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A famous conjecture of Gy\'arf\'as and Sumner states for any tree $T$ and integer $k$, if the chromatic number of a graph is large enough, either the graph contains a clique of size $k$ or it contains $T$ as an induced subgraph. We discuss…

The minimum semi-degree of a digraph D is the minimum of its minimum outdegree and its minimum indegree. We show that every sufficiently large digraph D with minimum semi-degree at least n/2 +k-1 is k-linked. The bound on the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Daniela Kühn , Deryk Osthus

An oriented graph $\vec{H}$ is said to be tournament anti-Sidorenko if the homomorphism density of $\vec{H}$ in any tournament $\vec{T}$ is bounded above by the homomorphism density of $\vec{H}$ in a large uniformly random tournament. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Hao Chen , Felix Christian Clemen , Jonathan A. Noel

We prove that every 2-sphere graph different from a prism can be vertex 4-colored in such a way that all Kempe chains are forests. This implies the following three tree theorem: the arboricity of a discrete 2-sphere is 3. Moreover, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Oliver Knill

A digraph $G$ is \emph{$k$-geodetic} if for any pair $u,v \in V(G)$ there is at most one $u,v$-walk of length not exceeding $k$. The order of a $k$-geodetic digraph with minimum out-degree $d$ is bounded below by the directed Moore bound…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Slobodan Filipovski , Arnau Messegué , Josep M. Miret , James Tuite

A long-standing conjecture by Albertson and Berman states that every planar graph of order $n$ has an induced forest with at least $\lceil \frac{n}{2} \rceil$ vertices. As a variant of this conjecture, Chappell conjectured that every planar…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Naoki Matsumoto , Takamasa Yashima

The dichromatic number of an oriented graph is the minimum size of a partition of its vertices into acyclic induced subdigraphs. We prove that oriented graphs with no induced directed path on six vertices and no triangle have bounded…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Pierre Aboulker , Guillaume Aubian , Pierre Charbit , Stéphan Thomassé

For a positive integer $k$ and an ordered set of $n$ points in the plane, define its k-sector ordered Yao graphs as follows. Divide the plane around each point into $k$ equal sectors and draw an edge from each point to its closest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Péter Ágoston , Adrian Dumitrescu , Arsenii Sagdeev , Karamjeet Singh , Ji Zeng

We prove that for every ${\gamma > 0}$ there exists $n_0 \in \mathbb{N}$ such that for every ${n \geq n_0}$ any family of up to $\lfloor{n^{\frac12+\gamma}}\rfloor$ trees having at most $(1-\gamma)n$ vertices in each bipartition class can…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-18 Cristina G. Fernandes , Tássio Naia , Giovanne Santos , Maya Stein

Given a digraph $D$, the Minimum Leaf Out-Branching problem (MinLOB) is the problem of finding in $D$ an out-branching with the minimum possible number of leaves, i.e., vertices of out-degree 0. Gutin, Razgon and Kim (2008) proved that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-08-08 Peter Dankelmann , Gregory Gutin , Eun Jung Kim

The Erd\H{o}s-S\'{o}s Conjecture states that if $G$ is a simple graph of order $n$ with average degree more than $k-2,$ then $G$ contains every tree of order $k$. In this paper, we prove that Erd\H{o}s-S\'{o}s Conjecture is true for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-24 Long-Tu Yuan , Xiao-Dong Zhang

Two of the most prominent unresolved conjectures in graph theory, the Albertson-Berman conjecture and the Matheson-Tarjan conjecture, have been extensively studied by many researchers. (AB) Every planar graph of order $n$ has an induced…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Kengo Enami , Naoki Matsumoto , Takamasa Yashima

Trees are useful entities allowing to model data structures and hierarchical relationships in networked decision systems ubiquitously. An ordered tree is a rooted tree where the order of the subtrees (children) of a node is significant. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Victor Parque , Tomoyuki Miyashita

We make progress on a number of open problems concerning the area requirement for drawing trees on a grid. We prove that 1. every tree of size $n$ (with arbitrarily large degree) has a straight-line drawing with area $n2^{O(\sqrt{\log\log…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-03-21 Timothy M. Chan

In 1985, Mader conjectured the existence of a function $f$ such that every digraph with minimum out-degree at least $f(k)$ contains a subdivision of the transitive tournament of order $k$. This conjecture is still completely open, as the…

Let $\mu(G)$ denote the spectral radius of a graph $G$. We partly confirm a conjecture due to Nikiforov, which is a spectral radius analogue of the well-known Erd\H{o}s-S\'os Conjecture that any tree of order $t$ is contained in a graph of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-13 Xiangxiang Liu , Hajo Broersma , Ligong Wang

We prove that every tree on $n$ edges decomposes $K_{nx,nx}$ and $K_{2nx + 1}$ for all positive integers $x$. The said decompositions are obtained by proving that every tree admits a $\vec{\beta}$-labeling (oriented beta-labeling). Our…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Parikshit Chalise , Antwan Clark , Edinah K. Gnang

We estimate the maximum ratio between the $\sigma_t$- and $\sigma$-irregularity for graphs and trees of order $n$, which are respectively bounded by $\Theta(n^{5/2})$ and $n-2$. This answers a question and a conjecture by Filipovski et al.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Stijn Cambie , Jionghua Chang

The partition number $\pi(K)$ of a simplicial complex $K\subset 2^{[n]}$ is the minimum integer $\nu$ such that for each partition $A_1\uplus\ldots\uplus A_\nu = [n]$ of $[n]$ at least one of the sets $A_i$ is in $K$. A complex $K$ is…

A graph is called integral if all eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix consist entirely of integers. Recently, Csikvari proved the existence of integral trees of any even diameter. In the odd case, integral trees have been constructed with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-23 E. Ghorbani , A. Mohammadian , B. Tayfeh-Rezaie
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