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On the Number of Complete Subgraphs of a Graph

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. W. Moon*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton
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A graph Gn consists of n nodes some pairs of which are joined by a single edge. A complete k-graph has k nodes and edges. Erdos [1] proved that if a graph Gn has edges, then it contains at least complete 3-graphs if it contains any at all. The main object of this note is to extend this result to complete k-graphs.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1965

References

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