All trees contain a large induced subgraph having all degrees 1 (mod \(k\)) (Q1377743)

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All trees contain a large induced subgraph having all degrees 1 (mod \(k\))
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    All trees contain a large induced subgraph having all degrees 1 (mod \(k\)) (English)
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    6 July 1998
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    It is proved that for \(n\geq 2\) and \(k\geq 2\) every \(n\)-node tree has an induced subgraph with at least \(2\lfloor(n+ 2k-3)/(2k- 1)\rfloor\) nodes, such that all nodes in this subgraph have degrees congruent 1 modulo \(k\).
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    subgraph enumeration
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    tree
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