Graph Theory and Combinatorics Seminar
Feb 3, 2026 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Henry Administration Building 143
- Sponsor
- Department of Mathematics
- Speaker
- Cory Palmer
- Contact
- Abhishek Dhawan
- adhawan2@illinois.edu
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- Originating Calendar
- Mathematics Seminar Series: Combinatorics
Speaker: Cory Palmer (University of Montana)
Title: Survey of generalized Tur\'an problems
Abstract: For two fixed graphs $H$ and $F$, the \emph{generalized Tur\'an number} $\mathrm{ex}(n,H,F)$ is the maximum number of copies of a subgraph $H$ in an $n$-vertex $F$-free graph. The general study of this extremal function was initiated in an influential 2016 article by Alon and Shikhelman. In this talk we will survey this function with a focus on open problems and conjectures.