# The Extremal Function for Complete Minors

@article{Thomason2001TheEF,
title={The Extremal Function for Complete Minors},
author={Andrew Thomason},
journal={J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B},
year={2001},
volume={81},
pages={318-338}
}
• A. Thomason
• Published 1 March 2001
• Mathematics
• J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B
Let c(t) be the minimum number c such that every graph G with e(G)?c|G| contracts to a complete graph Kt. We show thatc(t)=(?+o(1))tlogtwhere ?=0.319... is an explicit constant. Random graphs are extremal graphs.
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