The independence ratio of regular graphs

Bollobás, Béla

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0624948-6

The independence ratio of regular graphs
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by Béla Bollobás

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1981), 433-436

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0624948-6

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Abstract:

As a special case of a general result, it is shown that there are cubic graphs of arbitrarily large girth with independence ratio less than $6/13$.

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