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Let $g$ be a bounded symmetric measurable nonnegative function on $[0,1]^2$, and $\left\lVert g \right\rVert = \int_{[0,1]^2} g(x,y) dx dy$. For a graph $G$ with vertices $\{v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_n\}$ and edge set $E(G)$, we define \[ t(G,g) \;…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-15 Alexander Sidorenko

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple undirected graph. $G$ is a circulant graph defined on $V=\mathbb{Z}_n$ with difference set $D\subseteq \{1,2,\ldots,\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor\}$ provided two vertices $i$ and $j$ in $\mathbb{Z}_n$ are adjacent if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Yen-Jen Cheng , Hung-Lin Fu , Chia-an Liu

A distinguishing r-vertex-labelling (resp. r-edge-labelling) of an undirected graph G is a mapping $\lambda$ from the set of vertices (resp. the set of edges) of G to the set of labels {1,. .. , r} such that no non-trivial automorphism of G…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Kahina Meslem , Eric Sopena

Let $D=(V,A)$ be a digraph. For an integer $k\geq 1$, a $k$-arc-connected flip is an arc subset of $D$ such that after reversing the arcs in it the digraph becomes (strongly) $k$-arc-connected. The first main result of this paper introduces…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Ahmad Abdi , Gérard Cornuéjols , Giacomo Zambelli

The study of graph discrepancy problems, initiated by Erd\H{o}s in the 1960s, has received renewed attention in recent years. In general, given a $2$-edge-coloured graph $G$, one is interested in embedding a copy of a graph $H$ in $G$ with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-28 Andrea Freschi , Allan Lo

We prove the following conjecture of S. Thomass\'e: for every (potentially infinite) digraph $ D $ it is possible to iteratively reverse directed cycles in such a way that the dichromatic number of the final reorientation $ D^{*} $ of $ D $…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-22 Paul Ellis , Attila Joó , Dániel T. Soukup

The independence polynomial of a graph $G$ evaluated at $-1$, denoted here as $I(G;-1)$, has arisen in a variety of different areas of mathematics and theoretical physics as an object of interest. Engstr\"om used discrete Morse theory to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Jonathan Cutler , Nathan Kahl , Phoebe Zielonka

Let $ H $ be a multi-digraph on $ h $ vertices with $ q $ arcs. An \textbf{$H$-subdivision} in a digraph $D$ is a subdigraph obtained by replacing every arc $uv$ of $H$ with a path from $u$ to $v$ in $D$ such that these paths are pairwise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Jia Zhou , Jin Yan

We study the following inverse graph-theoretic problem: how many vertices should a graph have given that it has a specified value of some parameter. We obtain asymptotic for the minimal number of vertices of the graph with the given number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-21 Alex Dainiak

A large number of graph invariants of the form $\sum_{uv \in E(G)} F(d_u,d_v)$ are studied in mathematical chemistry, where $uv$ denotes the edge of the graph $G$ connecting the vertices $u$ and $v$, and $d_u$ is the degree of the vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-07 Walter Carballosa , J. A. Mendez-Bermudez , Jose M. Rodriguez , Jose M. Sigarreta

In this paper we study the following problem. Let $A$ be a fixed graph, and let $\hom(G,A)$ denote the number of homomorphisms from a graph $G$ to $A$. Furthermore, let $v(G)$ denote the number of vertices of $G$, and let $\mathcal{G}_d$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-08 Péter Csikvári

We propose a strengthening of the conclusion in Tur\'an's (3,4)-conjecture in terms of algebraic shifting, and show that its analogue for graphs does hold. In another direction, we generalize the Mantel-Tur\'an theorem by weakening its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Gil Kalai , Eran Nevo

In 1974, Erd\H{o}s asked the following question: given a graph $G$ and a directed graph $\vec{H}$, how many ways are there to orient the edges of $G$ such that it does not contain $\vec{H}$ as a subgraph? We denote this value by $D(G,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Hannah Sheats

Let $\delta^{0}(D)$ be the minimum semi-degree of an oriented graph $D$. Jackson (1981) proved that every oriented graph $D$ with $\delta^{0}(D)\geq k$ contains a directed path of length $2k$ when $|V(D)|>2k+2$, and a directed Hamilton…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Bin Chen , Xinmin Hou , Hongyu Zhou

We prove that any \(2\)-connected graph \(G\) on \(n\) vertices with minimum degree \(\delta(G) \ge \frac{n}{4}+2\) contains a \(2\)-connected subgraph of order \(k\) for every integer \(k\) with \(4 \le k \le n\). This improves a previous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Haiyang Liu , Bo Ning

Introduced by Albertson et al. \cite{albertson}, the distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least integer $r$ such that there is a $r$-labeling of the vertices of $G$ that is not preserved by any nontrivial automorphism of $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-17 Sylvain Gravier , Kahina Meslem , Souad Slimani

Let G be an undirected graph on n vertices and let S(G) be the set of all real symmetric n x n matrices whose nonzero off-diagonal entries occur in exactly the positions corresponding to the edges of G. The inverse inertia problem for G…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-11-21 Wayne Barrett , H. Tracy Hall , Raphael Loewy

An oriented graph is an orientation of a simple graph. In 2009, Keevash, K\"{u}hn and Osthus proved that every sufficiently large oriented graph $D$ of order $n$ with $(3n-4)/8$ is Hamiltonian. Later, Kelly, K\"{u}hn and Osthus showed that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Jia Zhou , Zhilan Wang , Jin Yan

Let $S(G^{\sigma})$ be the skew-adjacency matrix of the oriented graph $G^{\sigma}$, which is obtained from a simple undirected graph $G$ by assigning an orientation $\sigma$ to each of its edges. The skew energy of an oriented graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-24 Xiangxiang Liu , Ligong Wang

The {\it Randi\'c index} $R(G)$ of a graph $G$ is defined as the sum of 1/\sqrt{d_ud_v} over all edges $uv$ of $G$, where $d_u$ and $d_v$ are the degrees of vertices $u$ and $v,$ respectively. Let $D(G)$ be the diameter of $G$ when $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-04-05 Yiting Yang , Linyuan Lu