Erdős–Hajnal for graphs with no 5‐hole

Abstract

The Erdős–Hajnal conjecture says that for every graph there exists such that every graph not containing as an induced subgraph has a clique or stable set of cardinality at least . We prove that this is true when is a cycle of length five. We also prove several further results: for instance, that if is a cycle and is the complement of a forest, there exists such that every graph containing neither of as an induced subgraph has a clique or stable set of cardinality at least .

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2023
Source ID
10.1112/plms.12504

Entities

People

  • Alex Scott
  • Maria Chudnovsky
  • Paul Seymour
  • Sophie Spirkl

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • National Science Foundation
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  • Princeton University
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Waterloo

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.