Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2021 Turan problems in extremal graph theory and flexibility Kyle Edinger Murphy Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Recommended Citation Murphy, Kyle Edinger, "Turan problems in extremal graph theory and flexibility" (2021). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 18567. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18567 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Tur´anproblems in extremal graph theory and graph flexibility by Kyle Edinger Murphy A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Mathematics Program of Study Committee: Bernard Lidick´y,Major Professor Steve Butler Claus Kadelka Ryan Martin Michael Young The student author, whose presentation of the scholarship herein was approved by the program of study committee, is solely responsible for the content of this dissertation. The Graduate College will ensure this dissertation is globally accessible and will not permit alterations after a degree is conferred. Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2021 Copyright © Kyle Edinger Murphy, 2021. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this thesis to my family Jim, Gail and Sara, and my fianc´eeVirginia. The support from each of them provided me throughout graduate school.