K5-free subgraphs of random graphs

We consider a conjecture by Kohayakawa, Luczak, and Rodl, which, if true, would allow the application of Szemeredi's regularity lemma to show Turan-type results for all random graphs and any fixed graph H. We deal with 5-partite graphs such that each part contains n vertices, and any two parts form an e-regular pair with m edges. Here, two sets of vertices U and W of size n form an e-regular pair with m edges if all subsets U' ⊆ U and W' ⊆ W with [U'], [W'] ≥ en satisfy ||E(U', W')| - |U'| |W'|m/n2 ≤ e|U'| |W'|m/n2. We show that for each β > 0, there exists at most βm(n2m)10 such graphs that do not contain a K5 as a subgraph if m ≥ Cn5/3 for a constant C = C(β), e is sufficiently small, and n is sufficiently large. This proves the special case of the conjecture when H equals the complete graph on five vertices.

[1]  Yoshiharu Kohayakawa,et al.  The Turán Theorem for Random Graphs , 2004, Comb. Probab. Comput..

[2]  Tibor Szabó,et al.  Turán's theorem in sparse random graphs , 2003, Random Struct. Algorithms.

[3]  T. Lu ON K4-FREE SUBGRAPHS OF RANDOM GRAPHS , 1997 .

[4]  Yoshiharu Kohayakawa,et al.  OnK4-free subgraphs of random graphs , 1997, Comb..

[5]  Yoshiharu Kohayakawa,et al.  Regular pairs in sparse random graphs I , 2003, Random Struct. Algorithms.

[6]  Y. Kohayakawa,et al.  Turán's extremal problem in random graphs: Forbidding odd cycles , 1996, Comb..

[7]  Zolth,et al.  Random Ramsey graphs for the four-cycle , 2001 .

[8]  Alan M. Frieze,et al.  Random graphs , 2006, SODA '06.

[9]  Svante Janson,et al.  Random graphs , 2000, ZOR Methods Model. Oper. Res..

[10]  Y. Kohayakawa Szemerédi's regularity lemma for sparse graphs , 1997 .

[11]  Reinhard Diestel,et al.  Graph Theory , 1997 .

[12]  Béla Bollobás,et al.  Modern Graph Theory , 2002, Graduate Texts in Mathematics.

[13]  Svante Janson,et al.  Random graphs , 2000, Wiley-Interscience series in discrete mathematics and optimization.

[14]  M. Simonovits,et al.  Szemeredi''s Regularity Lemma and its applications in graph theory , 1995 .

[15]  Yoshiharu Kohayakawa,et al.  Turán's Extremal Problem in Random Graphs: Forbidding Even Cycles , 1995, J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B.

[16]  E. Szemerédi Regular Partitions of Graphs , 1975 .

[17]  Vojtech Rödl,et al.  Large triangle-free subgraphs in graphs withoutK4 , 1986, Graphs Comb..