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Monotonicity of the normalized extremal number

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For every fixed graph H, the sequence
(2n​)ex(n,H)​
(1)
is nonincreasing once n≥2. Indeed, choose a uniformly random m-vertex induced subgraph of an extremal H-free graph on n vertices. It remains H-free and has expected edge count
ex(n,H)(2n​)(2m​)​,
(2)
which cannot exceed ex(m,H).

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