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Let $T$ be a tree with $t$ edges. We show that the number of isomorphic (labeled) copies of $T$ in a graph $G = (V,E)$ of minimum degree at least $t$ is at least \[2|E| \prod_{v \in V} (d(v) - t + 1)^{\frac{(t-1)d(v)}{2|E|}}.\]…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Dhruv Mubayi , Jacques Verstraete

Polat generalised Menger's theorem -- the maximum number of vertex-disjoint paths between two sets $A$ and $B$ equals the minimum size of an $A$-$B$ separator -- to ends of undirected graphs. In this paper we extend Menger's theorem to ends…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Florian Reich

We call a graph $G$ an $(r,t)$-Ruzsa-Szemer\'edi graph if its edge set can be partitioned into $t$ edge-disjoint induced matchings, each of size $r$. These graphs were introduced in 1978 and has been extensively studied since then. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-25 Jacob Fox , Hao Huang , Benny Sudakov

Given an undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ with positive edge lengths and two vertices $s$ and $t$, the next-to-shortest path problem is to find an $st$-path which length is minimum amongst all $st$-paths strictly longer than the shortest path…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-03-22 Bang Ye Wu

The Barat-Thomassen conjecture, recently proved in [Bensmail et al.: A proof of the Barat-Thomassen conjecture. J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 124:39-55, 2017.], asserts that for every tree T, there is a constant $c_T$ such that every $c_T$-edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-13 Tereza Klimošová , Stéphan Thomassé

An algorithm observes the trajectories of random walks over an unknown graph $G$, starting from the same vertex $x$, as well as the degrees along the trajectories. For all finite connected graphs, one can estimate the number of edges $m$ up…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Anna Ben-Hamou , Roberto I. Oliveira , Yuval Peres

In the Disjoint Paths problem, the input consists of an $n$-vertex graph $G$ and a collection of $k$ vertex pairs, $\{(s_i,t_i)\}_{i=1}^k$, and the objective is to determine whether there exists a collection $\{P_i\}_{i=1}^k$ of $k$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

We present a randomized augmenting paths-based algorithm to compute the maximum flow in a directed, uncapacitated graph in almost $m+nF$ time, matching the algorithm of Karger and Levine for undirected graphs (SICOMP 2015). Combined with an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Jason Li

The well-known $k$-disjoint path problem ($k$-DPP) asks for pairwise vertex-disjoint paths between $k$ specified pairs of vertices $(s_i, t_i)$ in a given graph, if they exist. The decision version of the shortest $k$-DPP asks for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Samir Datta , Siddharth Iyer , Raghav Kulkarni , Anish Mukherjee

For a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a set $S\subseteq V(G)$ of size at least $2$, a path in $G$ is said to be an $S$-path if it connects all vertices of $S$. Two $S$-paths $P_1$ and $P_2$ are said to be internally disjoint if $E(P_1)\cap…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-11 Shasha Li , Yan Zhao

Given an undirected, weighted graph, with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, and two special vertices $s$ and $t$, the problem is to find the shortest path between them. We give two bounded-error quantum algorithms with improved runtime in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Adam Wesołowski , Stephen Piddock

We give an algorithm for augmenting the edge connectivity of an undirected graph by using the isolating cuts framework (Li and Panigrahi, FOCS '20). Our algorithm uses poly-logarithmic calls to any max-flow algorithm, which yields a running…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Ruoxu Cen , Jason Li , Debmalya Panigrahi

We study the problem of maximizing the number of spanning trees in a connected graph by adding at most $k$ edges from a given candidate edge set. We give both algorithmic and hardness results for this problem: - We give a greedy algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Huan Li , Stacy Patterson , Yuhao Yi , Zhongzhi Zhang

The main result of the paper is motivated by the following two, apparently unrelated graph optimization problems: (A) as an extension of Edmonds' disjoint branchings theorem, characterize digraphs comprising $k$ disjoint branchings $B_i$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Kristóf Bérczi , András Frank

Given a directed graph of nodes and edges connecting them, a common problem is to find the shortest path between any two nodes. Here we show that the shortest path distances can be found by a simple matrix inversion: If the edges are given…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Zeyu Jing , Markus Meister

Paths $P_1,\ldots,P_k$ in a graph $G=(V,E)$ are mutually induced if any two distinct $P_i$ and $P_j$ have neither common vertices nor adjacent vertices (except perhaps their end-vertices). The Induced Disjoint Paths problem is to decide if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Petr A. Golovach , Daniël Paulusma , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

We consider an undirected graph $G = (VG, EG)$ with a set $T \subseteq VG$ of terminals, and with nonnegative integer capacities $c(v)$ and costs $a(v)$ of nodes $v\in VG$. A path in $G$ is a \emph{$T$-path} if its ends are distinct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-01-07 Maxim A. Babenko , Alexander V. Karzanov

The dual of a planar graph $G$ is a planar graph $G^*$ that has a vertex for each face of $G$ and an edge for each pair of adjacent faces of $G$. The profound relationship between a planar graph and its dual has been the algorithmic basis…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Yaseen Abd-Elhaleem , Michal Dory , Merav Parter , Oren Weimann

In this paper, we provide polynomial-time algorithms for different extensions of the matching counting problem, namely maximal matchings, path matchings (linear forest) and paths, on graph classes of bounded clique-width. For maximal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Benjamin Hellouin de Menibus , Takeaki Uno

In dynamic graphs, edges may be added or deleted in each synchronous round. Various connectivity models exist based on constraints on these changes. One well-known model is the $T$-Interval Connectivity model, where the graph remains…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Ashish Saxena , Kaushik Mondal