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A graph $G$ is $k$-vertex-critical if $G$ has chromatic number $k$ but every proper induced subgraph of $G$ has chromatic number less than $k$. The study of $k$-vertex-critical graphs for graph classes is an important topic in algorithmic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-21 Qingqiong Cai , Jan Goedgebeur , Shenwei Huang

Let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. A subset $I$ of $V(G)$ is an independent vertex subset if no two vertices in $I$ are adjacent in $G$. We study the number, $\sigma_1(G)$, of all subsets of $v(G)$ that contain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana , Zekhaya B. Shozi

By a $z$-coloring of a graph $G$ we mean any proper vertex coloring consisting of the color classes $C_1, \ldots, C_k$ such that $(i)$ for any two colors $i$ and $j$ with $1 \leq i < j \leq k$, any vertex of color $j$ is adjacent to a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Abbas Khaleghi , Manouchehr Zaker

For integers $k>0$ and $0<r \leq \Delta$ (where $r \leq k$), a conditional $(k,r)$-coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper $k$-coloring of the vertices of $G$ such that every vertex $v$ of degree $d(v)$ in $G$ is adjacent to vertices with at…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-01-31 P. V. Subba Reddy , K. V. Iyer

For integers $k, r > 0$, a conditional $(k,r)$-coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper $k$-coloring of the vertices of $G$ such that every vertex $v$ of degree $d(v)$ in $G$ is adjacent to at least $\min\{r, d(v)\}$ differently colored…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-06-20 P. Venkata Subba Reddy , K. Viswanathan Iyer

Aharoni, Berger and Ziv recently proved the fractional relaxation of the strong colouring conjecture. In this note we generalize their result as follows. Let $k\geq 1$ and partition the vertices of a graph $G$ into sets $V_1,..., V_r$, such…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-10-13 Andrew D. King

A proper edge coloring of a graph without any bichromatic cycles is said to be an acyclic edge coloring of the graph. The acyclic chromatic index of a graph $G$ denoted by $a'(G)$, is the minimum integer $k$ such that $G$ has an acyclic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Nevil Anto , Manu Basavaraju , Shashanka Kulamarva

A proper $k$-colouring of a graph $G$ is called $h$-conflict-free if every vertex $v$ has at least $\min\, \{h, {\rm deg}(v)\}$ colours appearing exactly once in its neighbourhood. Let $\chi_{\rm pcf}^h(G)$ denote the minimum $k$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Quentin Chuet , Tianjiao Dai , Qiancheng Ouyang , François Pirot

We investigate the \textit{group irregularity strength}, $s_g(G)$, of a graph, i.e. the least integer $k$ such that taking any Abelian group $\mathcal{G}$ of order $k$, there exists a function $f:E(G)\rightarrow \mathcal{G}$ so that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Marcin Anholcer , Sylwia Cichacz , Jakub Przybyło

We address a problem which is a generalization of Tur\'an-type problems recently introduced by Imolay, Karl, Nagy and V\'ali. Let $F$ be a fixed graph and let $G$ be the union of $k$ edge-disjoint copies of $F$, namely $G =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-21 József Balogh , Anita Liebenau , Letícia Mattos , Natasha Morrison

For given graph $H$, the independence number $\alpha(H)$ of $H$, is the size of the maximum independent set of $V(H)$. Finding the maximum independent set in a graph is a NP-hard problem. Another version of the independence number is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Yaser Rowshan

Given a graph $G$, let $\Delta_2(G)$ denote the maximum number of neighbors any two distinct vertices of $G$ have in common. Vu (2002) proposed that, provided $\Delta_2(G)$ is not too small as a proportion of the maximum degree $\Delta(G)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Linda Cook , Ross J. Kang , Eileen Robinson , Gabriëlle Zwaneveld

Let $G$ be a simple graph with maximum degree denoted as $\Delta(G)$. An overfull subgraph $H$ of $G$ is a subgraph satisfying the condition $|E(H)| > \Delta(G)\lfloor \frac{1}{2}|V(H)| \rfloor$. In 1986, Chetwynd and Hilton proposed the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Songling Shan

Recently, Alon introduced the notion of an $H$-code for a graph $H$: a collection of graphs on vertex set $[n]$ is an $H$-code if it contains no two members whose symmetric difference is isomorphic to $H$. Let $D_{H}(n)$ denote the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Patrick Bennett , Emily Heath , Shira Zerbib

A classic result of Erd\H{o}s, Gy\'arf\'as and Pyber states that for every coloring of the edges of $K_n$ with $r$ colors, there is a cover of its vertex set by at most $f(r) = O(r^2 \log r)$ vertex-disjoint monochromatic cycles. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-18 Dániel Korándi , Frank Mousset , Rajko Nenadov , Nemanja Škorić , Benny Sudakov

For fixed integers $r\ge 3,e\ge 3,v\ge r+1$, an $r$-uniform hypergraph is called $\mathscr{G}_r(v,e)$-free if the union of any $e$ distinct edges contains at least $v+1$ vertices. Brown, Erd\H{o}s and S\'{o}s showed that the maximum number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-08 Chong Shangguan , Itzhak Tamo

We give results concerning two problems on the recently introduced \textit{flip colourings of graphs}. For positive integers $b, r$ with $b < r$, we say that a $b + r$ regular graph is a $(b,r)$-\textit{flip graph} if there exists a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Xandru Mifsud

The multicolor Ramsey number $r_k(F)$ of a graph $F$ is the least integer $n$ such that in every coloring of the edges of $K_n$ by $k$ colors there is a monochromatic copy of $F$. In this short note we prove an upper bound on $r_k(F)$ for a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-26 Kathleen Johst , Yury Person

An acyclic edge coloring of a graph is a proper edge coloring without any bichromatic cycles. The acyclic chromatic index of a graph $G$ denoted by $a'(G)$, is the minimum $k$ such that $G$ has an acyclic edge coloring with $k$ colors.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-31 Nevil Anto , Manu Basavaraju , Suresh Manjanath Hegde , Shashanka Kulamarva

Let G=(V(G),E(G)) be a connected simple graph with n vertices and m edges. A bijection f from the edge set of G to [m] is called a local antimagic labeling of G, if for any two adjacent vertices u and v in G, the sums of the weights of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Xue Yang , Hong Bian , Xueliang Li , Zhixia Yang , Haizheng Yu