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An $(m, n)$-colored-mixed graph $G=(V, A_1, A_2,\cdots, A_m, E_1, E_2,\cdots, E_n)$ is a graph having $m$ colors of arcs and $n$ colors of edges. We do not allow two arcs or edges to have the same endpoints. A homomorphism from an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Fabien Jacques , Pascal Ochem

Assume $G$ is a graph. We view $G$ as a symmetric digraph, in which each edge $uv$ of $G$ is replaced by a pair of opposite arcs $e=(u,v)$ and $e^{-1}=(v,u)$. Assume $S$ is an inverse closed subset of permutations of positive integers. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-07 Ligang Jin , Tsai-Lien Wong , Xuding Zhu

Let $ H $ be a multi-digraph on $ h $ vertices with $ q $ arcs. An \textbf{$H$-subdivision} in a digraph $D$ is a subdigraph obtained by replacing every arc $uv$ of $H$ with a path from $u$ to $v$ in $D$ such that these paths are pairwise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Jia Zhou , Jin Yan

A graph $G$ is said to be well-hued if every maximal $k$-colorable subgraph of $G$ has the same order $a_k$. Therefore, if $G$ is well-hued, we can associate with $G$ a sequence $\{a_k\}$. Necessary and sufficient conditions were given as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Geoffrey Boyer , Kirsti Kuenzel , Jeremy Lyle , Ryan Pellico

Graphs derived from groups are a widely studied class of graphs, motivated by their highly symmetric structure. In particular, G-graphs offer an easy and interesting alternative construction of semi-symmetric graphs. After recalling the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-25 David Ellison , Ruxandra Marinescu-Ghemeci , Cerasela Tanasescu

Let $K_4^+$ be the 5-vertex graph obtained from $K_4$, the complete graph on four vertices, by subdividing one edge precisely once (i.e. by replacing one edge by a path on three vertices). We prove that if the chromatic number of some graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-21 Louis Esperet , Nicolas Trotignon

A graph is a cograph if it is $P_4$-free. A $k$-polar partition of a graph $G$ is a partition of the set of vertices of $G$ into parts $A$ and $B$ such that the subgraph induced by $A$ is a complete multipartite graph with at most $k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-13 Pavol Hell , César Hernández-Cruz , Cláudia Linhares Sales

The mean subtree order of a given graph $G$, denoted $\mu(G)$, is the average number of vertices in a subtree of $G$. Let $G$ be a connected graph. Chin, Gordon, MacPhee, and Vincent [J. Graph Theory, 89(4): 413-438, 2018] conjectured that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-25 Stijn Cambie , Guantao Chen , Yanli Hao , Nizamettin Tokar

Let G be a graph with n vertices and suppose that for each vertex v in G, there exists a list of k colors L(v), such that there is a unique proper coloring for G from this collection of lists, then G is called a uniquely k-list colorable…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-01-03 M. Ghebleh , E. S. Mahmoodian

A graph is {\em $1$-planar} if it can be drawn in the plane such that every edge crosses at most one other edge. A connected graph $H$ is {\em strongly light} in a family of graphs $\mathfrak{G}$, if there exists a constant $\lambda$, such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Tao Wang

The chromatic polynomial $\pi_{G}(k)$ of a graph $G$ can be viewed as counting the number of vertices in a family of coloring graphs $\mathcal C_k(G)$ associated with (proper) $k$-colorings of $G$ as a function of the number of colors $k$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Shamil Asgarli , Sara Krehbiel , Howard W. Levinson , Heather M. Russell

An oriented graph is called $k$-anti-traceable if the subdigraph induced by every subset with $k$ vertices has a hamiltonian anti-directed path. In this paper, we consider an anti-traceability conjecture. In particular, we confirm this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Bin Chen , Stefanie Gerke , Gregory Gutin , Hui Lei , Heis Parker-Cox , Yacong Zhou

A graph $H$ is common if the limit as $n\to\infty$ of the minimum density of monochromatic labelled copies of $H$ in an edge colouring of $K_n$ with red and blue is attained by a sequence of quasirandom colourings. We apply an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Natalie Behague , Natasha Morrison , Jonathan A. Noel

We give a uniform and self-contained proof that if $G$ is a connected graph with $\chi(G) = \Delta(G)$ and $G\neq \overline{C_7}$, then $G$ contains either $K_{\Delta(G)}$ or an odd hole where every vertex has degree at least $\Delta(G)-1$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Rachel Galindo , Jessica McDonald , Songling Shan

An edge of a quasi $k$-connected graph is said to be quasi $k$-contractible if the contraction of the edge results in a quasi $k$-connected graph. If every quasi $k$-connected graph without a quasi $k$-contractible edge has either $H_{1}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Shuai Kou , Weihua Yang , Mingzu Zhang , Shuang Zhao

A graph is called traceable if it contains a Hamilton path, i.e., a path passing through all its vertices. Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices. $G$ is called claw-$o_{-1}$-heavy if every induced claw ($K_{1,3}$) of $G$ has a pair of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-06 Binlong Li , Shenggui Zhang

Given graphs G and H with V(G) containing V(H), suppose that we have a u,v-path P_{uv} in G for each edge uv in H. There are obvious additional conditions that ensure that G contains H as a rooted subgraph, subdivision, or immersion; we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-27 André Kündgen , Michael J. Pelsmajer , Radhika Ramamurthi

A graph is a path graph if it is the intersection graph of a family of subpaths of a tree. In 1970, Renz asked for a characterizaton of path graphs by forbidden induced subgraphs. Here we answer this question by listing all graphs that are…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-12-18 Benjamin Lévêque , Frédéric Maffray , Myriam Preissmann

Let $\pi=(d_{1},\ldots,d_{n})$ be a non-increasing degree sequence with even $n$. In 1974, Kundu showed that if $\mathcal{D}_{k}(\pi)=(d_{1}-k,\ldots,d_{n}-k)$ is graphic, then some realization of $\pi$ has a $k$-factor. For $r\leq 2$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-20 James M. Shook

Dirac introduced the notion of a k-critical graph, a graph that is not (k-1)-colorable but whose every proper subgraph is (k-1)-colorable. Brook's Theorem states that every graph with maximum degree k is k-colorable unless it contains a…

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