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Graphlets of order $k$ in a graph $G$ are connected subgraphs induced by $k$ nodes (called $k$-graphlets) or by $k$ edges (called edge $k$-graphlets). They are among the interesting subgraphs in network analysis to get insights on both the…

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The reconfiguration graph $R_k(G)$ for the $k$-colorings of a graph $G$ has as vertex set the set of all possible $k$-colorings of $G$ and two colorings are adjacent if they differ in the color of exactly one vertex of $G$. Let $d, k \geq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Carl Feghali

In 1960 Nash-Williams proved that an edge-connectivity of 2k is sufficient for a finite graph to have a k-arc-connected orientation. He then conjectured that the same is true for infinite graphs. In 2016, Thomassen, using his own results on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-29 Amena Assem

The $k$-core of a graph is its largest subgraph with minimum degree at least $k$, a fundamental concept for uncovering hierarchical structures. In this paper, we establish a connection between the $k$-core and the high-order spectra of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Chunmeng Liu , Qing Xu , Changjiang Bu

Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph, where $V$ is a set of vertices and $E$ is a set of non-empty subsets of $V$ called edges. If all edges of $H$ have the same cardinality $r$, then $H$ is a $r$-uniform hypergraph; if $E$ consists of all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-23 Yingzhi Tian , Hong-Jian Lai , Jixiang Meng , Murong Xu

Let $n,k,b$ be integers with $1 \le k-1 \le b \le n$ and let $G_{n,k,b}$ be the graph whose vertices are the $k$-element subsets $X$ of $\{0,\dots,n\}$ with $\max(X)-\min(X) \le b$ and where two such vertices $X,Y$ are joined by an edge if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Konrad Engel , Sebastian Hanisch

The Steiner $k$-diameter $sdiam_k(G)$ of a graph $G$, introduced by Chartrand, Oellermann, Tian and Zou in 1989, is a natural generalization of the concept of classical diameter. When $k=2$, $sdiam_2(G)=diam(G)$ is the classical diameter.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-19 Yaping Mao

Erd\H{o}s, Pach, Pollack, and Tuza [\textit{J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 47(1) (1989), 73-79}] proved that the diameter of a connected $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $\delta$ is at most $\frac{3n}{\delta+1}+O(1)$. The oriented diameter…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Garner Cochran , Zhiyu Wang

A graph $G$ of order $n$ is said to be $k$-factor-critical for integers $1\leq k < n$, if the removal of any $k$ vertices results in a graph with a perfect matching. $1$- and $2$-factor-critical graphs are the well-known factor-critical and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-08 Jing Guo , Heping Zhang

We offer a new, gradual approach to the largest girth problem for cubic graphs. It is easily observed that the largest possible girth of all $n$-vertex cubic graphs is attained by a $2$-connected graph $G=(V,E)$. By Petersen's graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Aya Bernstine , Nati Linial

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, for a vertex set $S\subseteq V$, let $N(S)$ denote the set of vertices in $V$ that have a neighbor in $S$. Extending the concept of binding number of graphs by Woodall~(1973), for a vertex set $X \subseteq V$, we…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Ebrahim Ghorbani , Hossein Jowhari

The Steiner distance of a graph, introduced by Chartrand, Oellermann, Tian and Zou in 1989, is a natural generalization of the concept of classical graph distance. For a connected graph $G$ of order at least $2$ and $S\subseteq V(G)$, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-06 Yaping Mao

A family of independent $r$-sets of a graph $G$ is an $r$-star if every set in the family contains some fixed vertex $v$. A graph is $r$-EKR if the maximum size of an intersecting family of independent $r$-sets is the size of an $r$-star.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Jessica De Silva , Adam B. Dionne , Aidan Dunkelberg , Pamela E. Harris

A k-tree is either a complete graph on (k+1) vertices or given a k-tree G' with n vertices, a k-tree G with (n+1) vertices can be constructed by introducing a new vertex v and picking a k-clique Q in G' and then joining each vertex u in Q.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-03-25 Suresh Badarla , R Rama

In 1984, Plesn\'{i}k determined the minimum total distance for given order and diameter and characterized the extremal graphs and digraphs. We prove the analog for given order and radius, when the order is sufficiently large compared to the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Stijn Cambie

An ordered graph is a simple graph with an ordering on its vertices. Define the ordered path $P_n$ to be the monotone increasing path with $n$ edges. The ordered size Ramsey number $\tilde{r}(P_r,P_s)$ is the minimum number $m$ for which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-21 József Balogh , Felix Christian Clemen , Emily Heath , Mikhail Lavrov

A recent breakthrough of Behnezhad and Ghafari [FOCS 2024] and subsequent work of Assadi, Khanna, and Kiss [SODA 2025] gave algorithms for the fully dynamic $(1-\varepsilon)$-approximate maximum matching problem whose runtimes are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Kevin Pratt

What is the minimum number of triangles in a graph of given order and size? Motivated by earlier results of Mantel and Tur\'an, Rademacher solved the first non-trivial case of this problem in 1941. The problem was revived by Erd\H{o}s in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-27 Hong Liu , Oleg Pikhurko , Katherine Staden

Given a graph $H$ and a positive integer $n$, the Tur\'{a}n number of $H$ for the order $n$, denoted $ex(n,H)$, is the maximum size of a simple graph of order $n$ not containing $H$ as a subgraph. Given graphs $G$ and $H$, the notation $G…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-23 Jingru Yan

Let G be a simple graph of order $n$ and $\mu_1,\mu_2,\ldots,\mu_n$ the roots of its matching polynomial. The matching energy of $G$ is defined as the sum $\sum_{i=1}^n|\mu_i|$. Let $K_{n-1,1}^k$ be the graph obtained from $K_1\cup K_{n-1}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-08 Shengjin Ji , Hongping Ma