Caro's linear odd induced subgraph conjecture

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Let GG be a finite simple graph on nn vertices with no isolated vertices. An odd induced subgraph is an induced subgraph in which every vertex has odd degree, and let fo(G)f_o(G) denote its maximum order.

Caro's conjecture. There exists a positive constant cc such that every nn-vertex graph without isolated vertices contains an odd induced subgraph with at least cncn vertices.

This conjecture was posed in connection with the problem of finding large induced subgraphs whose vertices all have odd degree. It was proved by Ferber and Krivelevich with the absolute choice c=10−4c=10^{-4}, so the conjecture is solved.

References

Primary source

Tao Wang and Baoyindureng Wu, “Maximum odd induced subgraph of a graph concerning its chromatic number”, arXiv:2211.10895 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2009.05495.

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