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Let $G$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V(G)$. A subset $S$ of $V(G)$ is independent if no two vertices from $S$ are adjacent. The graph $G$ is known to be a Konig-Egervary (KE in short) graph if $\alpha(G) + \mu(G)= |V(G)|$, where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-29 Adi Jarden

Given a simple graph $G$, denote by $\Delta(G)$, $\delta(G)$, and $\chi'(G)$ the maximum degree, the minimum degree, and the chromatic index of $G$, respectively. We say $G$ is \emph{$\Delta$-critical} if $\chi'(G)=\Delta(G)+1$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-13 Yan Cao , Guantao Chen , Guangming Jing , Songling Shan

A dissociation set in a graph is a set of vertices inducing a subgraph of maximum degree at most $1$. Computing the dissociation number ${\rm diss}(G)$ of a given graph $G$, defined as the order of a maximum dissociation set in $G$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-03 Felix Bock , Johannes Pardey , Lucia D. Penso , Dieter Rautenbach

Given any graph $G$, the (adjacency) spread of $G$ is the maximum absolute difference between any two eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $G$. In this paper, we resolve a pair of 20-year-old conjectures of Gregory, Hershkowitz, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Jane Breen , Alex W. N. Riasanovsky , Michael Tait , John Urschel

Let $\alpha(G)$ denote the cardinality of a maximum independent set. An independent set $I$ of $G$ is critical if $\left|I\right|-\left|N(I)\right|\ge\left|J\right|-\left|N(J)\right|$ for every independent set $J$ of $G$. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Adrián Pastine , Kevin Pereyra

Erd\H{o}s and Simonovits asked the following question: For an integer $r\geq 2$ and a family of non-bipartite graphs $\mathcal{H}$, determine the infimum of $\alpha$ such that any $\mathcal{H}$-free $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Xiaoli Yuan , Yuejian Peng

The distinguishing number of a permutation group $G\leqslant\Sym(\Omega)$ is the minimum number of colours needed to colour $\Omega$ in such a way that the only colour preserving element of $G$ is the identity. The distinguishing number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Lei Chen , Alice Devillers , Luke Morgan , Friedrich Rober

Given a graph $G,$ a subset of vertices is called a maximum dissociation set of $G$ if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1, and the subset has maximum cardinality. The cardinality of a maximum dissociation set is called the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Zihan Zhou , Shuchao Li

A vertex set $S$ of a graph $G$ is a \emph{dominating set} if each vertex of $G$ either belongs to $S$ or is adjacent to a vertex in $S$. The \emph{domination number} $\gamma(G)$ of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of $S$ as $S$ varies over…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-16 Cong X. Kang

A dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex outside $D$ is adjacent to a vertex in $D$. A locating-dominating set of $G$ is a dominating set $D$ of $G$ with the additional property that every two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Florent Foucaud , Michael A. Henning

A subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is called a $k$-distance dominating set of $G$ if every vertex in $V(G)\setminus D$ is within distance $k$ from some vertex of $D$. The minimum cardinality among all $k$-distance dominating sets of $G$ is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-04 D. A. Mojdeh , S. R. Musawi , E. Nazari

Let $i_t(G)$ denote the number of independent sets of size $t$ in a graph $G$. Levit and Mandrescu have conjectured that for all bipartite $G$ the sequence $(i_t(G))_{t \geq 0}$ (the {\em independent set sequence} of $G$) is unimodal. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-15 David Galvin

The boxicity (respectively cubicity) of a graph $G$ is the minimum non-negative integer $k$, such that $G$ can be represented as an intersection graph of axis-parallel $k$-dimensional boxes (respectively $k$-dimensional unit cubes) and is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-30 L. Sunil Chandran , Rogers Mathew , Deepak Rajendraprasad

In a graph G, cardinality of the smallest ordered set of vertices that distinguishes every element of V (G) is the (vertex) metric dimension of G. Similarly, the cardinality of such a set is the edge metric dimension of G, if it…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-21 Jelena Sedlar , Riste Škrekovski

A vertex subset $S$ of a graph $G$ is a double dominating set of $G$ if $|N[v]\cap S|\geq 2$ for each vertex $v$ of $G$, where $N[v]$ is the set of the vertex $v$ and vertices adjacent to $v$. The double domination number of $G$, denoted by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-08-20 Haichao Wang , Erfang Shan , Yancai Zhao

A locating-dominating set of a graph $G$ is a dominating set $D$ of $G$ with the additional property that every two distinct vertices outside $D$ have distinct neighbors in $D$; that is, for distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ outside $D$, $N(u)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Florent Foucaud , Michael A. Henning , Christian Löwenstein , Thomas Sasse

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph. A set $S\subseteq V(G)$ is a dominating set, if every vertex in $V(G)\backslash S$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $S$. The $k$-dominating graph of $G$, $D_k (G)$, is defined to be the graph whose vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Saeid Alikhani , Davood Fatehi

Let $\mbox{odd}(G)$ and $i(G)$ denote the number of nontrivial odd components and the number of isolated vertices of a graph $G$, respectively. The $k$-Berge-Tutte-formula of a graph $G$ is defined as:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Zhenhao Zhang , Ligong Wang

The distinguishing number $\operatorname D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least cardinal $d$ such that $G$ has a labeling with $d$ labels which is only preserved by the trivial automorphism. We show that the distinguishing number of infinite,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-19 Johannes Cuno , Wilfried Imrich , Florian Lehner

The stability number of a graph G, is the cardinality of a stable set of maximum size in G. If the stability number of G remains the same upon the addition of any edge, then G is called $\alpha ^{+}$-stable. G is a K\"{o}nig-Egervary graph…

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