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We show that in a vector space over Z_3, the union of any four linear bases is an additive basis, thus proving the Additive Basis Conjecture for p=3, and providing an alternative proof of the weak 3-flow conjecture.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Yang Yu

In this paper, we prove that every 3-chromatic connected graph, except $C_7$, admits a 3-vertex coloring in which every vertex is the beginning of a 3-chromatic path. It is a special case of a conjecture due to S.~Akbari, F.~Khaghanpoor,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-04 Bessy Stéphane , Bousquet Nicolas

Let $G$ be a bridgeless cubic graph. In 2023, the three authors solved a conjecture (also known as the $S_4$-Conjecture) made by Mazzuoccolo in 2013: there exist two perfect matchings of $G$ such that the complement of their union is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-14 František Kardoš , Edita Máčajová , Jean Paul Zerafa

A graph $G$ is $(d_1,d_2,d_3)$-colorable if the vertex set $V(G)$ can be partitioned into three subsets $V_1,V_2$ and $V_3$ such that for $i\in\{1,2,3\}$, the induced graph $G[V_i]$ has maximum vertex-degree at most $d_i$. So,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-03 Ligang Jin , Yingli Kang , Peipei Liu , Yingqian Wang

Say a graph $G$ is a {\em pentagraph} if every cycle has length at least five, and every induced cycle of odd length has length five. N. Robertson proposed the conjecture that the Petersen graph is the only pentagraph that is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Maria Chudnovsky , Paul Seymour

Erd\H{o}s and Gy\'arf\'as conjectured in 1994 that every graph with minimum degree at least 3 has a cycle of length a power of 2. In 2022, Gao and Shan (Graphs and Combinatorics) proved that the conjecture is true for $P_8$-free graphs,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Anand Shripad Hegde , R. B. Sandeep , P. Shashank

Tuza famously conjectured in 1981 that in a graph without k+1 edge-disjoint triangles, it suffices to delete at most 2k edges to obtain a triangle-free graph. The conjecture holds for graphs with small treewidth or small maximum average…

Wang and Lih in 2002 conjectured that every planar graph without adjacent triangles is 4-choosable. In this paper, we prove that every planar graph without any 4-cycle adjacent to two triangles is DP-4-colorable, which improves the results…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-25 Runrun Liu , Xiangwen Li

We study $2$-dimensional unit vector flows on graphs, that is, nowhere-zero flows that assign to each oriented edge a unit vector in $\mathbb R^{3}$. We give a new geometric characterization of $\mathbb S^{2}$-flows on cubic graphs. We also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Hussein Houdrouge , Bobby Miraftab , Pat Morin

Thomassen's chord conjecture from 1976 states that every longest cycle in a $3$-connected graph has a chord. This is one of the most important unsolved problems in graph theory. We pose a new conjecture which implies Thomassen's conjecture.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Xingzhi Zhan

In 2004, Karo\'nski, \L uczak and Thomason proposed $1$-$2$-$3$-conjecture: For every nice graph $G$ there is an edge weighting function $ w:E(G)\rightarrow\{1,2,3\} $ such that the induced vertex coloring is proper. After that, the total…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-02 Akbar Davoodi , Leila Maherani

In this paper, we are motivated by the conjectures proposed by C.~Bender \textit{et al.}, \cite{C} in 2024. We have settled the first two conjectures negatively by providing a counter example in \cite{KTJ}, whereas in this paper, we prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Anagha Khiste , Ganesh Tarte , Vinayak Joshi

We prove that every regular graph of valency at least four whose automorphism group contains a nilpotent subgroup acting transitively on the vertex set admits a nowhere-zero 3-flow.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-28 Junyang Zhang , Sanming Zhou

We attempt to generalize a theorem of Nash-Williams stating that a graph has a $k$-arc-connected orientation if and only if it is $2k$-edge-connected. In a strongly connected digraph we call an arc {\it deletable} if its deletion leaves a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Florian Hörsch , Zoltán Szigeti

An \emph{equitable coloring} of a graph is a proper vertex coloring such that the sizes of every two color classes differ by at most 1. Chen, Lih, and Wu conjectured that every connected graph $G$ with maximum degree $\Delta \geq 2$ has an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-03-05 Keaitsuda Nakprasit , Kittikorn Nakprasit

The famous Tetrahedron Conjecture of Tur\'an from the 1940s asserts that the number of edges in an $n$-vertex $3$-graph without the tetrahedron, the complete $3$-graph on four vertices, cannot exceed that of the balanced complete cyclic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Levente Bodnár , Wanfang Chen , Jinghua Deng , Jianfeng Hou , Xizhi Liu , Jialei Song , Jiabao Yang , Yixiao Zhang

In 1980, Thomassen stated his weak linkage conjecture: for an odd positive integer k, if a graph G is k-edge-connected, then, for any collection of k pairs of vertices {s_1,t_1}, ..., {s_k,t_k} in G, not necessarily distinct, there are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Amena Assem , R. Bruce Richter

In 2006 Bar{\'a}t and Thomassen conjectured that every planar $4$-edge-connected $4$-regular simple graph of size divisible by three admits a claw-decomposition. Later, Lai (2007) disproved this conjecture by a family of planar graphs with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-19 Morteza Hasanvand

The 3-Decomposition Conjecture states that every connected cubic graph can be decomposed into a spanning tree, a 2-regular subgraph and a matching. We show that this conjecture holds for the class of connected plane cubic graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Arthur Hoffmann-Ostenhof , Tomáš Kaiser , Kenta Ozeki

In this paper we have given a unified graph coloring algorithm for planar graphs. The problems that have been considered in this context respectively, are vertex, edge, total and entire colorings of the planar graphs. The main tool in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-11-27 I. Cahit