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Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Maria Chudnovsky , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

In 1998, Reed conjectured that for any graph $G$, $\chi(G) \leq \lceil \frac{\omega(G) + \Delta(G)+1}{2}\rceil$, where $\chi(G)$, $\omega(G)$, and $\Delta(G)$ respectively denote the chromatic number, the clique number and the maximum…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-10-30 Jean-Luc Fouquet , Jean-Marie Vanherpe

As a strengthening of Hadwiger's conjecture, Gerards and Seymour conjectured that every graph with no odd $K_t$ minor is $(t-1)$-colorable. We prove two weaker variants of this conjecture. Firstly, we show that for each $t \geq 2$, every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Dong Yeap Kang , Sang-il Oum

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a connected graph with maximum degree $k\geq 3$ distinct from $K_{k+1}$. Given integers $s \geq 2$ and $p_1,\ldots,p_s\geq 0$, $G$ is said to be $(p_1, \dots, p_s)$-partitionable if there exists a partition of $V$ into…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-08-08 Faisal N. Abu-Khzam , Carl Feghali , Pinar Heggernes

We prove a version of the strong Taylor's conjecture for stable graphs: if $G$ is a stable graph whose chromatic number is strictly greater than $\beth_2(\aleph_0)$ then $G$ contains all finite subgraphs of Sh$_n(\omega)$ and thus has…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Yatir Halevi , Itay Kaplan , Saharon Shelah

A graph $G$ is called $(a,b)$-choosable if for any list assignment $L$ which assigns to each vertex $v$ a set $L(v)$ of $a$ permissible colours, there is a $b$-tuple $L$-colouring of $G$. An $(a,1)$-choosable graph is also called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Jixian Meng , Gregory J. Puleo , Xuding Zhu

In 1972, Erd\"{o}s - Faber - Lov\'{a}sz (EFL) conjectured that, if $\textbf{H}$ is a linear hypergraph consisting of $n$ edges of cardinality $n$, then it is possible to color the vertices with $n$ colors so that no two vertices with the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-19 Suresh M. H. , V. V. P. R. V. B. Suresh Dara

Let $G$ be a simple graph of order $n$ with eigenvalues $\lambda_1(G)\geq \cdots \geq \lambda_n(G)$. Define \[s^+(G)=\sum_{\lambda_i >0} \lambda_i^2(G), \quad s^-(G)=\sum_{\lambda_i<0} \lambda_i^2(G).\] It was conjectured by Elphick,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Saieed Akbari , Hitesh Kumar , Bojan Mohar , Shivaramakrishna Pragada , Shengtong Zhang

A split graph is a graph whose vertex set can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. A connected graph $G$ is said to be $t$-admissible if admits a spanning tree in which the distance between any two adjacent vertices of $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Fernanda Couto , Diego Amaro Ferraz , Sulamita Klein

Two subgraphs $A,B$ of a graph $G$ are anticomplete if they are vertex-disjoint and there are no edges joining them. Is it true that if $G$ is a graph with bounded clique number, and sufficiently large chromatic number, then it has two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-24 Tung Nguyen , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

In 1996, Michael Stiebitz proved that if $G$ is a simple graph with $\delta(G)\geq s+t+1$ and $s,t\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$, then $V(G)$ can be partitioned into two sets $A$ and $B$ such that $\delta(G[A])\geq s$ and $\delta(G[B])\geq t$. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-26 Thomas Schweser , Michael Stiebitz

A graph $G$ is $(a,b)$-choosable if for any color list of size $a$ associated with each vertices, one can choose a subset of $b$ colors such that adjacent vertices are colored with disjoint color sets. This paper shows an equivalence…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-06-16 Yves Aubry , Godin Jean-Christophe , Togni Olivier

A graph $G$ is \emph{$(a,b)$-choosable} if given any list assignment $L$ with $|L(v)|=a$ for each $v\in V(G)$ there exists a function $\varphi$ such that $\varphi(v)\in L(v)$ and $|\varphi(v)|=b$ for all $v\in V(G)$, and whenever vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-18 Daniel W. Cranston

It was conjectured by Ohba and confirmed recently by Noel et al. that, for any graph $G$, if $|V(G)|\le 2\chi(G)+1$ then $\chi_l(G)=\chi(G)$. This indicates that the graphs with high chromatic number are chromatic-choosable. We show that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Wei Wang , Jianguo Qian

For a graph $G$, $\chi(G)$ denotes the chromatic number of $G$ and $\omega(G)$ denotes the size of the largest clique in $G$. A hereditary class of graphs is called $\chi$-bounded if there is a function $f$ such that for each graph $G$ in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Kathie Cameron , Ni Luh Dewi Sintiari , Sophie Spirkl

Let $\hom(H,G)$ denote the number of homomorphisms from a graph $H$ to a graph $G$. Sidorenko's conjecture asserts that for any bipartite graph $H$, and a graph $G$ we have $$\hom(H,G)\geq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-03 Péter Csikvári , Zhicong Lin

Lov\'asz and Cherkassky discovered in the 1970s independently that if $ G $ is a finite graph with a given set $ T $ of terminal vertices such that $ G $ is inner Eulerian, then the maximal number of edge-disjoint paths connecting distinct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Attila Joó

Given a finite simple undirected graph $G$, let $T_1(G)$ denote the subset of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex of $T_1(G)$ belongs to at least one subgraph isomorphic to a graph obtained by connecting a single vertex to two vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Peichao Wei , Muhuo Liu , Yang Wu , Zoran Stani\' c

Let $G$ be a simple graph with order $n$, maximum degree $\D(G)$, minimum degree $\delta(G)$ and chromatic index $\chi'(G)$, respectively. A graph $G$ is called {\em $\D$-critical} if $\chi'(G)=\D(G)+1$ and $\chi'(H)\textless \chi'(G)$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Xuli Qi , Chunhui Ge , Yanrui Feng

Combinatorics, in particular graph theory, has a rich history of being a domain of successful applications of tools from other areas of mathematics, including topological methods. Here, we survey the study of the Hom-complexes, and the ways…

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