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There is a sizable literature on investigating the minimum and maximum numbers of cycles in a class of graphs. However, the answer is known only for special classes. This paper presents a result on the smallest number of cycles in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Bader F. AlBdaiwi

We use probabilistic methods to find lower bounds on the maximum number, in a graph with domination number \gamma, of dominating sets of size \gamma. We find that we can randomly generate a graph that, w.h.p., is dominated by almost all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-15 Samuel Connolly , Zachary Gabor , Anant Godbole , Bill Kay

We study s(k,n), the maximum size of A+A where A is a k-subset of [n]. A few known functions from additive number theory can be expressed via s(k,n). For example, our estimates of s(k,n) imply new bounds on the maximum size of quasi-Sidon…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Oleg Pikhurko

We study the question of the least number of random edges that need to be added to a P\'osa-Seymour graph, that is, a graph with minimum degree exceeding $\frac k{k+1}n$, to secure the existence of the $m$-th power of a Hamiltonian cycle,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Sylwia Antoniuk , Andrzej Dudek , Andrzej Ruciński

A cactus is a connected graph in which each edge is contained in at most one cycle. We generalize the concept of cactus graphs, i.e., a $k$-cactus is a connected graph in which each edge is contained in at most $k$ cycles where $k\ge 1$. It…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Licheng Zhang , Yuanqiu Huang

For a $k$-uniform hypergraph $F$ we consider the parameter $\Theta(F)$, the minimum size of a clique cover of the of $F$. We derive bounds on $\Theta(F)$ for $F$ belonging to various classes of hypergraphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Vojtech Rödl , Marcelo Sales

We study the impact of forbidding short cycles to the edge density of $k$-planar graphs; a $k$-planar graph is one that can be drawn in the plane with at most $k$ crossings per edge. Specifically, we consider three settings, according to…

We give a sharp lower bound on the lower $k$-limited packing number of a general graph. Moreover, we establish a Nordhaus-Gaddum type bound on $2$-limited packing number of a graph. Also, we investigate the concepts of packing number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Babak Samadi

Answering a question of Erd\H{o}s and Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il, we show that the maximum number of inclusion-wise minimal vertex cuts in a graph on $n$ vertices is at most $1.8899^n$ for large enough $n$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-06 Domagoj Bradač

We prove upper and lower bounds on the size of the largest square grid graph that is a subgraph, minor, or shallow minor of a graph in the form of a larger square grid from which a specified number of vertices have been deleted. Our bounds…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-08-07 David Eppstein

The $k$-deck of a graph is its multiset of induced subgraphs on $k$ vertices. We prove that $n$-vertex graphs with maximum degree $2$ have the same $k$-decks if each cycle has at least $k+1$ vertices, each path component has at least $k-1$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-02 Douglas B. West , Hannah Spinoza

The family of graphs of reduced words of a certain subcollection of permutations in the union $\cup_{n\geq 4}\frak{S}_{n}$ of symmetic groups is investigated. The subcollection is characterised by the hook cycle type $(n-2,1,1)$ with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-17 Praise Adeyemo

This papers presents a detailed analysis of pseudocodewords of Tanner graphs. Pseudocodewords arising on the iterative decoder's computation tree are distinguished from pseudocodewords arising on finite degree lifts. Lower bounds on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-08-18 Christine A. Kelley , Deepak Sridhara

Graph packing generally deals with unlabeled graphs. In \cite{EHRT11}, the authors have introduced a new variant of the graph packing problem, called the \textit{labeled packing of a graph}. This problem has recently been studied on trees…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-11-03 M. A. Tahraoui , E. Duchene , H. Kheddouci , M. Wozniak

The graph parameter treedepth is minor-monotone; hence, the class of graphs with treedepth at most $k$ is minor-closed. By the Graph Minor Theorem, such a class is characterized by a finite set of forbidden minors. A conjecture of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Kolja Kühn

Let $k \geq 3$. We prove the following three bounds for the matching number, $\alpha'(G)$, of a graph, $G$, of order $n$ size $m$ and maximum degree at most $k$. If $k$ is odd, then $\alpha'(G) \ge \left( \frac{k-1}{k(k^2 - 3)} \right) n \,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-19 Michael A. Henning , Anders Yeo

Alon and Shikhelman initiated the systematic study of a generalization of the extremal function. Motivated by algorithmic applications, the study of the extremal function $\text{ex}(n, K_k, K_t\text{-minor})$, i.e., the number of cliques of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Ruilin Shi , Fan Wei

We give a simple method to estimate the number of distinct copies of some classes of spanning subgraphs in hypergraphs with high minimum degree. In particular, for each $k\geq 2$ and $1\leq \ell\leq k-1$, we show that every $k$-graph on $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Richard Montgomery , Matías Pavez-Signé

For $S\subseteq V(G)$ and $|S|\geq 2$, $\lambda(S)$ is the maximum number of edge-disjoint trees connecting $S$ in $G$. For an integer $k$ with $2\leq k\leq n$, the \emph{generalized $k$-edge-connectivity} $\lambda_k(G)$ of $G$ is then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-07-10 Xueliang Li , Yaping Mao

A queue layout of a graph consists of a linear order on the vertices and an assignment of the edges to queues, such that no two edges in a single queue are nested. The minimum number of queues needed in a queue layout of a graph is called…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-08-23 Veit Wiechert