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Problems related to graph matching and isomorphisms are very important both from a theoretical and practical perspective, with applications ranging from image and video analysis to biological and biomedical problems. The graph matching…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Marcelo Fiori , Guillermo Sapiro

A classical result due to Lovasz (1967) shows that the isomorphism type of a graph is determined by homomorphism counts. That is, graphs G and H are isomorphic whenever the number of homomorphisms from K to G is the same as the number of…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Luca Reggio

Given a pair of graphs $\textbf{A}$ and $\textbf{B}$, the problems of deciding whether there exists either a homomorphism or an isomorphism from $\textbf{A}$ to $\textbf{B}$ have received a lot of attention. While graph homomorphism is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-08 Silvia Butti , Victor Dalmau

We prove that the coindex of the box complex $\mathrm{B}(H)$ of a graph $H$ can be measured by the generalised Mycielski graphs which admit a homomorphism to it. As a consequence, we exhibit for every graph $H$ a system of linear equations…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-19 Gord Simons , Claude Tardif , David Wehlau

Let $p$ be an odd prime. From a simple undirected graph $G$, through the classical procedures of Baer (Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 1938), Tutte (J. Lond. Math. Soc., 1947) and Lov\'asz (B. Braz. Math. Soc., 1989), there is a $p$-group $P_G$ of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Xiaoyu He , Youming Qiao

A classical result by Lov\'asz asserts that two graphs $G$ and $H$ are isomorphic if and only if they have the same left profile, that is, for every graph $F$, the number of homomorphisms from $F$ to $G$ coincides with the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Albert Atserias , Phokion G. Kolaitis , Wei-Lin Wu

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

Two graphs $G$ and $H$ are homomorphism indistinguishable over a graph class $\mathcal{F}$ if they admit the same number of homomorphisms from every graph $F \in \mathcal{F}$. Many graph isomorphism relaxations such as (quantum) isomorphism…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Marek Černý , Tim Seppelt

In the standard category of directed graphs, graph morphisms map edges to edges. By allowing graph morphisms to map edges to finite paths (path homomorphisms of graphs), we obtain an ambient category in which we determine subcategories…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Piotr M. Hajac , Mariusz Tobolski

We consider a possibility of the existence of intersection homology morphism, which would be associated to a map of analytic varieties. We assume that the map is an inclusion of codimension one. Then the existence of a morphism follows from…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrzej Weber

In an earlier paper the authors proved that limits of convergent graph sequences can be described by various structures, including certain 2-variable real functions called graphons, random graph models satisfying certain consistency…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-02-10 László Lovász , Balázs Szegedy

The generalized Lax conjecture asserts that each hyperbolicity cone is a linear slice of the cone of positive semidefinite matrices. We prove the conjecture for a multivariate generalization of the matching polynomial. This is further…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-21 Nima Amini

We show that there is an absolute constant $c>0$ such that every large connected $n$-vertex Cayley graph with degree $d\geq n^{1-c}$ has a Hamilton cycle. This makes progress towards the Lov\'asz conjecture and improves upon the previous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Benjamin Bedert , Nemanja Draganić , Alp Müyesser , Matías Pavez-Signé

In combinatorial commutative algebra and algebraic statistics many toric ideals are constructed from graphs. Keeping the categorical structure of graphs in mind we give previous results a more functorial context and generalize them by…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2011-10-04 Alexander Engstrom , Patrik Noren

The Local Computation Algorithms (LCA) model is a computational model aimed at problem instances with huge inputs and output. For graph problems, the input graph is accessed using probes: strong probes (SP) specify a vertex $v$ and receive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-03-23 Uriel Feige , Boaz Patt-Shamir , Shai Vardi

This paper delves into three research directions, leveraging the Lov\'{a}sz $\vartheta$-function of a graph. First, it focuses on the Shannon capacity of graphs, providing new results that determine the capacity for two infinite subclasses…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Igal Sason

We examine ordered graphs, defined as graphs with linearly ordered vertices, from the perspective of homomorphisms (and colorings) and their complexities. We demonstrate the corresponding computational and parameterized complexities, along…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Michal Čertík , Andreas Emil Feldmann , Jaroslav Nešetřil , Paweł Rzążewski

We define smooth notions of concordance and sliceness for spatial graphs. We prove that sliceness of a spatial graph is equivalent to a condition on a set of linking numbers together with sliceness of a link associated to the graph. This…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Egor Lappo

We develop a new, intrinsic, computationally friendly approach to Lie coalgebras through graph coalgebras, which are new and likely to be of independent interest. Our graph coalgebraic approach has advantages both in finding relations…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2009-01-16 Dev Sinha , Ben Walter

Graphs that are squares under the gluing algebra arise in the study of homomorphism density inequalities such as Sidorenko's conjecture. Recent work has focused on these homomorphism density applications. This paper takes a new perspective…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Karen L. Collins , David Galvin , Christine A. Kelley , Emily McMillon , Amanda Redlich