Average Degree Conditions Forcing a Minor
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Mader first proved that high average degree forces a given graph as a minor. Often motivated by Hadwiger’s Conjecture, much research has focused on the average degree required to force a complete graph as a minor. Subsequently, various authors have considered the average degree required to force an arbitrary graph H as a minor. Here, we strengthen (under certain conditions) a recent result by Reed and Wood, giving better bounds on the average degree required to force an H-minor when H is a sparse graph with many high degree vertices. This solves an open problem of Reed and Wood, and also generalises (to within a constant factor) known results when H is an unbalanced complete bipartite graph.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Electr. J. Comb.
دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016