On even-cycle-free subgraphs of the doubled Johnson graphs

Abstract

The generalized Tur\'{a}n number ${\rm ex}(G,H)$ is the maximum number of edges in an $H$-free subgraph of a graph $G.$ It is an important extension of the classical Tur\'{a}n number ${\rm ex}(n,H)$, which is the maximum number of edges in a graph with $n$ vertices that does not contain $H$ as a subgraph. In this paper, we consider the maximum number of edges in an even-cycle-free subgraph of the doubled Johnson graphs $J(n;k,k+1)$, which are bipartite subgraphs of hypercube graphs. We give an upper bound for ${\rm ex}(J(n;k,k+1),C_{2r})$ with any fixed $k\in\mathbb{Z}^+$ and any $n\in\mathbb{Z}^+$ with $n\geq 2k+1.$ We also give an upper bound for ${\rm ex}(J(2k+1;k,k+1),C_{2r})$ with any $k\in\mathbb{Z}^+,$ where $J(2k+1;k,k+1)$ is known as doubled Odd graph $\widetilde{O}_{k+1}.$ This bound induces that the number of edges in any $C_{2r}$-free subgraph of $\widetilde{O}_{k+1}$ is $o(e(\widetilde{O}_{k+1}))$ for $r\geq 6,$ which also implies a Ramsey-type result.