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For a class $\mathcal{H}$ of graphs, #Sub$(\mathcal{H})$ is the counting problem that, given a graph $H\in \mathcal{H}$ and an arbitrary graph $G$, asks for the number of subgraphs of $G$ isomorphic to $H$. It is known that if $\mathcal{H}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-07-11 Radu Curticapean , Dániel Marx

We study the graphs formed from instances of the stable matching problem by connecting pairs of elements with an edge when there exists a stable matching in which they are matched. Our results include the NP-completeness of recognizing…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-10-20 David Eppstein

Assume that there is a free group action of automorphisms on a bipartite graph. If there is a perfect matching on the factor graph, then obviously there is a perfect matching on the graph. Surprisingly, the reversed is also true for…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Jan Fricke

In the Matching Cut problem we ask whether a graph $G$ has a matching cut, that is, a matching which is also an edge cut of $G$. We consider the variants Perfect Matching Cut and Disconnected Perfect Matching where we ask whether there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Felicia Lucke

A matching cut is a matching that is also an edge cut. In the problem Minimum Matching Cut, we ask for a matching cut with the minimum number of edges in the matching. We investigate the differences in complexity between Minimum Matching…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Felicia Lucke , Joseph Marchand , Jannik Olbrich

In 1991 Gy\H ori, Pach, and Simonovits proved that for any bipartite graph $H$ containing a matching avoiding at most 1 vertex, the maximum number of copies of $H$ in any large enough triangle-free graph is achieved in a balanced complete…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Dmitriy Gorovoy , Andrzej Grzesik , Justyna Jaworska

We show NP-completeness for several planar variants of the monotone satisfiability problem with bounded variable appearances. With one exception the presented variants have an associated bipartite graph where the vertex degree is bounded by…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-04-20 Andreas Darmann , Janosch Döcker , Britta Dorn

A perfect matching cut is a perfect matching that is also a cutset, or equivalently a perfect matching containing an even number of edges on every cycle. The corresponding algorithmic problem, Perfect Matching Cut, is known to be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Édouard Bonnet , Dibyayan Chakraborty , Julien Duron

We discover new P-time computable six-vertex models on planar graphs beyond Kasteleyn's algorithm for counting planar perfect matchings. We further prove that there are no more: Together, they exhaust all P-time computable six-vertex models…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Jin-Yi Cai , Zhiguo Fu , Shuai Shao

We prove #P-completeness results for counting edge colorings on simple graphs. These strengthen the corresponding results on multigraphs from [4]. We prove that for any $\kappa \ge r \ge 3$ counting $\kappa$-edge colorings on $r$-regular…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Jin-Yi Cai , Artem Govorov

We show that the ratio of the number of near perfect matchings to the number of perfect matchings in $d$-regular strong expander (non-bipartite) graphs, with $2n$ vertices, is a polynomial in $n$, thus the Jerrum and Sinclair Markov chain…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Farzam Ebrahimnejad , Ansh Nagda , Shayan Oveis Gharan

A matching is a set of edges in a graph with no common endpoint. A matching M is called acyclic if the induced subgraph on the endpoints of the edges in M is acyclic. Given a graph G and an integer k, Acyclic Matching Problem seeks for an…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Sahab Hajebi , Ramin Javadi

We characterize hyperfinite bipartite graphings that admit measurable perfect matchings. In particular, we prove that every regular hyperfinite bipartite graphing admits a measurable perfect matching if it is one-ended or the degree is odd.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-01 Matthew Bowen , Gabor Kun , Marcin Sabok

The (Perfect) Matching Cut problem is to decide if a connected graph has a (perfect) matching that is also an edge cut. The Disconnected Perfect Matching problem is to decide if a connected graph has a perfect matching that contains a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Carl Feghali , Felicia Lucke , Daniel Paulusma , Bernard Ries

Inspired by applications of perfect graphs in combinatorial optimization, Chv\'{a}tal defined t-perfect graphs in 1970s. The long efforts of characterizing t-perfect graphs started immediately, but embarrassingly, even a working conjecture…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-03 Yixin Cao , Shenghua Wang

We introduce a new graph polynomial that encodes interesting properties of graphs, for example, the number of matchings and the number of perfect matchings. Most importantly, for bipartite graphs the polynomial encodes the number of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-02-10 Qi Ge , Daniel Stefankovic

This document is an exposition of an assortment of open problems arising from the exact enumeration of (perfect) matchings of finite graphs. Roughly half have been solved at the time of this writing; see the document "Twenty Open Problems…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 James Propp

A graph $H$ is single-crossing if it can be drawn in the plane with at most one crossing. For any single-crossing graph $H$, we give an $O(n^4)$ time algorithm for counting perfect matchings in graphs excluding $H$ as a minor. The runtime…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-06-17 Radu Curticapean

A geometric graph is a graph whose vertex set is a set of points in the plane and whose edge set contains straight-line segments. A matching in a graph is a subset of edges of the graph with no shared vertices. A matching is called perfect…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-10-21 Ahmad Biniaz

We prove a complete complexity classification theorem for the planar eight-vertex model. For every parameter setting in ${\mathbb C}$ for the eight-vertex model, the partition function is either (1) computable in P-time for every graph, or…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Austen Fan , Jin-Yi Cai , Shuai Shao , Zhuxiao Tang