The shifting method and generalized Turán number of matchings

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Abstract: Given two graphs T and F, the maximum number of copies of T in an F-free graph on n vertices is called the generalized Tur'{a}n number, denoted by ex(n,T,F). When T=K2, it reduces to the classical Tur'{a}n number ex(n,F). Let Mk be a matching with k edges and Ks,t∗ a graph obtained from Ks,t by replacing the part of size s by a clique of the same size. In this paper, we show that for any sgeq2 and ngeq2k+1, [ ex(n,K_s,M_{k+1})=maxleft{�inom{2k+1}{s}, �inom{k}{s}+(n-k)�inom{k}{s-1} ight}. ] For any sgeq1, tgeq2 and ngeq2k+1, [ ex(n,K_{s,t}^*,M_{k+1})=maxleft{�inom{2k+1}{s+t}�inom{s+t}{t}, �inom{k}{s}�inom{n-s}{t}+(n-k)�inom{k}{s+t-1}�inom{s+t-1}{t} ight}. ] Moreover, we also study the bipartite case of the problem. Let exbip(n,T,F) be the maximum possible number of copies of T in an F-free bipartite graph with each part of size n. We prove that for any s,tgeq1 and ngeqk, [ ex_{bip}(n,K_{s,t},M_{k+1})=left{ �egin{aligned} &�inom{k}{s}�inom{n}{t}+�inom{k}{t}�inom{n}{s}, & quad s eq t, &�inom{k}{s}�inom{n}{s},&quad s=t. end{aligned} ight. ] Our proof is mainly based on the shifting method.





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