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The well-known Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal conjecture states that for any graph $F$, there exists $\epsilon>0$ such that every $n$-vertex graph $G$ that contains no induced copy of $F$ has a homogeneous set of size at least $n^{\epsilon}$. We consider…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Maria Axenovich , Domagoj Bradač , Lior Gishboliner , Dhruv Mubayi , Lea Weber

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph is $(H_1,\,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ or $H_2$. For a positive integer $t$, $P_t$ is the chordless path on $t$ vertices. A paraglider is the graph that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-28 Shenwei Huang , T. Karthick

Given a fixed graph $H$ and a constant $c \in [0,1]$, we can ask what graphs $G$ with edge density $c$ asymptotically maximize the homomorphism density of $H$ in $G$. For all $H$ for which this problem has been solved, the maximum is always…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Grigoriy Blekherman , Shyamal Patel

A class of graphs G is chi-bounded if the chromatic number of graphs in G is bounded by a function of the clique number. We show that if a class G is chi-bounded,then every class of graphs admitting a decomposition along cuts of small rank…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-13 Zdenek Dvorak , Daniel Kral

We consider the maximum chromatic number of hypergraphs consisting of cliques that have pairwise small intersections. Designs of the appropriate parameters produce optimal constructions, but these are known to exist only when the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Dhruv Mubayi , Jacques Verstraete

We introduce H-clique-width, a new structural measure of graphs that aims to provide a hereditary analogue of the traditional graph product structure. The definition naturally generalises the ordinary clique-width concept. As a result, for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Petr Hliněný , Jan Jedelský

A graph $G = (V, E)$ is \emph{partitionable} if there exists a partition $\{A, B\}$ of $V$ such that $A$ induces a disjoint union of cliques and $B$ induces a triangle-free graph. In this paper we investigate the computational complexity of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-01-06 Faisal N. Abu-Khzam , Carl Feghali , Haiko Müller

It is well-known that the graph isomorphism problem can be posed as an equivalent problem of determining whether an auxiliary graph structure contains a clique of specific order. However, the algorithms that have been developed so far for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Giannis Nikolentzos , Michalis Vazirgiannis

A \emph{unichord} in a graph is an edge that is the unique chord of a cycle. A \emph{square} is an induced cycle on four vertices. A graph is \emph{unichord-free} if none of its edges is a unichord. We give a slight restatement of a known…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Raphael C. S. Machado , Celina M. H. de Figueiredo , Nicolas Trotignon

Let $G$ be a finite group, and let ${\rm{cd}}(G)$ denote the set of degrees of the irreducible complex characters of $G$. The degree graph $\Delta(G)$ of $G$ is defined as the simple undirected graph whose vertex set ${\rm{V}}(G)$ consists…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Zeinab Akhlaghi , Silvio Dolfi , Emanuele Pacifici , Lucia Sanus

We continue the study of $(tw,\omega)$-bounded graph classes, that is, hereditary graph classes in which large treewidth is witnessed by the presence of a large clique, and the relation of this property to boundedness of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Claire Hilaire , Martin Milanič , Đorđe Vasić

A graph G is prismatic if for every triangle T of G, every vertex of G not in T has a unique neighbour in T. The complement of a prismatic graph is called \emph{antiprismatic}. The complexity of colouring antiprismatic graphs is still…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Myriam Preissmann , Cléophée Robin , Nicolas Trotignon

Given a family $\mathcal{H}$ of graphs, we say that a graph $G$ is $\mathcal{H}$-induced-minor-free if no induced minor of $G$ is isomorphic to a member of $\mathcal{H}$, We denote by $W_{t\times t}$ the $t$-by-$t$ hexagonal grid, and by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Maria Chudnovsky , Julien Codsi , David Fischer , Daniel Lokshtanov

We prove that for every $t\in \mathbb{N}$ there is a constant $\gamma_t$ such that every graph with twin-width at most $t$ and clique number $\omega$ has chromatic number bounded by $2^{\gamma_t \log^{4t+3} \omega}$. In other words, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Michał Pilipczuk , Marek Sokołowski

For a graph class $\mathcal G$ and a graph $H$, the four $\mathcal G$-covering numbers of $H$, namely global ${\rm cn}_{g}^{\mathcal{G}}(H)$, union ${\rm cn}_{u}^{\mathcal{G}}(H)$, local ${\rm cn}_{l}^{\mathcal{G}}(H)$, and folded ${\rm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Miriam Goetze , Peter Stumpf , Torsten Ueckerdt

We study classes of graphs with bounded clique-width that are well-quasi-ordered by the induced subgraph relation, in the presence of labels on the vertices. We prove that, given a finite presentation of a class of graphs, one can decide…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Maël Dumas , Aliaume Lopez

Jacob Fox, C. Seshadhri, Tim Roughgarden, Fan Wei, and Nicole Wein introduced the model of $c$-closed graphs--a distribution-free model motivated by triadic closure, one of the most pervasive structural signatures of social networks. While…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Gabriela Bourla , Kaixin Wang , Fan Wei , Runtian Zhou

Finding a Maximum Clique is a classic property test from graph theory; find any one of the largest complete subgraphs in an Erd\"os-R\'enyi G(N, p) random graph. We use Maximum Clique to explore the structure of the problem as a function of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-05-26 Raffaele Marino , Scott Kirkpatrick

In this paper we resolve the complexity of the isomorphism problem on all but finitely many of the graph classes characterized by two forbidden induced subgraphs. To this end we develop new techniques applicable for the structural and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-11-10 Pascal Schweitzer

Assume that $R_1,R_2,\dots,R_t$ are disjoint parallel lines in the plane. A $t$-interval (or $t$-track interval) is a set that can be written as the union of $t$ closed intervals, each on a different line. It is known that pairwise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-09 János Barát , András Gyárfás , Gábor N. Sárközy