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The classical Whitney's 2-Isomorphism Theorem describes the families of graphs having the same cycle matroid. In this paper we describe the families of graphs having the same truncated cycle matroid and prove, in particular, that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-03 Jose De Jesus , Alexander Kelmans

We study ways to expedite Yates's algorithm for computing the zeta and Moebius transforms of a function defined on the subset lattice. We develop a trimmed variant of Moebius inversion that proceeds point by point, finishing the calculation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-02-21 Andreas Björklund , Thore Husfeldt , Petteri Kaski , Mikko Koivisto

Let $S_n$ denote the symmetric group on $n$ elements, and $\Sigma\subseteq S_{n}$ a symmetric subset of permutations. Aldous' spectral gap conjecture, proved by Caputo, Liggett and Richthammer [arXiv:0906.1238], states that if $\Sigma$ is a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-14 Ori Parzanchevski , Doron Puder

Combinatorics, in particular graph theory, has a rich history of being a domain of successful applications of tools from other areas of mathematics, including topological methods. Here, we survey the study of the Hom-complexes, and the ways…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dmitry N. Kozlov

In this paper, we develop the groundwork for a graph theoretic toy model of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Using discrete Witten-Morse theory, we demonstrate that finite graphs have a natural supersymmetric structure and use this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Bek Herz , Ivan Contreras

The Graph Minors Structure Theorem of Robertson and Seymour asserts that, for every graph $H,$ every $H$-minor-free graph can be obtained by clique-sums of ``almost embeddable'' graphs. Here a graph is ``almost embeddable'' if it can be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Dimitrios M. Thilikos , Sebastian Wiederrecht

A class of graphs is $\chi$-bounded if there is a function $f$ such that $\chi(G)\le f(\omega(G))$ for every induced subgraph $G$ of every graph in the class, where $\chi,\omega$ denote the chromatic number and clique number of $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-15 Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

Various results ensure the existence of large complete bipartite graphs in properly colored graphs when some condition related to a topological lower bound on the chromatic number is satisfied. We generalize three theorems of this kind,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-04 Meysam Alishahi , Hossein Hajiabolhassan , Frédéric Meunier

We prove algorithmic weak and \Szemeredi{} regularity lemmas for several classes of sparse graphs in the literature, for which only weak regularity lemmas were previously known. These include core-dense graphs, low threshold rank graphs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Greg Bodwin , Santosh Vempala

We have observations concerning the set theoretic strength of the following combinatorial statements without the axiom of choice. 1. If in a partially ordered set, all chains are finite and all antichains are countable, then the set is…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Amitayu Banerjee , Zalán Gyenis

This paper is devoted to advancing the theoretical understanding of the iterated immediate snapshot (IIS) complexity of the Weak Symmetry Breaking task (WSB). Our rather unexpected main theorem states that there exist infinitely many values…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-02-24 Dmitry N. Kozlov

The blow-up lemma states that a system of super-regular pairs contains all bounded degree spanning graphs as subgraphs that embed into a corresponding system of complete pairs. This lemma has far-reaching applications in extremal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Peter Allen , Julia Böttcher , Hiep Hàn , Yoshiharu Kohayakawa , Yury Person

The mutually enriching relationship between graphs and matroids has motivated discoveries in both fields. In this paper, we exploit the similar relationship between embedded graphs and delta-matroids. There are well-known connections…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-04 Carolyn Chun , Iain Moffatt , Steven D. Noble , Ralf Rueckriemen

We present a concept called the branch-depth of a connectivity function, that generalizes the tree-depth of graphs. Then we prove two theorems showing that this concept aligns closely with the notions of tree-depth and shrub-depth of graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-05 Matt DeVos , O-joung Kwon , Sang-il Oum

We prove a new generalisation of Ramsey's theorem by showing that every $2$-edge-coloured graph with sufficiently large minimum degree contains a monochromatic induced subgraph whose minimum degree remains large. From this, we also derive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Arnab Char , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Lucas Picasarri-Arrieta

In graph theory, the Szemer\'edi regularity lemma gives a decomposition of the indicator function for any graph $G$ into a structured component, a uniform part, and a small error. This result, in conjunction with a counting lemma that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-22 Sammy Luo

We prove a splitter theorem for tight multimatroids, generalizing the corresponding result for matroids, obtained independently by Brylawski and Seymour. Further corollaries give splitter theorems for delta-matroids and ribbon graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Carolyn Chun , Deborah Chun , Steven D. Noble

We develop a general diagrammatic theory of welded graphs, and provide an extension of Satoh's Tube map from welded graphs to ribbon surface-links. As a topological application, we obtain a complete link-homotopy classification of so-called…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Benjamin Audoux , Jean-Baptiste Meilhan , Akira Yasuhara

We prove that Boolean matrices with bounded $\gamma_2$-norm or bounded normalized trace norm must contain a linear-sized all-ones or all-zeros submatrix, verifying a conjecture of Hambardzumyan, Hatami, and Hatami. We also present further…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Igor Balla , Lianna Hambardzumyan , István Tomon

There are many variations on partition functions for graph homomorphisms or colorings. The case considered here is a counting or hard constraint problem in which the range or color graph carries a free and vertex transitive Abelian group…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-04-06 Eric Babson , Matthias Beck