Girth of sparse graphs

Abstract

For each fixed k ≥ 0, we give an upper bound for the girth of a graph of order n and size n + k. This bound is likely to be essentially best possible as n → ∞. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 39: 194–200, 2002; DOI 10.1002/jgt.10023

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2002
Source ID
10.1002/jgt.10023

Entities

People

  • Béla Bollobás
  • Endre Szemerédi

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • National Science Foundation

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Fields of Study

  • Mathematics