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The graph partition problem is the problem of partitioning the vertex set of a graph into a fixed number of sets of given sizes such that the sum of weights of edges joining different sets is optimized. In this paper we simplify a known…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-25 Edwin R. van Dam , Renata Sotirov

In 1975, Erd\H{o}s and Sauer asked to estimate, for any constant $r$, the maximum number of edges an $n$-vertex graph can have without containing an $r$-regular subgraph. In a recent breakthrough, Janzer and Sudakov proved that any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Debsoumya Chakraborti , Oliver Janzer , Abhishek Methuku , Richard Montgomery

A matching cut is a partition of the vertex set of a graph into two sets $A$ and $B$ such that each vertex has at most one neighbor in the other side of the cut. The MATCHING CUT problem asks whether a graph has a matching cut, and has been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-09 Guilherme C. M. Gomes , Ignasi Sau

Signed networks, i.e., networks with positive and negative edges, commonly arise in various domains from social media to epidemiology. Modeling signed networks has many practical applications, including the creation of synthetic data sets…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2022-11-18 Angelina Brilliantova , Hannah Miller , Ivona Bezáková

Extremal problems concerning the number of independent sets or complete subgraphs in a graph have been well studied in recent years. Cutler and Radcliffe proved that among graphs with $n$ vertices and maximum degree at most $r$, where $n =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-11 R. Kirsch , A. J. Radcliffe

The \textsc{$l$-Exact Component Order Connectivity} problem asks whether, given an input graph $G$ and an integer $k$, there exists a vertex subset $S\subseteq V(G)$ of size at most $k$ such that every connected component in $G - S$ has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Yuxi Liu , Mingyu Xiao

During the last years, several algorithmic meta-theorems have appeared (Bodlaender et al. [FOCS 2009], Fomin et al. [SODA 2010], Kim et al. [ICALP 2013]) guaranteeing the existence of linear kernels on sparse graphs for problems satisfying…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Valentin Garnero , Christophe Paul , Ignasi Sau , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

Graph modification problems are computational tasks where the goal is to change an input graph $G$ using operations from a fixed set, in order to make the resulting graph satisfy a target property, which usually entails membership to a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Ivo Koch , Nina Pardal , Vinicius F. dos Santos

Graph Crossing Number is a fundamental problem with various applications. In this problem, the goal is to draw an input graph $G$ in the plane so as to minimize the number of crossings between the images of its edges. Despite extensive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Julia Chuzhoy , Sepideh Mahabadi , Zihan Tan

Given an undirected graph $G$ and a multiset of $k$ terminal pairs $\mathcal{X}$, the Vertex-Disjoint Paths (\VDP) and Edge-Disjoint Paths (\EDP) problems ask whether $G$ has $k$ pairwise internally vertex-disjoint paths and $k$ pairwise…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Juhi Chaudhary , Harmender Gahlawat , Michal Włodarczyk , Meirav Zehavi

A connected graph $G$ with at least two vertices is matching covered if each of its edges lies in a perfect matching. A matching covered graph is minimal if the removal of any edge results in a graph that is no longer matching covered. An…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Xiaoling He , Fuliang Lu , Heping Zhang

The largest balanced element in signed graphs plays a vital role in helping researchers understand the fundamental structure of the graph, as it reveals valuable information about the complex relationships between vertices in the network.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Muhieddine Shebaro , Jelena Tešić

The All-Pairs Min-Cut problem (aka All-Pairs Max-Flow) asks to compute a minimum $s$-$t$ cut (or just its value) for all pairs of vertices $s,t$. We study this problem in directed graphs with unit edge/vertex capacities (corresponding to…

There has recently been much progress on exact algorithms for the (un)weighted graph (bi)partitioning problem using branch-and-bound and related methods. In this note we present and improve an easily computable, purely combinatorial lower…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-03 Jesper Larsson Träff , Martin Wimmer

Motivated by the classical conjectures of Lov\'asz, Thomassen, and Smith, recent work has renewed interest in the study of longest cycles in important graph families, such as vertex-transitive and highly connected graphs. In particular,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Jie Ma , Ziyuan Zhao

In the Colored Clustering problem, one is asked to cluster edge-colored (hyper-)graphs whose colors represent interaction types. More specifically, the goal is to select as many edges as possible without choosing two edges that share an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Leon Kellerhals , Tomohiro Koana , Pascal Kunz , Rolf Niedermeier

A total dominating set of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a subset $D \subseteq V$ such that every vertex in $V$ is adjacent to some vertex in $D$. Finding a total dominating set of minimum size is NP-hard on planar graphs and W[2]-complete on general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Valentin Garnero , Ignasi Sau

A signed graph is a pair $(G,\Sigma)$, where $G=(V,E)$ is a graph (in which parallel edges are permitted, but loops are not) with $V=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and $\Sigma\subseteq E$. The edges in $\Sigma$ are called odd and the other edges of $E$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Marina Arav , Frank J. Hall , Zhongshan Li , Hein van der Holst

The classical Zarankiewicz's problem asks for the maximum number of edges in a bipartite graph on $n$ vertices which does not contain the complete bipartite graph $K_{t,t}$. In one of the cornerstones of extremal graph theory, K\H{o}v\'ari…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Chaya Keller , Shakhar Smorodinsky

One of the more recent generalizations of the Erd\"os-Ko-Rado theorem, formulated by Holroyd, Spencer and Talbot, defines the Erd\"os-Ko-Rado property for graphs in the following manner: for a graph G and a positive integer r, G is said to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-07-16 Glenn Hurlbert , Vikram Kamat