Thrackles: An improved upper bound
Fulek R, Pach J. 2019. Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 259(4), 266–231.
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Fulek, RadoslavISTA 
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Pach, János
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A thrackle is a graph drawn in the plane so that every pair of its edges meet exactly once: either at a common end vertex or in a proper crossing. We prove that any thrackle of n vertices has at most 1.3984n edges. Quasi-thrackles are defined similarly, except that every pair of edges that do not share a vertex are allowed to cross an odd number of times. It is also shown that the maximum number of edges of a quasi-thrackle on n vertices is [Formula presented](n−1), and that this bound is best possible for infinitely many values of n.
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2019-04-30
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Discrete Applied Mathematics
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259
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4
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266-231
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Fulek R, Pach J. Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 2019;259(4):266-231. doi:10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025
Fulek, R., & Pach, J. (2019). Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025
Fulek, Radoslav, and János Pach. “Thrackles: An Improved Upper Bound.” Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025.
R. Fulek and J. Pach, “Thrackles: An improved upper bound,” Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 259, no. 4. Elsevier, pp. 266–231, 2019.
Fulek R, Pach J. 2019. Thrackles: An improved upper bound. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 259(4), 266–231.
Fulek, Radoslav, and János Pach. “Thrackles: An Improved Upper Bound.” Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 259, no. 4, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 266–231, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2018.12.025.
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