Let $G$ be a simple graph without two disjoint $K_3$ (no common vertices). What is the maximum of $|E(G)|$ in terms of the number of vertices $n$ of $G$?
If $G$ is a graph without a $ K_3$ , I get the result by using Turán's theorem. But how to solve it when we do not allow two disjoint $K_3$?
Denote the asked maximum by $e$. We can obtain rather tight bounds for $e$ as follows. A complete tripartite graph $K_{s,t,1}$ where $|s-t|\le 1$ gives a lower bound $$e\ge\left\lfloor \frac 14(n-1)^2\right\rfloor+n-1=\left\lfloor \frac 14(n^2+2n-3)\right\rfloor.$$ On the other hand, if $n\ge 3$ we remove from $G$ any triangle then the remaining graph will be triangle-free, so, by Turán’s Theorem, it has at most $\frac 14(n-3)^2$ edges. So $$e\le 3+3(n-3)+\frac 14(n-3)^2=\frac 14(n^2+6n-15).$$ I’ll try to improve the upper bound.