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In contrast with Kotzig's result that the line graph of a $3$-regular graph $X$ is Hamilton decomposable if and only if $X$ is Hamiltonian, we show that for each integer $k\geq 4$ there exists a simple non-Hamiltonian $k$-regular graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Darryn Bryant , Barbara Maenhaut , Benjamin R. Smith

This is my PhD thesis which was defended in May 2021. We call an induced cycle of length at least four a hole. The parity of a hole is the parity of its length. Forbidding holes of certain types in a graph has deep structural implications.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Linda Cook

For a given graph $R$, a graph $G$ is $R$-free if $G$ does not contain $R$ as an induced subgraph. It is known that every $2$-tough graph with at least three vertices has a $2$-factor. In graphs with restricted structures, it was shown that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-08 Elizabeth Grimm , Songling Shan , Anna Johnsen

Half-arc-transitive graphs are a fascinating topic which connects graph theory, Riemann surfaces and group theory. Although fruitful results have been obtained over the last half a century, it is still challenging to construct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Binzhou Xia

Confirming a conjecture posed by Caro, it was shown by Chen and Yu that every graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and at most $2n-4$ edges has a stable cutset, which is a stable set of vertices whose removal disconnects the graph. Le and Pfender…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach

In 1978, Chv\'atal and Thomassen showed that every bridgeless graph with diameter 2 has an orientation with diameter at most 6. They also gave general bounds on the smallest value $f(d)$ such that every bridgeless graph $G$ with diameter…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-28 Hengzhe Li , Xueliang Li , Yuefang Sun , Jun Yue

Let $G$ be a graph. We denote by $c(G)$, $\alpha(G)$ and $q(G)$ the number of components, the independence number and the signless Laplacian spectral radius ($Q$-index for short) of $G$, respectively. The toughness of $G$ is defined by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sizhong Zhou

The toughness $t(G)$ of a connected graph $G$ is defined as $t(G)=\min\{\frac{|S|}{c(G-S)}\}$, in which the minimum is taken over all proper subsets $S\subset V(G)$ such that $c(G-S)>1$, where $c(G-S)$ denotes the number of components of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Xiaofeng Gu

In earlier papers, we showed a decomposition of 2-diregular digraphs (2-dds) and used it to provide some sufficient conditions for these graphs to be non-Hamiltonian; we also showed a close connection between the permanent and determinant…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Munagala V. S. Ramanath

In 2018, by Ramsey and Hoffman theory, Koolen, Yang, and Yang presented a structural result on graphs with smallest eigenvalue at least $-3$ and large minimum degree. In this study, we depart from the conventional use of Ramsey theory and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jack H. Koolen , Hong-Jun Ge , Chenhui Lv , Qianqian Yang

For positive integers $s,t,u,v$, we define a bipartite graph $\Gamma_{\mathbb{R}}(X^s Y^t,X^u Y^v)$ where each partite set is a copy of $\mathbb{R}^3$, and a vertex $(a_1,a_2,a_3)$ in the first partite set is adjacent to a vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Alex Kodess , Brian G. Kronenthal , Diego Manzano-Ruiz , Ethan Noe

Reed and Wood and independently Norine, Seymour, Thomas, and Wollan proved that for each positive integer $t$ there is a constant $c(t)$ such that every graph on $n$ vertices with no $K_t$-minor has at most $c(t)n$ cliques. Wood asked in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-24 Jacob Fox , Fan Wei

A hole in a graph is an induced cycle on at least four vertices. A graph is Berge if it has no odd hole and if its complement has no odd hole. In 2002, Chudnovsky, Robertson, Seymour and Thomas proved a decomposition theorem for Berge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-04 Nicolas Trotignon

Perfect graphs can be described as the graphs whose stable set polytopes are defined by their non-negativity and clique inequalities (including edge inequalities). In 1975, Chv\'{a}tal defined an analogous class of t-perfect graphs, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Maria Chudnovsky , Linda Cook , James Davies , Sang-il Oum , Jane Tan

The Tur\'an number $\text{ex}(n,H)$ of a graph $H$ is the maximal number of edges in an $H$-free graph on $n$ vertices. In $1983$ Chung and Erd\H{o}s asked which graphs $H$ with $e$ edges minimize $\text{ex}(n,H)$. They resolved this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Matija Bucić , Nemanja Draganić , Benny Sudakov

By considering graphs as discrete analogues of Riemann surfaces, Baker and Norine (Adv. Math. 2007) developed a concept of linear systems of divisors for graphs. Building on this idea, a concept of gonality for graphs has been defined and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Kevin Hendrey

A conjecture of Carsten Thomassen states that every 4-connected line graph is hamiltonian. It is known that the conjecture is true for 7-connected line graphs. We improve this by showing that any 5-connected line graph of minimum degree at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-04-01 Tomáš Kaiser , Petr Vrána

Kirkpatrick et al. [ALT 2019] and Fallat et al. [JMLR 2023] introduced non-clashing teaching and proved that it is the most efficient batch machine teaching model satisfying the collusion-avoidance benchmark established in the seminal work…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Sujoy Bhore , Liana Khazaliya , Fionn Mc Inerney

We prove that random hypergraphs are asymptotically almost surely resiliently Hamiltonian. Specifically, for any $\gamma>0$ and $k\ge3$, we show that asymptotically almost surely, every subgraph of the binomial random $k$-uniform hypergraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Peter Allen , Olaf Parczyk , Vincent Pfenninger

We prove part of a conjecture by Johansson, Kahn and Vu \cite{JKV} regarding threshold functions for the existence of an $H$-factor in a random graph \gnp. We prove that the conjectured threshold function is correct for any graph $H$ which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-04-11 Stefanie Gerke , Andrew McDowell
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