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Past exam of the graph theory course of the University of Oxford / 2011 / 3 / b / Solution by

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Let

B \subseteq X

be the vertices with fewer than

(d /2) ∣ Y ∣

Y

. If

∣ B ∣ \geq ε ∣ X ∣

, regularity applies to the pair

(B, Y)

and gives

d (B, Y) \geq d (X, Y) - ε \geq d - ε \geq d /2.

But averaging the defining strict degree inequality over

B

gives

d (B, Y) < d /2

, a contradiction. Therefore

∣ B ∣ < ε ∣ X ∣.

Regularity controls the neighbourhood of almost every vertex because a large set of exceptional low-degree vertices would itself witness an irregular density.

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