The feasible region of induced graphs

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Abstract: The feasible region Omegamind(F) of a graph F is the collection of points (x,y) in the unit square such that there exists a sequence of graphs whose edge densities approach x and whose induced F-densities approach y. A complete description of Omegamind(F) is not known for any F with at least four vertices that is not a clique or an independent set. The feasible region provides a lot of combinatorial information about F. For example, the supremum of y over all (x,y)inOmegamind(F) is the inducibility of F and Omegamind(Kr) yields the Kruskal-Katona and clique density theorems. We begin a systematic study of Omegamind(F) by proving some general statements about the shape of Omegamind(F) and giving results for some specific graphs F. Many of our theorems apply to the more general setting of quantum graphs. For example, we prove a bound for quantum graphs that generalizes an old result of Bollob'as for the number of cliques in a graph with given edge density. We also consider the problems of determining Omegamind(F) when F=Kr−, F is a star, or F is a complete bipartite graph. In the case of Kr− our results sharpen those predicted by the edge-statistics conjecture of Alon et. al. while also extending a theorem of Hirst for K4− that was proved using computer aided techniques and flag algebras. The case of the 4-cycle seems particularly interesting and we conjecture that Omegamind(C4) is determined by the solution to the triangle density problem, which has been solved by Razborov.












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