Weighted Turán Theorems With Applications to Ramsey-Turán Type of Problems

Abstract

We study extensions of Turán Theorem in edge-weighted settings. A particular case of interest is when constraints on the weight of an edge come from the order of the largest clique containing it. These problems are motivated by Ramsey-Turán type problems. Some of our proofs are based on the method of graph Lagrangians, while the other proofs use flag algebras. Using these results, we prove several new upper bounds on the Ramsey-Turán density of cliques. Other applications of our results are in a recent paper of Balogh, Chen, McCourt, and Murley.