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Graphs without Large Complete Minors are Quasi-Random

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

JOSEPH SAMUEL MYERS
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB, England (e-mail: [email protected])

Abstract

We answer a question of Sós by showing that, if a graph G of order n and density p has no complete minor larger than would be found in a random graph G(n, p), then G is quasi-random, provided either p > 0.45631 … or κ(G) [ges ] n(log log log n)/(log log n), where 0.45631 … is an explicit constant.

The results proved can also be used to fill the gaps in an argument of Thomason, describing the extremal graphs having no Kt minor for given t.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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