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Constructing bounded degree graphs with prescribed degree and neighbor degree sequences

Combinatorics 2021-09-28 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let D=d1,d2,,dnD = d_1, d_2, \ldots, d_n and F=f1,f2,,fnF = f_1, f_2,\ldots, f_n be two sequences of positive integers. We consider the following decision problems: is there a i)i) multigraph, ii)ii) loopless multigraph, iii)iii) simple graph, iv)iv) connected simple graph, v)v) tree, vi)vi) caterpillar G=(V,E)G = (V,E) such that for all kk, d(vk)=dkd(v_k) = d_k and wN(vk)d(w)=fk\sum_{w\in \mathcal{N}(v_k)} d(w) = f_k (d(v)d(v) is the degree of vv and N(v)\mathcal{N}(v) is the set of neighbors of vv). Here we show that all these decision problems can be solved in polynomial time if maxkdk\max_{k} d_k is bounded. The problem is motivated by NMR spectroscopy of hydrocarbons.

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@article{arxiv.2109.12993,
  title  = {Constructing bounded degree graphs with prescribed degree and neighbor degree sequences},
  author = {Uroš Čibej and Aaron Li and István Miklós and Sohaib Nasir and Varun Srikanth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.12993},
  year   = {2021}
}
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