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Let $\mathcal{H}$ be an $r$-uniform hypergraph. The \emph{minimum positive co-degree} of $\mathcal{H}$, denoted by $\delta_{r-1}^+(\mathcal{H})$, is the minimum $k$ such that if $S$ is an $(r-1)$-set contained in a hyperedge of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-08 József Balogh , Nathan Lemons , Cory Palmer

Let k >= 2 and F be a linear k-uniform hypergraph with v vertices. We prove that if n is sufficiently large and v|n, then every quasirandom k-uniform hypergraph on n vertices with constant edge density and minimum degree $\Omega(n^{k-1})$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-02-18 John Lenz , Dhruv Mubayi

The vertices of any graph with $m$ edges can be partitioned into two parts so that each part meets at least $\frac{2m}{3}$ edges. Bollob\'as and Thomason conjectured that the vertices of any $r$-uniform graph may be likewise partitioned…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-12 John Haslegrave

A perfect $K_t$-matching in a graph $G$ is a spanning subgraph consisting of vertex disjoint copies of $K_t$. A classic theorem of Hajnal and Szemer\'edi states that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with minimum degree $\delta(G) \ge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-01 Allan Lo , Klas Markström

We generalize a result of Balister, Gy{\H{o}}ri, Lehel and Schelp for hypergraphs. We determine the unique extremal structure of an $n$-vertex, $r$-uniform, connected, hypergraph with the maximum number of hyperedges, without a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Ervin Győri , Nika Salia , Oscar Zamora

We use an algebraic method to prove a degree version of the celebrated Erd\H os-Ko-Rado theorem: given $n>2k$, every intersecting $k$-uniform hypergraph $H$ on $n$ vertices contains a vertex that lies on at most $\binom{n-2}{k-2}$ edges.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Hao Huang , Yi Zhao

We study the algorithmic task of finding large independent sets in Erdos-Renyi $r$-uniform hypergraphs on $n$ vertices having average degree $d$. Krivelevich and Sudakov showed that the maximum independent set has density $\left(\frac{r\log…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Abhishek Dhawan , Yuzhou Wang

In this paper, we prove the conjectures of Gharakhloo and Welker (2023) that the positive matching decomposition number (pmd) of a $3$-uniform hypergraph is bounded from above by a polynomial of degree $2$ in terms of the number of…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Marie Amalore Nambi , Neeraj Kumar

The Kneser hypergraph ${\rm KG}^r_{n,k}$ is an $r$-uniform hypergraph with vertex set consisting of all $k$-subsets of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and any collection of $r$ vertices forms an edge if their corresponding $k$-sets are pairwise disjoint.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Meysam Alishahi , Ali Taherkhani

Numerous problems in extremal hypergraph theory ask to determine the maximal size of a $k$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices that does not contain an `enlarged' copy $H^+$ of a fixed hypergraph $H$. These include well-known problems such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-12 Nathan Keller , Noam Lifshitz

The "infamous upper tail problem" for $r$-uniform hypergraphs is to estimate the probability that the number of copies of a fixed hypergraph $H$ in a large binomial $r$-uniform hypergraph $\boldsymbol{G}$ exceeds its expectation by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Nicholas A. Cook , Nguyen Nguyen

In 1995, Koml\'os, S\'ark\"ozy and Szemer\'edi showed that every large $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at least $(1/2 + \gamma)n$ contains all spanning trees of bounded degree. We consider a generalization of this result to loose…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Yanitsa Pehova , Kalina Petrova

A central problem in extremal graph theory is to estimate, for a given graph $H$, the number of $H$-free graphs on a given set of $n$ vertices. In the case when $H$ is not bipartite, fairly precise estimates on this number are known. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-13 Asaf Ferber , Gweneth Anne McKinley , Wojciech Samotij

The Brouwer conjecture (BC) in spectral graph theory claims that the sum of the largest k Kirchhoff eigenvalues of a graph are bounded above by the number m of edges plus k(k+1)/2. We show that (BC) holds for all graphs with n vertices if n…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Oliver Knill

An $r$-uniform tight cycle of length $\ell>r$ is a hypergraph with vertices $v_1,\dots,v_\ell$ and edges $\{v_i,v_{i+1},\dots,v_{i+r-1}\}$ (for all $i$), with the indices taken modulo $\ell$. It was shown by Sudakov and Tomon that for each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Barnabás Janzer

For an $n$-vertex graph $G$, let $z(G;k)$ denote the number of zero forcing sets of size $k$. A conjecture of Boyer et al. asserts that the path $P_n$ maximizes these numbers coefficientwise among all $n$-vertex graphs; equivalently, the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Samuel German

For any given integer $r\geqslant 3$, let $k=k(n)$ be an integer with $r\leqslant k\leqslant n$. A hypergraph is $r$-uniform if each edge is a set of $r$ vertices, and is said to be linear if two edges intersect in at most one vertex. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Fang Tian

We study the problems of bounding the number weak and strong independent sets in $r$-uniform, $d$-regular, $n$-vertex linear hypergraphs with no cross-edges. In the case of weak independent sets, we provide an upper bound that is tight up…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Emma Cohen , Will Perkins , Michail Sarantis , Prasad Tetali

The {\em overlap number} of a finite $(d+1)$-uniform hypergraph $H$ is defined as the largest constant $c(H)\in (0,1]$ such that no matter how we map the vertices of $H$ into $\R^d$, there is a point covered by at least a $c(H)$-fraction of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-05-11 Jacob Fox , Mikhail Gromov , Vincent Lafforgue , Assaf Naor , Janos Pach

A matching $M$ in a graph $G$ is uniquely restricted if no other matching in $G$ covers the same set of vertices. We conjecture that every connected subcubic graph with $m$ edges and $b$ bridges that is distinct from $K_{3,3}$ has a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-03 Maximilian Fürst , Michael A. Henning , Dieter Rautenbach