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We introduce a new combinatorial structure: the superselector. We show that superselectors subsume several important combinatorial structures used in the past few years to solve problems in group testing, compressed sensing, multi-channel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-10-07 Ferdinando Cicalese , Ugo Vaccaro

We give new linear time globally explicit constructions for perfect hash families, cover-free families and separating hash functions.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-06-12 Nader H. Bshouty

Given a parity-check matrix $H_m$ of a $q$-ary Hamming code, we consider a partition of the columns into two subsets. Then, we consider the two codes that have these submatrices as parity-check matrices. We say that anyone of these two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-07 J. Borges , J. Rifà , V. A. Zinoviev

We prove that, for any finite set of minimal $r$-graph patterns, there is a finite family $\mathcal F$ of forbidden $r$-graphs such that the extremal Tur\'an constructions for $\mathcal F$ are precisely the maximum $r$-graphs obtainable…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Xizhi Liu , Oleg Pikhurko

We supply an upper bound on the distinguishing chromatic number of certain infinite graphs satisfying an adjacency property. Distinguishing proper $n$-colourings are generalized to the new notion of distinguishing homomorphisms. We prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-03 Anthony Bonato , Dejan Delic

The Harary-Hill Conjecture states that for $n\geq 3$ every drawing of $K_n$ has at least \begin{align*} H(n) :=…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Petra Mutzel , Lutz Oettershagen

The $k$-Coloring problem on hereditary graph classes has been a deeply researched problem over the last decade. A hereditary graph class is characterized by a (possibly infinite) list of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs. We say that a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Justyna Jaworska , Bartłomiej Kielak , Tomáš Masařík , Jana Masaříková

Charles, Goren, and Lauter [J. Cryptology 22(1), 2009] explained how one can construct hash functions using expander graphs in which it is hard to find paths between specified vertices. The set of solutions to the classical Markoff equation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Joseph H. Silverman

Miller's 1937 splitting theorem was proved for pairs of cardinals $(\n,\rho)$ in which $n$ is finite and $\rho$ is infinite. An extension of Miller's theorem is proved here in ZFC for pairs of cardinals $(\nu,\rho)$ in which $\nu$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-17 Menachem Kojman

In two previous papers we constructed new families of completely regular codes by concatenation methods. Here we determine cases in which the new codes are completely transitive. For these cases we also find the automorphism groups of such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Joaquim Borges , Josep Rifà , Victor Zinoviev

In this paper, we study the bound on three kinds of hash family using the Singleton bound. To $\epsilon-U(N; n, m)$ hash family, in the caes of $n>m^2>1$ and $1\geq\epsilon\geq \epsilon_1(n, m)$, we get that the new bound is better. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-12-18 Xianmin Ming , Jiansheng Yang

We develop a family of simple rank one theories built over quite arbitrary sequences of finite hypergraphs. (This extends an idea from the recent proof that Keisler's order has continuum many classes, however, the construction does not…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-07-24 M. Malliaris , S. Shelah

Kirkpatrick et al. [ALT 2019] and Fallat et al. [JMLR 2023] introduced non-clashing teaching and proved that it is the most efficient batch machine teaching model satisfying the collusion-avoidance benchmark established in the seminal work…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Sujoy Bhore , Liana Khazaliya , Fionn Mc Inerney

We study the existence and cardinality of universal families for classes of rayless graphs. It is known, by a result of Diestel, Halin, and Vogler, that the class of countable rayless graphs does not admit a countable universal family,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Leandro Fiorini Aurichi , Guilherme Eduardo Pinto

A decomposition of a graph is a set of subgraphs whose edges partition those of $G$. The 3-decomposition conjecture posed by Hoffmann-Ostenhof in 2011 states that every connected cubic graph can be decomposed into a spanning tree, a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Oliver Bachtler , Sven O. Krumke

The Union Closed Sets Conjecture is one of the most renowned problems in combinatorics. Its appeal lies in the simplicity of its statement contrasted with the potential complexity of its resolution. The conjecture posits that, in any union…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Nived J M

We construct a family of countexamples to a conjecture of Galvin [5], which stated that for any $n$-vertex, $d$-regular graph $G$ and any graph $H$ (possibly with loops), \[\hom(G,H) \leq \max\left\lbrace\hom(K_{d,d}, H)^{\frac{n}{2d}},…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Luke Sernau

We solve several first questions in the table of small parameters of completely regular (CR) codes in Hamming graphs $H(n,q)$. The most uplifting result is the existence of a $\{13,6,1;1,6,9\}$-CR code in $H(n,2)$, $n\ge 13$. We also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Denis S. Krotov

We investigate the maximum size of graph families on a common vertex set of cardinality $n$ such that the symmetric difference of the edge sets of any two members of the family satisfies some prescribed condition. We solve the problem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-05 Noga Alon , Anna Gujgiczer , János Körner , Aleksa Milojević , Gábor Simonyi

A paradigm that was successfully applied in the study of both pure and algorithmic problems in graph theory can be colloquially summarized as stating that "any graph is close to being the disjoint union of expanders". Our goal in this paper…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-03 Guy Moshkovitz , Asaf Shapira