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Subdividing an edge $uv$ in a graph replaces it by a path $u w v$ with one new vertex. For a graph $H$, the \textsc{$H$-free Subdivision} problem asks whether, given a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, one can destroy all induced copies of $H$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Marta Piecyk , R. B. Sandeep

A hole in a graph is an induced cycle of length at least 4. A hole is long if its length is at least 5. By $P_t$ we denote a path on $t$ vertices. In this paper we give polynomial-time algorithms for the following problems: the Maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Tara Abrishami , Maria Chudnovsky , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski , Paul Seymour

The NP-complete problems Colouring and k-Colouring $(k\geq 3$) are well studied on $H$-free graphs, i.e., graphs that do not contain some fixed graph $H$ as an induced subgraph. We research to what extent the known polynomial-time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Daniël Paulusma , Johannes Rauch , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

The Subset Feedback Vertex Set problem generalizes the classical Feedback Vertex Set problem and asks, for a given undirected graph $G=(V,E)$, a set $S \subseteq V$, and an integer $k$, whether there exists a set $X$ of at most $k$ vertices…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-12-09 Eva-Maria C. Hols , Stefan Kratsch

We investigate the List $H$-Coloring problem, the generalization of graph coloring that asks whether an input graph $G$ admits a homomorphism to the undirected graph $H$ (possibly with loops), such that each vertex $v \in V(G)$ is mapped to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Hubie Chen , Bart M. P. Jansen , Karolina Okrasa , Astrid Pieterse , Paweł Rzążewski

A set $P = H \cup \{w\}$ of $n+1$ points in general position in the plane is called a wheel set if all points but $w$ are extreme. We show that for the purpose of counting crossing-free geometric graphs on such a set $P$, it suffices to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-09-02 Alexander Pilz , Emo Welzl , Manuel Wettstein

We consider the problem of counting the number of copies of a fixed graph $H$ within an input graph $G$. This is one of the most well-studied algorithmic graph problems, with many theoretical and practical applications. We focus on solving…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-12-10 Suman K. Bera , Lior Gishboliner , Yevgeny Levanzov , C. Seshadhri , Asaf Shapira

Given a loop-free graph $H$, the reconfiguration problem for homomorphisms to $H$ (also called $H$-colourings) asks: given two $H$-colourings $f$ of $g$ of a graph $G$, is it possible to transform $f$ into $g$ by a sequence of single-vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Jae-Baek Lee , Jonathan A. Noel , Mark Siggers

The Surjective Homomorphism problem is to test whether a given graph G called the guest graph allows a vertex-surjective homomorphism to some other given graph H called the host graph. The bijective and injective homomorphism problems can…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-12-16 Petr A. Golovach , Bernard Lidický , Barnaby Martin , Daniël Paulusma

For a graph property $\Pi$, Subgraph Complementation to $\Pi$ is the problem to find whether there is a subset $S$ of vertices of the input graph $G$ such that modifying $G$ by complementing the subgraph induced by $S$ results in a graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Dhanyamol Antony , Sagartanu Pal , R. B. Sandeep , R. Subashini

We investigate the two problems of computing the union join graph as well as computing the subset graph for acyclic hypergraphs and their subclasses. In the union join graph $G$ of an acyclic hypergraph $H$, each vertex of $G$ represents a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Arne Leitert

A graph G is prismatic if for every triangle T of G, every vertex of G not in T has a unique neighbour in T. The complement of a prismatic graph is called \emph{antiprismatic}. The complexity of colouring antiprismatic graphs is still…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Myriam Preissmann , Cléophée Robin , Nicolas Trotignon

Given a graph $G$ and two independent sets of $G$, the independent set reconfiguration problem asks whether one independent set can be transformed into the other by moving a single vertex at a time, such that at each intermediate step we…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Valentin Bartier , Nicolas Bousquet , Moritz Mühlenthaler

In this paper, we investigate the complexity of Maximum Independent Set (MIS) in the class of $H$-free graphs, that is, graphs excluding a fixed graph as an induced subgraph. Given that the problem remains $NP$-hard for most graphs $H$, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Édouard Bonnet , Nicolas Bousquet , Pierre Charbit , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

The feedback set problems are about removing the minimum number of vertices or edges from a graph to break all its cycles. Much effort has gone into understanding their complexity on planar graphs as well as on graphs of bounded degree. We…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Tian Bai , Yixin Cao , Mingyu Xiao

Temporal graphs naturally model graphs whose underlying topology changes over time. Recently, the problems TEMPORAL VERTEX COVER (or TVC) and SLIDING-WINDOW TEMPORAL VERTEX COVER(or $\Delta$-TVC for time-windows of a fixed-length $\Delta$)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Thekla Hamm , Nina Klobas , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

A cover of a graph $G$ is a graph $H$ with vertex set $V(H) = \bigcup_{v \in V(G)} L_{v}$, where $L_{v} = \{v\} \times [s]$, and the edge set $M = \bigcup_{uv \in E(G)} M_{uv}$, where $M_{uv}$ is a matching between $L_{u}$ and $L_{v}$. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Huihui Fang , Danjun Huang , Tao Wang , Weifan Wang

The two weighted graph problems Node Multiway Cut (NMC) and Subset Feedback Vertex Set (SFVS) both ask for a vertex set of minimum total weight, that for NMC disconnects a given set of terminals, and for SFVS intersects all cycles…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Benjamin Bergougnoux , Charis Papadopoulos , Jan Arne Telle

We consider a natural combinatorial optimization problem on chordal graphs, the class of graphs with no induced cycle of length four or more. A subset of vertices of a chordal graph is (monophonically) convex if it contains the vertices of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-06-27 Jean Cardinal , Jean-Paul Doignon , Keno Merckx

A graph is "$H$-free" if it has no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H$. A conjecture of Conlon, Fox and Sudakov states that for every graph $H$, there exists $s>0$ such that in every $H$-free graph with $n>1$ vertices, either some vertex has…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Maria Chudnovsky , Jacob Fox , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour , Sophie Spirkl