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In this note, we prove that every non-complete $(k+1)$-critical graph contains cycles of all lengths modulo $k$, where $k=4,5$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Qingyi Huo

The longest induced (or chordless) cycle problem is a graph problem classified as NP-complete and involves the task of determining the largest possible subset of vertices within a graph in such a way that the induced subgraph forms a cycle.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Ahmad T. Anaqreh , Boglárka G. -Tóth , Tamás Vinkó

A polynomial time algorithm that determines for a fixed integer k whether or not a P5-free graph can be k-colored is presented in this paper. If such a coloring exists, the algorithm will produce a valid k-coloring.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 C. T. Hoang , J. Sawada , X. Shu

In a finite undirected simple graph, a {\it chordless cycle} is an induced subgraph which is a cycle. We propose two algorithms to enumerate all chordless cycles of such a graph. Compared to other similar algorithms, the proposed algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-01 Elisângela Silva Dias , Diane Castonguay , Humberto Longo , Walid Abdala Rfaei Jradi

We show that there exist constants $\delta_1,\delta_2>0$ such that if $G$ is an $(n,d,\lambda)$-graph with $\lambda/d\le\delta_1$, then $G$ contains an induced cycle of length at least $\delta_2n/d$. We further demonstrate that, up to a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Sahar Diskin , Michael Krivelevich , Itay Markbreit , Maksim Zhukovskii

We prove that for any given $\varepsilon>0$ and $d\in [0,1]$, every sufficiently large $(\varepsilon, d)$-dense graph $G$ contains for each odd integer $r$ at least $(d^r-\varepsilon)|V(G)|^r$ cycles of length $r$. Here, $G$ being…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Christian Reiher

Finding the maximum number of induced cycles of length $k$ in a graph on $n$ vertices has been one of the most intriguing open problems of Extremal Graph Theory. Recently Balogh, Hu, Lidick\'{y} and Pfender answered the question in the case…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Debarun Ghosh , Ervin Győri , Oliver Janzer , Addisu Paulos , Nika Salia , Oscar Zamora

In this paper we provide some sufficient conditions for the existence of an odd or even cycle that passing a given vertex or an edge in $2$-connected or $2$-edge connected graphs. We provide some similar conditions for the existence of an…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-12-09 Saieed Akbari , Khashayar Etemadi , Peyman Ezzati , Mehrdad Ghadiri

We prove that there exists a function $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that every directed graph $G$ contains either $k$ directed odd cycles where every vertex of $G$ is contained in at most two of them, or a set of at most $f(k)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Stephan Kreutzer , O-joung Kwon , Qiqin Xie

Various classes of induced subgraphs are involved in the deepest results of graph theory and graph algorithms. A prominent example concerns the {\em perfection} of $G$ that the chromatic number of each induced subgraph $H$ of $G$ equals the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Yung-Chung Chiu , Kai-Yuan Lai , Hsueh-I Lu

We give a sharp spectral condition for the existence of odd cycles in a graph of given order. We also prove a related stability result.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-11-22 Vladimir Nikiforov

A hole is a chordless cycle with at least four vertices. A hole is odd if it has an odd number of vertices. A banner is a graph which consists of a hole on four vertices and a single vertex with precisely one neighbor on the hole. We prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Chính T. Hoàng

Determining if a point is in a polygon or not is used by a lot of applications in computer graphics, computer games and geoinformatics. Implementing this check is error-prone since there are many special cases to be considered. This holds…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Michael Galetzka , Patrick O. Glauner

We consider the problem of detecting a cycle in a directed graph that grows by arc insertions, and the related problems of maintaining a topological order and the strong components of such a graph. For these problems, we give two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-12-06 Michael A. Bender , Jeremy T. Fineman , Seth Gilbert , Robert E. Tarjan

We prove a 1985 conjecture of Gy\'arf\'as that for all $k,\ell$, every graph with sufficiently large chromatic number contains either a complete subgraph with $k$ vertices or an induced cycle of length at least $\ell$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-15 Maria Chudnovsky , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

A hole is an induced cycle of length at least 4. Let $\l\ge 2$ be a positive integer, let ${\cal G}_l$ denote the family of graphs which have girth $2\l+1$ and have no holes of odd length at least $2\l+3$, and let $G\in {\cal G}_{\l}$. For…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-14 Di Wu , Baogang Xu , Yian Xu

The sun is the graph obtained from a cycle of length even and at least six by adding edges to make the even-indexed vertices pairwise adjacent. Suns play an important role in the study of strongly chordal graphs. A graph is chordal if it…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-07-04 Chinh T. Hoang

In order to find Hamiltonian cycle, algorithm should find edges that creates a Hamiltonian cycle. Higher number of edges creates more possibilities to check to solve the problem. Algorithm rests on analysis of original graph and opposite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Paweł Kaftan

Let $G=(V,E)$ be an unweighted undirected graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges. Let $g$ be the girth of $G$, that is, the length of a shortest cycle in $G$. We present a randomized algorithm with a running time of $\tilde{O}\big(\ell \cdot…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Liam Roditty , Plia Trabelsi

We determine the maximum number of induced cycles that can be contained in a graph on $n\ge n_0$ vertices, and show that there is a unique graph that achieves this maximum. This answers a question of Tuza. We also determine the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Natasha Morrison , Alex Scott