Journal of Mathematical Sciences

, Volume 145, Issue 3, pp 4939–4941 | Cite as

Helly’s property for n-cliques and the degree of a graph

  • S. L. Berlov
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Abstract

The main result of the paper is as follows: If a maximal clique of a graph G has n vertices, the degree of every vertex of G is less than \([\frac{5}{3}n] - 1\), and any two n-cliques from a family of n-cliques have a nonempty intersection, then each of the n-cliques in this family has more than n/3 vertices. This result is shown to be sharp. Bibliography: 6 titles.

Keywords

Maximal Clique Adjacent Vertex Similar Fact Classical Paper Partial Characterization 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • S. L. Berlov
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  1. 1.Physics and Mathematics LyceumSt. PetersburgRussia

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