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The d-Cut problem is to decide if a graph has an edge cut such that each vertex has at most d neighbours at the opposite side of the cut. If $d=1$, we obtain the intensively studied Matching Cut problem. The d-Cut problem has been studied…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Felicia Lucke , Ali Momeni , Daniël Paulusma , Siani Smith

Given two colorings of a graph, we consider the following problem: can we recolor the graph from one coloring to the other through a series of elementary changes, such that the graph is properly colored after each step? We introduce the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-18 Marthe Bonamy , Paul Ouvrard , Mikaël Rabie , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto

The $H$-Free Edge Deletion problem asks, for a given graph $G$ and an integer $k$, whether it is possible to delete at most $k$ edges from $G$ to make it $H$-free, that is, not containing $H$ as an induced subgraph. The $H$-Free Edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Ivan Bliznets , Marek Cygan , Pawel Komosa , Michal Pilipczuk

The problem of chromatic thresholds seeks for minimum degree conditions that ensure $H$-free graphs to have a bounded chromatic number, or equivalently a bounded size homomorphic image. The strengthened homomorphism thresholds problem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Xinqi Huang , Hong Liu , Mingyuan Rong , Zixiang Xu

Given two (di)graphs G, H and a cost function $c:V(G)\times V(H) \to \mathbb{Q}_{\geq 0}\cup\{+\infty\}$, in the minimum cost homomorphism problem, MinHOM(H), goal is finding a homomorphism $f:V(G)\to V(H)$ (a.k.a H-coloring) that minimizes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Akbar Rafiey , Arash Rafiey , Thiago Santos

A graph is $P_t$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to a $t$-vertex path. A graph is not bipartite if and only if it contains an induced subgraph isomorphic to a $k$-vertex cycle, where $k$ is odd. We focus on the 3-coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Yidong Zhou , Mingxian Zhong , Shenwei Huang

We study dismantlability in graphs. In order to compare this notion to similar operations in posets (partially ordered sets) or in simplicial complexes, we prove that a graph G dismants on a subgraph H if and only if H is a strong…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-10-12 Etienne Fieux , Jacqueline Lacaze

We study the problem HomsTo$H$ of counting, modulo 2, the homomorphisms from an input graph to a fixed undirected graph $H$. A characteristic feature of modular counting is that cancellations make wider classes of instances tractable than…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-08-27 Andreas Göbel , Leslie Ann Goldberg , David Richerby

We examine ordered graphs, defined as graphs with linearly ordered vertices, from the perspective of homomorphisms (and colorings) and their complexities. We demonstrate the corresponding computational and parameterized complexities, along…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Michal Čertík , Andreas Emil Feldmann , Jaroslav Nešetřil , Paweł Rzążewski

Let $H$ be a 2-regular graph and let $G$ be obtained from $H$ by gluing in vertex-disjoint copies of $K_4$. The "cycles plus $K_4$'s" problem is to show that $G$ is 4-colourable; this is a special case of the \emph{Strong Colouring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Aseem Dalal , Jessica McDonald , Songling Shan

A hypergraph $\mathcal{H}$ on $n$ vertices and $m$ edges is said to be {\it nearly-intersecting} if every edge of $\mathcal{H}$ intersects all but at most polylogarthmically many (in $m$ and $n$) other edges. Given lists of colors…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-05 Khaled Elbassioni

Given a hypergraph $H$, the conflict-free colouring problem is to colour vertices of $H$ using minimum colours so that each hyperedge in $H$ sees a unique colour. We present a polynomial time reduction from the conflict-free colouring…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-02 S. M. Dhannya , N. S. Narayanaswamy

A set of vertices in a graph is c-colorable if the subgraph induced by the set has a proper c-coloring. In this paper, we study the problem of finding a step-by-step transformation (reconfiguration) between two c-colorable sets in the same…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Takehiro Ito , Yota Otachi

Edge Constrained Vertex Coloring (ECVC) problems are defined on a finite multigraph, their solutions are characterized, and a linear time algorithm is given for solving $N$ ECVCs on the same underlying multigraph. Using ECVC problems we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-16 Jason A. Anema , Laura Escobar

We study a reconstruction problem for colorings. Given a finite or countable set $X$, a coloring on $X$ is a function $\varphi: [X]^{2}\to \{0,1\}$, where $[X]^{2}$ is the collection of all 2-elements subsets of $X$. A set $H\subseteq X$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Claribet Piña , Carlos Uzcátegui

If $G$ is a graph and $\mathcal{H}$ is a set of subgraphs of $G$, we say that an edge-coloring of $G$ is $\mathcal{H}$-polychromatic if every graph from $\mathcal{H}$ gets all colors present in $G$ on its edges. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-21 John Goldwasser , Ryan Hansen

Bir\'{o}, Hujter, and Tuza introduced the concept of $H$-graphs (1992), intersection graphs of connected subgraphs of a subdivision of a graph $H$. They naturally generalize many important classes of graphs, e.g., interval graphs and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-06-05 Steven Chaplick , Peter Zeman

Reconfiguration problems ask whether one feasible solution can be transformed into another by a sequence of local moves while maintaining feasibility throughout. For integers $d \geq 1$ and $k \geq d+1$, the Distance Coloring problem asks…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Niranka Banerjee , Christian Engels , Duc A. Hoang

A graph is $H$-free if it does not contain an induced subgraph isomorphic to $H$. For every integer $k$ and every graph $H$, we determine the computational complexity of $k$-Edge Colouring for $H$-free graphs.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-11 Esther Galby , Paloma T. Lima , Daniel Paulusma , Bernard Ries

We study homomorphism problems of signed graphs from a computational point of view. A signed graph $(G,\Sigma)$ is a graph $G$ where each edge is given a sign, positive or negative; $\Sigma\subseteq E(G)$ denotes the set of negative edges.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-10-14 Richard C. Brewster , Florent Foucaud , Pavol Hell , Reza Naserasr