We investigate the following question proposed by Erdős: Is there a constant c such that, for each n, if G is a graph with n vertices, 2n − 1 edges, and (G) 3
, then G contains an induced proper subgraph H with at least cn vertices and (H ) 3?Previously we showed that there exists no such constant c by constructing a family of graphs whose induced proper subgraph with minimum degree 3 contains at most √ n vertices. In this paper we present a construction of a family of graphs whose largest induced proper subgraph with minimum degree 3 is K 4 . Also a similar construction of a graph with n vertices and n + edges is given.
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