TY - JOUR
T1 - Ordered and Convex Geometric Trees with Linear Extremal Function
AU - Füredi, Zoltán
AU - Kostochka, Alexandr
AU - Mubayi, Dhruv
AU - Verstraëte, Jacques
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PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - The extremal functions ex →(n, F) and ex ↻(n, F) for ordered and convex geometric acyclic graphs F have been extensively investigated by a number of researchers. Basic questions are to determine when ex →(n, F) and ex ↻(n, F) are linear in n, the latter posed by Brass–Károlyi–Valtr in 2003. In this paper, we answer both these questions for every tree F. We give a forbidden subgraph characterization for a family T of ordered trees with k edges, and show that ex→(n,T)=(k-1)n-(k2) for all n≥ k+ 1 when T∈ T and ex →(n, T) = Ω (nlog n) for T∉ T. We also describe the family T′ of the convex geometric trees with linear Turán number and show that for every convex geometric tree F∉ T′, ex ↻(n, F) = Ω (nlog log n).
AB - The extremal functions ex →(n, F) and ex ↻(n, F) for ordered and convex geometric acyclic graphs F have been extensively investigated by a number of researchers. Basic questions are to determine when ex →(n, F) and ex ↻(n, F) are linear in n, the latter posed by Brass–Károlyi–Valtr in 2003. In this paper, we answer both these questions for every tree F. We give a forbidden subgraph characterization for a family T of ordered trees with k edges, and show that ex→(n,T)=(k-1)n-(k2) for all n≥ k+ 1 when T∈ T and ex →(n, T) = Ω (nlog n) for T∉ T. We also describe the family T′ of the convex geometric trees with linear Turán number and show that for every convex geometric tree F∉ T′, ex ↻(n, F) = Ω (nlog log n).
KW - Convex geometric graphs
KW - Ordered graphs
KW - Turán number
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U2 - 10.1007/s00454-019-00149-z
DO - 10.1007/s00454-019-00149-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074823463
VL - 64
SP - 324
EP - 338
JO - Discrete and Computational Geometry
JF - Discrete and Computational Geometry
SN - 0179-5376
IS - 2
ER -