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We develop the methodology of positioning graph vertices relative to each other to solve the problem of determining isomorphism of two undirected graphs. Based on the position of the vertex in one of the graphs, it is determined the…

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For each integer $t\ge 5$, we give a polynomial-time algorithm to test whether a graph contains an induced cycle with length at least $t$ and odd.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Maria Chudnovsky , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

We describe polynomial time algorithms for determining whether an undirected graph may be embedded in a distance-preserving way into the hexagonal tiling of the plane, the diamond structure in three dimensions, or analogous structures in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-07-15 David Eppstein

We consider the problem of covering a graph with a given number of induced subgraphs so that the maximum number of vertices in each subgraph is minimized. We prove NP-completeness of the problem, prove lower bounds, and give approximation…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Shripad Thite

Many complex questions in biology, physics, and mathematics can be mapped to the graph isomorphism problem and the closely related graph automorphism problem. In particular, these problems appear in the context of network visualization,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-11-14 Charo I. Del Genio , Thilo Gross

We present a novel distributed algorithm for counting all four-node induced subgraphs in a big graph. These counts, called the $4$-profile, describe a graph's connectivity properties and have found several uses ranging from bioinformatics…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-04-05 Ethan R. Elenberg , Karthikeyan Shanmugam , Michael Borokhovich , Alexandros G. Dimakis

Let $s$ and $t$ be positive integers. We use $P_t$ to denote the path with $t$ vertices and $K_{1,s}$ to denote the complete bipartite graph with parts of size $1$ and $s$ respectively. The one-subdivision of $K_{1,s}$ is obtained by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Maria Chudnovsky , Sophie Spirkl , Mingxian Zhong

Subdividing an edge $uv$ in a graph replaces it by a path $u w v$ with one new vertex. For a graph $H$, the \textsc{$H$-free Subdivision} problem asks whether, given a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, one can destroy all induced copies of $H$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Marta Piecyk , R. B. Sandeep

We give the first polynomial-time algorithm for coloring vertices of P_5-free graphs with k colors. This settles an open problem and generalizes several previously known results.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Marcin Kaminski , Vadim Lozin

We present an algorithm for determining whether a bipartite graph $G$ is 2-chordal (formerly doubly chordal bipartite). At its core this algorithm is an extension of the existing efficient algorithm for determining whether a graph is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Austin Alderete

A graph $G$ is said to be an $(s, k)$-polar graph if its vertex set admits a partition $(A, B)$ such that $A$ and $B$ induce, respectively, a complete $s$-partite graph and the disjoint union of at most $k$ complete graphs. Polar graphs and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Fernando Esteban Contreras-Mendoza , César Hernández-Cruz

A Burling graph is an induced subgraph of some graph in Burling's construction of triangle-free high-chromatic graphs. Equivalently, a Burling graph is a graph that admits a so-called strict frame representation. We provide a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Paweł Rzążewski , Bartosz Walczak

We investigate the asymptotic number of induced subgraphs in power-law uniform random graphs. We show that these induced subgraphs appear typically on vertices with specific degrees, which are found by solving an optimization problem.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Clara Stegehuis

Interval and proper interval graphs are very well-known graph classes, for which there is a wide literature. As a consequence, some generalizations of interval graphs have been proposed, in which graphs in general are expressed in terms of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Flavia Bonomo-Braberman , Fabiano S. Oliveira , Moysés S. Sampaio , Jayme L. Szwarcfiter

In the recent years, several polynomial algorithms of a dynamical nature have been proposed to address the graph isomorphism problem. In this paper we propose a generalization of an approach exposed in cond-mat/0209112 and find that this…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Marats Golovkins

Consider the problem of determining whether there exists a spanning hypertree in a given k-uniform hypergraph. This problem is trivially in P for k=2, and is NP-complete for k>= 4, whereas for k=3, there exists a polynomial-time algorithm…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-12-19 Sergio Caracciolo , Gregor Masbaum , Alan D. Sokal , Andrea Sportiello

In this paper, a polynomial time algorithm for finding the set of all cyclic subsets in a graph is presented. The concept of cyclic subsets has already been introduced in an earlier paper. The algorithm finds cyclic subsets in a graph G by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-01-07 P. Clarke

We show that for any nonnegative integer $r$, the Weighted Maximum List-$k$-Colourable Induced Subgraph problem can be solved in polynomial time for input graphs that do not contain $(P_5+ rK_1)$ as an induced subgraph, and give an explicit…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Cicely Henderson , Evelyne Smith-Roberge , Sophie Spirkl , Rebecca Whitman

We prove that every graph $G$ contains either $k$ edge-disjoint $K_4$-subdivisions or a set $X$ of at most $O(k^8 \log k)$ edges such that $G-X$ does not contain any $K_4$-subdivision. This shows that $K_4$-subdivisions have the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-31 Henning Bruhn , Matthias Heinlein

The distributed subgraph detection asks, for a fixed graph $H$, whether the $n$-node input graph contains $H$ as a subgraph or not. In the standard CONGEST model of distributed computing, the complexity of clique/cycle detection and listing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-10-05 François Le Gall , Masayuki Miyamoto