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We consider the following two algorithmic problems: given a graph $G$ and a subgraph $H\subseteq G$, decide whether $H$ is an isometric or a geodesically convex subgraph of $G$. It is relatively easy to see that the problems can be solved…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Sergio Cabello

In this paper, we present two main results. First, by only one conjecture (Conjecture 2.9) for recognizing a vertex symmetric graph, which is the hardest task for our problem, we construct an algorithm for finding an isomorphism between two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-06-29 Caishi Fang

This paper develops an invariant--geometric interpretation of the canonization problem for simple undirected weighted graphs based on the {discrete moving frame method} for finite groups. We consider the action of the {pair group}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Leonid Bedratyuk

To determine if two lists of numbers are the same set, we sort both lists and see if we get the same result. The sorted list is a canonical form for the equivalence relation of set equality. Other canonical forms arise in graph isomorphism…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-06-30 Lance Fortnow , Joshua A. Grochow

Drawings of non-planar graphs always result in edge crossings. When there are many edges crossing at small angles, it is often difficult to follow these edges, because of the multiple visual paths resulted from the crossings that slow down…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-09-02 Yifan Hu , Lei Shi

Category theory gives a mathematical characterization of naturality but not of canonicity. The purpose of this paper is to develop the logical theory of canonical maps based on the broader demonstration that the dual notions of elements &…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-07 David Ellerman

As two fundamental problems, graph cuts and graph matching have been investigated over decades, resulting in vast literature in these two topics respectively. However the way of jointly applying and solving graph cuts and matching receives…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-28 Tianshu Yu , Junchi Yan , Jieyi Zhao , Baoxin Li

We give a linear-time algorithm that checks for isomorphism between two 0-1 matrices that obey the circular-ones property. This algorithm leads to linear-time isomorphism algorithms for related graph classes, including Helly circular-arc…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-18 Andrew R. Curtis , Min Chih Lin , Ross M. McConnell , Yahav Nussbaum , Francisco J. Soulignac , Jeremy P. Spinrad , Jayme L. Szwarcfiter

Over 50 years ago, Lov\'{a}sz proved that two graphs are isomorphic if and only if they admit the same number of homomorphisms from any graph [Acta Math. Hungar. 18 (1967), pp. 321--328]. In this work we prove that two graphs are quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-22 Laura Mančinska , David E. Roberson

Suppose we are given two graphs on $n$ vertices. We define an observable in the Hilbert space $\Co[(S_n \wr S_2)^m]$ which returns the answer ``yes'' with certainty if the graphs are isomorphic and ``no'' with probability at least…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Ettinger , Peter Hoyer

Given two tuples of subspaces, can you tell whether the tuples are isomorphic? We develop theory and algorithms to address this fundamental question. We focus on isomorphisms in which the ambient vector space is acted on by either a unitary…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Emily J. King , Dustin G. Mixon , Shayne Waldron

We show that the problem to decide whether two (convex) polytopes, given by their vertex-facet incidences, are combinatorially isomorphic is graph isomorphism complete, even for simple or simplicial polytopes. On the other hand, we give a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Volker Kaibel , Alexander Schwartz

It is known that the canonical double cover of any connected nonbipartite graph have an automorphism group of the form $H \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2$, where $H$ is the set of automorphism which preserve bipartite parts. We construct connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Bartłomiej Bychawski

The Weisfeiler-Leman procedure is a widely-used technique for graph isomorphism testing that works by iteratively computing an isomorphism-invariant coloring of vertex tuples. Meanwhile, a fundamental tool in structural graph theory, which…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Sandra Kiefer , Daniel Neuen

We say that a vertex or edge colouring of a graph is distinguishing if the only automorphism that preserves this colouring is the identity. A (proper) distinguishing colouring is irreducible if there is no possibility of merging two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Marcin Stawiski

We show that any two Hadamard graphs on the same number of vertices are quantum isomorphic. This follows from a more general recipe for showing quantum isomorphism of graphs arising from certain association schemes. The main result is built…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-27 Ada Chan , William J. Martin

Color refinement is a classical technique used to show that two given graphs G and H are non-isomorphic; it is very efficient, although it does not succeed on all graphs. We call a graph G amenable to color refinement if it succeeds in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-05-05 V. Arvind , Johannes Köbler , Gaurav Rattan , Oleg Verbitsky

We show that a locally finite, connected graph $G$ is $r$-locally chordal (that is, its $r/2$-balls are chordal) if and only if the unique canonical graph-decomposition $\mathcal{H}_r(G)$ of $G$ displaying its $r$-global structure is into…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Raphael W. Jacobs , Paul Knappe

Massive networks have shown that the determination of dense subgraphs, where vertices interact a lot, is necessary in order to visualize groups of common interest, and therefore be able to decompose a big graph into smaller structures. Many…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Etienne Callies , Tomás Yany-Anich

An isomorphism between two graphs is a bijection between their vertices that preserves the edges. We consider the problem of determining whether two finite undirected weighted graphs are isomorphic, and finding an isomorphism relating them…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Reza Takapoui , Stephen Boyd