A1.8

Graph Theory
Part II, 2003

(i) State Brooks' Theorem, and prove it in the case of a 3 -connected graph.

(ii) Let GG be a bipartite graph, with vertex classes XX and YY, each of order nn. If GG contains no cycle of length 4 show that

e(G)n2(1+4n3)e(G) \leqslant \frac{n}{2}(1+\sqrt{4 n-3})

For which integers n12n \leq 12 are there examples where equality holds?