Generalized planar Turán numbers (Q2665977)

Summary: In a generalized Turán problem, we are given graphs \(H\) and \(F\) and seek to maximize the number of copies of \(H\) in an \(n\)-vertex graph not containing \(F\) as a subgraph. We consider generalized Turán problems where the host graph is planar. In particular, we obtain the order of magnitude of the maximum number of copies of a fixed tree in a planar graph containing no even cycle of length at most \(2\ell \), for all \(\ell\), \(\ell \geqslant 1\). We also determine the order of magnitude of the maximum number of cycles of a given length in a planar \(C_4\)-free graph. An exact result is given for the maximum number of 5-cycles in a \(C_4\)-free planar graph. Multiple conjectures are also introduced.