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We explore the interplay between algebraic combinatorics and algorithmic problems in graph theory by defining a polynomial with connections to correspondence colouring (also known as DP-colouring), a recent generalization of list-colouring,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-16 Chris Godsil , Krystal Guo , Gordon Royle

Let $q$ be an odd prime power, let $n\ge 2$, and let $V\subsetneq \mathbb F_{q^n}$ be a proper $\mathbb F_q$-vector subspace. Given a nonzero quadratic form $Q(X,Y)\in \mathbb F_{q^n}[X,Y]$, we consider the graph $\Gamma(Q,V)$ that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Jean Godard , Lucas Reis

We show that a cubic graph $G$ of order $n$ has an induced $2$-regular subgraph of order at least a) $\frac{n-2}{4-\frac{4}{k}}$, if $G$ has no induced cycle of length more than $k$, b) $\frac{5n+6}{8}$, if $G$ has no induced cycle of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-11 Michael A. Henning , Felix Joos , Christian Löwenstein , Dieter Rautenbach

We introduce a domination polynomial of a graph G. The domination polynomial of a graph G of order n is the polynomial D(G, x) =\sum_{i=1}^n d(G, i)x^i, where d(G, i) is the number of dominating sets of G of size i. We obtain some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-05-15 Saeid Alikhani , Yee-hock Peng

We give an explicit and simple construction of the incidence graph for the integral cohomology of real Grassmann manifold Gr(k,n) in terms of the Young diagrams filled with the letter q in checkered pattern. It turns out that there are two…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-09-24 Luis Casian , Yuji Kodama

The sets of vertices and edges of an undirected, simple, finite, connected graph $G$ are denoted by $V(G)$ and $E(G)$, respectively. An arbitrary nonempty finite subset of consecutive integers is called an interval. An injective mapping…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Narine N. Davtyan , Arpine M. Khachatryan , Rafayel R. Kamalian

It is confirmed in this work that the graph isomorphism can be tested in polynomial time, which resolves a longstanding problem in the theory of computation. The contributions are in three phases as follows. 1. A description graph…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-01-25 Rui Xue

A (3,4)-biregular bigraph G is a bipartite graph where all vertices in one part have degree 3 and all vertices in the other part have degree 4. A path factor of G is a spanning subgraph whose components are nontrivial paths. We prove that a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Armen S. Asratian , Carl Johan Casselgren

For a graph $G$, a vertex subset $S$ is called a maximum generalized $k$-independent set if the induced subgraph $G[S]$ does not contain a $k$-tree as its subgraph, and the subset has maximum cardinality. The generalized $k$-independence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Jing Huang

Given a finite connected simple graph $G=(V,E)$ with vertex set $V$ and edge set $E\subseteq \binom{V}{2}$, we will show that $1.$ the (necessarily unique) smallest block graph with vertex set $V$ whose edge set contains $E$ is uniquely…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-03 A. Dress , K. T. Huber , J. Koolen , V. Moulton , A. Spillner

Recently, Choi and Park introduced an invariant of a finite simple graph, called signed a-number, arising from computing certain topological invariants of some specific kinds of real toric manifolds. They also found the signed a-numbers of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Seunghyun Seo , Heesung Shin

The adjoint polynomial of $G$ is \[h(G,x)=\sum_{k=1}^n(-1)^{n-k}a_k(G)x^k,\] where $a_k(G)$ denotes the number of ways one can cover all vertices of the graph $G$ by exactly $k$ disjoint cliques of $G$. In this paper we show the the adjoint…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-10 Ferenc Bencs

The vertex-nullity interlace polynomial of a graph, described by Arratia, Bollob\'as and Sorkin as evolving from questions of DNA sequencing, and extended to a two-variable interlace polynomial by the same authors, evokes many open…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan , Irasema Sarmiento

The magnitude of a graph is one of a family of cardinality-like invariants extending across mathematics; it is a cousin to Euler characteristic and geometric measure. Among its cardinality-like properties are multiplicativity with respect…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Tom Leinster

The two graphs of the title both have vertex set G. In the intersection power graph, x and y are joined if some non-identity element is a power of both; in the power graph, x and y joined if one is a power of the other. Thus the power graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Sudip Bera , Peter J. Cameron

A topological index of a graph $G$ is a real number which is preserved under isomorphism. Extensive studies on certain polynomials related to these topological indices have also been done recently. In a similar way, chromatic versions of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2018-11-02 Sudev Naduvath

This paper studies signed graphs with possible outer-edges. We introduce and investigate the chain group, the boundary operator, the co-boundary operator, the flow group, the tension group, the homology group, the cohomology group, with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Beifang Chen

The vertex cover number of a graph is the minimum number of vertices that are needed to cover all edges. When those vertices are further required to induce a connected subgraph, the corresponding number is called the connected vertex cover…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-05-16 Eglantine Camby , Jean Cardinal , Samuel Fiorini , Oliver Schaudt

The enhanced power graph $\mathcal{P}_E(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is the simple undirected graph whose vertex set is $G$ and two distinct vertices $x, y$ are adjacent if $x, y \in \langle z \rangle$ for some $z \in G$. In this article, we…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-12 Parveen , Jitender Kumar

One of the main questions that arise when studying random and quasi-random structures is which properties P are such that any object that satisfies P "behaves" like a truly random one. In the context of graphs, Chung, Graham, and Wilson…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-03-03 Asaf Shapira , Raphael Yuster