{"paper":{"title":"Equating $k$ Maximum Degrees in Graphs without Short Cycles","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"math.CO","authors_text":"D. Rautenbach, M.A. Henning, M. F\\\"urst, M. Gentner, S. J\\\"ager","submitted_at":"2017-05-21T07:45:36Z","abstract_excerpt":"For an integer $k$ at least $2$, and a graph $G$, let $f_k(G)$ be the minimum cardinality of a set $X$ of vertices of $G$ such that $G-X$ has either $k$ vertices of maximum degree or order less than $k$. Caro and Yuster (Discrete Mathematics 310 (2010) 742-747) conjectured that, for every $k$, there is a constant $c_k$ such that $f_k(G)\\leq c_k \\sqrt{n(G)}$ for every graph $G$. Verifying a conjecture of Caro, Lauri, and Zarb (arXiv:1704.08472v1), we show the best possible result that, if $t$ is a positive integer, and $F$ is a forest of order at most $\\frac{1}{6}\\left(t^3+6t^2+17t+12\\right)$, "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1705.07409","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}