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Let $T$ be an oriented tree on $n$ vertices with maximum degree at most $e^{o(\sqrt{\log n})}$. If $G$ is a digraph on $n$ vertices with minimum semidegree $\delta^0(G)\geq(\frac12+o(1))n$, then $G$ contains $T$ as a spanning tree, as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-25 Felix Joos , Jonathan Schrodt

An $n$-vertex tree $T$ is said to be $\textit{graceful}$ if there exists a bijective labelling $\phi:V(T)\to \{1,\ldots,n\}$ such that the edge-differences $\{|\phi(x)-\phi(y)| : xy\in E(T)\}$ are pairwise distinct. The longstanding…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Shoham Letzter , Alexey Pokrovskiy , Ella Williams

We prove that, if $m$ is sufficiently large, every graph on $m+1$ vertices that has a universal vertex and minimum degree at least $\lfloor \frac{2m}{3} \rfloor$ contains each tree $T$ with $m$ edges as a subgraph. Our result confirms, for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Bruce Reed , Maya Stein

We prove the Strong Nine Dragon Tree Conjecture is true if we replace the edge bound with $d + \big\lceil k \big\lfloor\frac{d-1}{k+1}\big\rfloor \big(\frac{d}{k+1} - \frac{1}{2} \big\lceil\frac{d}{k+1}\big\rceil \big)\big\rceil \leq d +…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Sebastian Mies , Benjamin Moore

In this paper and a companion paper, we prove that, if $m$ is sufficiently large, every graph on $m+1$ vertices that has a universal vertex and minimum degree at least $\lfloor \frac{2m}{3} \rfloor$ contains each tree $T$ with $m$ edges as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Bruce Reed , Maya Stein

A classical result of Koml\'os, S\'ark\"ozy and Szemer\'edi states that every $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at least $(1/2+ o(1))n$ contains every $n$-vertex tree with maximum degree $O(n/\log{n})$ as a subgraph, and the bounds on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-14 Felix Joos , Jaehoon Kim

The tangent number $T_{2n+1}$ is equal to the number of increasing labelled complete binary trees with $2n+1$ vertices. This combinatorial interpretation immediately proves that $T_{2n+1}$ is divisible by $2^n$. However, a stronger…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-28 Guo-Niu Han , Jing-Yi Liu

We consider packing tree degree sequences in this paper. We set up a conjecture that any arbitrary number of tree degree sequences without common leaves have edge disjoint tree realizations. This conjecture is known to be true for $2$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Aravind Gollakota , William Hardt , Istvan Miklos

Cayley's formula states that the number of labelled trees on $n$ vertices is $n^{n-2}$, and many of the current proofs involve complex structures or rigorous computation. We present a bijective proof of the formula by providing an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-08 Steven Hao , Andrew He , Ray Li , Scott Wu

The conjecture of Beineke and Harary states that for any two vertices which can be separated by $k$ vertices and $l$ edges for $l\geq 1$ but neither by $k$ vertices and $l-1$ edges nor $k-1$ vertices and $l$ edges there are $k+l$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Sebastian S. Johann , Sven O. Krumke , Manuel Streicher

Let $G$ be a connected graph and $L(G)$ the set of all integers $k$ such that $G$ contains a spanning tree with exactly $k$ leaves. We show that for a connected graph $G$, the set $L(G)$ is contiguous. It follows from work of Chen, Ren, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Kenta Noguchi , Carol T. Zamfirescu

A classical result of Koml\'os, S\'ark\"ozy and Szemer\'edi shows that every large $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at least $(1/2+\gamma)n$ contains all spanning trees of bounded degree. We generalised this result to loose spanning…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Yaobin Chen , Allan Lo

For \math{p\ge 1}, we prove that every forest with \math{p} trees whose sizes are $a_1,..., a_p$ can be embedded in any graph containing at least $\sum_{i=1}^p (a_i + 1)$ vertices and having a minimum degree at least $\sum_{i=1}^p a_i$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-18 Mark Goldberg , Malik Magdon-Ismail

A classical conjecture of Erd\H{o}s and S\'os asks to determine the Tur\'an number of a tree. We consider variants of this problem in the settings of hypergraphs and multi-hypergraphs. In particular, for all $k$ and $r$, with $r \ge k…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-16 Ervin Győri , Nika Salia , Casey Tompkins , Oscar Zamora

We characterize all partitions of the complete twisted graph $T_{2n}$ into plane spanning trees. In the case of partitions of $T_{2n}$ into isomorphic plane spanning trees, we show that all trees in these partitions must be balanced double…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Ana Paulina Figueroa , Eduardo Rivera-Campo

Given a spanning tree $T$ of a planar graph $G$, the co-tree of $T$ is the spanning tree of the dual graph $G^*$ with edge set $(E(G)-E(T))^*$. Gr\"unbaum conjectured in 1970 that every planar 3-connected graph $G$ contains a spanning tree…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Christian Ortlieb , Jens M. Schmidt

We generalize Schwenk's result that almost all trees contain any given limb to trees with positive integer vertex weights. The concept of characteristic polynomial is extended to such weighted trees and we prove that the proportion of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Caelan Wang , Karen Yeats

For each integer $k \geq 2$, we introduce a sequence of $k$-ary discrete trees constructed recursively by choosing at each step an edge uniformly among the present edges and grafting on "its middle" $k-1$ new edges. When $k=2$, this…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-02-06 Bénédicte Haas , Robin Stephenson

The strong thin tree conjecture states that every $k$-edge-connected graph $G$ contains an $O(1/k)$-thin spanning tree, meaning a spanning tree which contains at most an $O(1/k)$ fraction of the edges across each cut in $G$. This conjecture…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Nathan Klein , Neil Olver , Zi Song Yeoh

For all integers $k\geq 3$, we give an $O(n^4)$ time algorithm for the problem whose instance is a graph $G$ of girth at least $k$ together with $k$ vertices and whose question is "Does $G$ contains an induced subgraph containing the $k$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-09-06 Wei Liu , Nicolas Trotignon