Paper 3, Section II, F

Graph Theory
Part II, 2010

Let GG be a graph of order nn. Show that GG must contain an independent set of vG1d(v)+1]\left\lceil\sum_{v \in G} \frac{1}{d(v)+1}\right] vertices (where x\lceil x\rceil denotes the least integer x)\left.\geqslant x\right).

[Hint: take a random ordering of the vertices of GG, and consider the set of those vertices which are adjacent to no earlier vertex in the ordering.]

Fix an integer m<nm<n with mm dividing nn, and suppose that e(G)=m(n/m2)e(G)=m\left(\begin{array}{c}n / m \\ 2\end{array}\right).

(i) Deduce that GG must contain an independent set of mm vertices.

(ii) Must GG contain an independent set of m+1m+1 vertices?