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For a fixed graph $F,$ the minimum number of edges in an edge-maximal $F$-free subgraph of $G$ is called the $F$-saturation number. The asymptotics of the $F$-saturation number of the binomial random graph $G(n,p)$ for constant $p\in(0,1)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Yury Demidovich , Arkadiy Skorkin , Maksim Zhukovskii

A graph $H^{\prime}$ is $(H, G)$-saturated if it is $G$-free and the addition of any edge of $H$ not in $H^{\prime}$ creates a copy of $G$. The saturation number $sat(H, G)$ is the minimum number of edges in a $(H, G)$-saturated graph. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-11-12 Kavish Gandhi , Chiheon Kim

We investigate the extremal properties of saturated partial plane embeddings of maximal planar graphs. For a planar graph $G$, the plane-saturation number $\mathrm{sat}_{\mathcal{P}}(G)$ denotes the minimum number of edges in a plane…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-11 János Barát , Zoltán L. Blázsik , Balázs Keszegh , Zeyu Zheng

Given a family ${\mathcal F}$ and a host graph $H$, a graph $G\subseteq H$ is ${\mathcal F}$-saturated relative to $H$ if no subgraph of $G$ lies in ${\mathcal F}$ but adding any edge from $E(H)-E(G)$ to $G$ creates such a subgraph. In the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-12 James M. Carraher , William B. Kinnersley , Benjamin Reiniger , Douglas B. West

Let $F$ and $H$ be $k$-uniform hypergraphs. We say $H$ is $F$-saturated if $H$ does not contain a subgraph isomorphic to $F$, but $H+e$ does for any hyperedge $e\not\in E(H)$. The saturation number of $F$, denoted $\mathrm{sat}_k(n,F)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Sean English , Alexandr Kostochka , Dara Zirlin

Given a graph $F$, a hypergraph is a Berge-$F$ if it can be obtained by expanding each edge in $F$ to a hyperedge containing it. A hypergraph $H$ is Berge-$F$-saturated if $H$ does not contain a subgraph that is a Berge-$F$, but for any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Sean English , Nathan Graber , Pamela Kirkpatrick , Abhishek Methuku , Eric C. Sullivan

A graph $H$ is $K_s$-saturated if it is a maximal $K_s$-free graph, i.e., $H$ contains no clique on $s$ vertices, but the addition of any missing edge creates one. The minimum number of edges in a $K_s$-saturated graph was determined over…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-14 Dániel Korándi , Benny Sudakov

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a family of edge-colored graphs. A $t$-edge colored graph $G$ is $(\mathcal{C}, t)$-saturated if $G$ does not contain any graph in $\mathcal{C}$ but the addition of any edge in any color in $[t]$ creates a copy of some…

For a graph $F$, we say a hypergraph $H$ is Berge-$F$ if it can be obtained from $F$ be replacing each edge of $F$ with a hyperedge containing it. We say a hypergraph is Berge-$F$-saturated if it does not contain a Berge-$F$, but adding any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-19 Sean English , Dániel Gerbner , Abhishek Methuku , Michael Tait

For an edge-ordered graph $G$, we say that an $n$-vertex edge-ordered graph $H$ is $G$-saturated if it is $G$-free and adding any new edge with any new label to $H$ introduces a copy of $G$. The saturation function describes the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Vladimir Bošković , Balázs Keszegh

A graph $G$ is called {\em$F$-saturated} if $G$ does not contain $F$ as a subgraph but adding any missing edge to $G$ creates a copy of $F$. In this paper, we consider the spectral saturation problem for the linear forest $tP_4$, proving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Junxue Zhang , Liwen Zhang

A graph is $F$-saturated if it is $F$-free but the addition of any edge creates a copy of $F$. In this paper we study the quantity $\mathrm{sat}(n, H, F)$ which denotes the minimum number of copies of $H$ that an $F$-saturated graph on $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Jürgen Kritschgau , Abhishek Methuku , Michael Tait , Craig Timmons

The saturation number of a graph $G$ is the cardinality of any smallest maximal matching of $G$, and it is denoted by $s(G)$. Fullerene graphs are cubic planar graphs with exactly twelve 5-faces; all the other faces are hexagons. They are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-12 Vesna Andova , František Kardoš , Riste Škrekovski

We study the problem of determining $sat(n,k,r)$, the minimum number of edges in a $k$-partite graph $G$ with $n$ vertices in each part such that $G$ is $K_r$-free but the addition of an edge joining any two non-adjacent vertices from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-26 António Girão , Teeradej Kittipassorn , Kamil Popielarz

For a fixed graph $H$, a graph $G$ is called $H$-saturated if $G$ does not contain $H$ as a (not necessarily induced) subgraph, but $G+e$ contains a copy of $H$ for any $e\in E(\overline{G})$. The saturation number of $H$, denoted by ${\rm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Ning Song , Jinze Hu , Shengjin Ji , Qing Cui

This paper considers two important questions in the well-studied theory of graphs that are $F$-saturated. A graph $G$ is called $F$-saturated if $G$ does not contain a subgraph isomorphic to $F$, but the addition of any edge creates a copy…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Debsoumya Chakraborti , Po-Shen Loh

Given a graph $H$, we say that a graph $G$ is $H$-saturated if $G$ contains no copy of $H$ but adding any new edge to $G$ creates a copy of $H$. Let $sat(n,K_r,t)$ be the minimum number of edges in a $K_r$-saturated graph on $n$ vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Asier Calbet

Let $G$ be a graph and $\mathcal{H}$ be a family of graphs. We say $G$ is $\mathcal{H}$-saturated if $G$ does not contain a copy of $H$ with $H\in\mathcal{H}$, but the addition of any edge $e\notin E(G)$ creates at least one copy of some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-29 Yue Ma

Given a graph $H$, we say that a graph $G$ is properly rainbow $H$-saturated if: (1) There is a proper edge colouring of $G$ containing no rainbow copy of $H$; (2) For every $e \notin E(G)$, every proper edge colouring of $G+e$ contains a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Andrew Lane , Natasha Morrison

We investigate two notions of saturation for partial planar embeddings of maximal planar graphs. Let $G = (V, E) $ be a vertex-labeled maximal planar graph on $ n $ vertices, which by definition has $3n - 6$ edges. We say that a labeled…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Alexander Clifton , Dániel G. Simon