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The generalized Turán number \(ex(n,K_s,H)\) is defined to be the maximum number of copies of a complete graph \(K_s\) in any H-free graph on n vertices. Let F be an even linear forest, that is, F consists of paths of even order. In this paper, we determine the value of \(ex(n,K_s,F)\), which generalizes or improves some known results on generalized Turán number and classical Turán number.
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We are grateful to the anonymous referees for their very careful comments. This research was supported by NSFC under Grant Nos. 11871270 and 11931006.
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Zhu, X., Zhang, F. & Chen, Y. Generalized Turán Number of Even Linear Forests. Graphs and Combinatorics 37, 1437–1449 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-021-02329-2
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