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Let $t,q$ and $n$ be positive integers. Write $[q] = \{1,2,\ldots,q\}$. The generalized Hamming graph $H(t,q,n)$ is the graph whose vertex set is the cartesian product of $n$ copies of $[q]$ ($q\ge 2$), where two vertices are adjacent if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Yichen Wang , Mengyu Cao , Zequn Lv , Mei Lu

A $[k,n,1]$-graph is a $k$-partite graph with parts of order $n$ such that the bipartite graph induced by any pair of parts is a matching. An independent transversal in such a graph is an independent set that intersects each part in a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-22 Raphael Yuster

A $k$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices is an $(n,k,\ell)$-omitting system if it does not contain two edges whose intersection has size exactly $\ell$. If in addition it does not contain two edges whose intersection has size greater than…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Tom Bohman , Xizhi Liu , Dhruv Mubayi

The \textit{toughness} $t(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a measure of its connectivity that is closely related to Hamiltonicity. Brouwer proved the lower bound $t(G) > \ell / \lambda - 2$ on the toughness of any connected $\ell$-regular graph, where…

We study $2k$-factors in $(2r+1)$-regular graphs. Hanson, Loten, and Toft proved that every $(2r+1)$-regular graph with at most $2r$ cut-edges has a $2$-factor. We generalize their result by proving for $k\le(2r+1)/3$ that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Alexander V. Kostochka , André Raspaud , Bjarne Toft , Douglas B. West , Dara Zirlin

In the random hypergraph $H_{n,p;k}$ each possible $k$-tuple appears independently with probability $p$. A loose Hamilton cycle is a cycle in which every pair of adjacent edges intersects in a single vertex. We prove that if $p n^{k-1}/\log…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-02-24 Andrzej Dudek , Alan Frieze

For a graph $G$, the $k$-colour Ramsey number $R_k(G)$ is the least integer $N$ such that every $k$-colouring of the edges of the complete graph $K_N$ contains a monochromatic copy of $G$. Let $C_n$ denote the cycle on $n$ vertices. We show…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-22 Matthew Jenssen , Jozef Skokan

In this paper we use theoretical and computational tools to continue our investigation of $K_2$-hamiltonian graphs, that is, graphs in which the removal of any pair of adjacent vertices yields a hamiltonian graph, and their interplay with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Jan Goedgebeur , Jarne Renders , Gábor Wiener , Carol T. Zamfirescu

A graph is $k$-planar $(k \geq 1)$ if it can be drawn in the plane such that no edge is crossed more than $k$ times. A graph is $k$-quasi planar $(k \geq 2)$ if it can be drawn in the plane with no $k$ pairwise crossing edges. The families…

A graph $G$ is $l$-path Hamiltonian if every path of length not exceeding $l$ is contained in a Hamiltonian cycle. It is well known that a 2-connected, $k$-regular graph $G$ on at most $3k-1$ vertices is edge-Hamiltonian if for every edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Xia Li , Weihua Yang

For a non-negative integer $k$, a vertex cut in a graph is $k$-degenerate if it induces a $k$-degenerate subgraph. We show that a graph of order $n$ at least $2k+2$ without a $k$-degenerate cut has the size at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Thilo Hartel , Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach

A graph $G$ is called a $2K_2$-free graph if it does not contain $2K_2$ as an induced subgraph. In 2014, Broersma, Patel and Pyatkin showed that every 25-tough $2K_2$-free graph on at least three vertices is Hamiltonian. Recently, Shan…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-06 Katsuhiro Ota , Masahiro Sanka

For $k \geq 1$ and $n \geq 2k$, the well known Kneser graph $\operatorname{KG}(n,k)$ has all $k$-element subsets of an $n$-element set as vertices; two such subsets are adjacent if they are disjoint. Schrijver constructed a vertex-critical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Agustina Victoria Ledezma , Adrián Pastine , Pablo Torres , Mario Valencia-Pabon

In 1962, Erd\H{o}s proved that if a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices satisfies $$ e(G)>\max\left\{\binom{n-k}{2}+k^2,\binom{\lceil(n+1)/2\rceil}{2}+\left\lfloor \frac{n-1}{2}\right\rfloor^2\right\}, $$ where the minimum degree $\delta(G)\geq k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Binlong Li , Bo Ning , Xing Peng

This paper considers multiple domination on Kneser graphs. We focus on $k$-tuple dominating sets, $2$-packings and the associated graph parameters $k$-tuple domination number and $2$-packing number. In particular, we compute the $2$-packing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-09 María Gracia Cornet , Pablo Torres

For non-negative integers~$k$, we consider graphs in which every vertex has exactly $k$ vertices at distance~$2$, i.e., graphs whose distance-$2$ graphs are $k$-regular. We call such graphs $k$-metamour-regular motivated by the terminology…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-20 Elisabeth Gaar , Daniel Krenn

A Hamilton cycle in a directed graph $G$ is a cycle that passes through every vertex of $G$. A Hamiltonian decomposition of $G$ is a partition of its edge set into disjoint Hamilton cycles. In the late $60$s Kelly conjectured that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-03 Asaf Ferber , Eoin Long , Benny Sudakov

A loose Hamilton cycle in a hypergraph is a cyclic sequence of edges covering all vertices in which only every two consecutive edges intersect and do so in exactly one vertex. With Dirac's theorem in mind, it is natural to ask what minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-29 Kalina Petrova , Miloš Trujić

This paper proves that for any positive integer $k$, every essentially $(2k+1)$-unbalanced $(12k-1)$-edge connected signed graph has circular flow number at most $2+\frac 1k$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-11-15 Xuding Zhu

We define and study a special type of hypergraph. A $\sigma$-hypergraph $H= H(n,r,q$ $\mid$ $\sigma$), where $\sigma$ is a partition of $r$, is an $r$-uniform hypergraph having $nq$ vertices partitioned into $ n$ classes of $q$ vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-21 Christina Zarb