Let d_Ks,t(n) be the largest fraction of all graphs on $[n]$ in a family containing no two distinct members whose symmetric difference is a copy of Ks,t. We determine this maximum density for every fixed pair of positive integers $s,t$. If both part sizes are odd, it is known that the density is exactly $1/2$. Otherwise, let $2h$ be the largest even part size. We prove d_Ks,t(n)=Θs,t(n⁻ʰ). For $h>1$, this improves the general Os,t(1/n) upper bound obtained from Alon's two-copy gluing theorem~{Alon2024}. The sharp bounds for even stars were already proved by Alon and are recovered as special cases. The upper bound uses the Frankl--Füredi forbidden-intersection theorem. For the lower bound, we construct binary linear codes using BCH codes. When exactly one part size is even, we assign to each edge the sum of the binary vectors assigned to its endpoints. When both part sizes are even, we identify these vectors with elements of a finite field and assign to each edge the product of its endpoint elements. In both cases, every copy of Ks,t has a nonzero syndrome.
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