• Title of article

    New lower bounds on independence number in triangle-free graphs in terms of order, maximum degree and girth

  • Author/Authors

    Lichiardopol، نويسنده , , Nicolas، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    55
  • To page
    59
  • Abstract
    In this paper we give new lower bounds on the independence number of a graph in terms of order, maximum degree and girth. We will see that our lower bounds improve (totally or partially) the existing bounds of Shearer, Staton, Hopkins and Staton, Lauer and Wormald.
  • Keywords
    girth , independence number , maximum degree
  • Journal title
    Discrete Mathematics
  • Serial Year
    2014
  • Journal title
    Discrete Mathematics
  • Record number

    1600737