp(n,F) for sufficiently large n, where p≥2 and F is a linear forest. We also determine exp(n,S), where S is a star forest; and exp(n,B), where B is a broom graph with diameter at most six.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1016/j.disc.2018.11.013
Discrete Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Degree power,Turán-type problem,H-free,Forest
Integer,Discrete mathematics,Graph,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Degree (graph theory),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
342
3
0012-365X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yongxin Lan1112.74
Henry Liu2165.35
Zhongmei Qin3205.22
Yongtang Shi451155.83