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Stability and dependence are model-theoretic notions that have recently proved highly effective in the study of structural and algorithmic properties of hereditary graph classes, and are considered key notions for generalizing to hereditary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-02 H. Buffière , E. Kim , P. Ossona de Mendez

We consider hereditary classes of graphs equipped with a total order. We provide multiple equivalent characterisations of those classes which have bounded twin-width. In particular, we prove a grid theorem for classes of ordered graphs…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Pierre Simon , Szymon Toruńczyk

Mapping class groups of locally finite graphs are the analogue of those of infinite-type surfaces, and serve as a "big" version of $\text{Out}(F_n)$. In this paper, we investigate which of these mapping class groups have a dense conjugacy…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Rachmiel Klein

We prove that for every class of graphs $\mathcal{C}$ which is nowhere dense, as defined by Nesetril and Ossona de Mendez, and for every first order formula $\phi(\bar x,\bar y)$, whenever one draws a graph $G\in \mathcal{C}$ and a subset…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Michał Pilipczuk , Sebastian Siebertz , Szymon Toruńczyk

A graph $G=(V,E)$ is called $d$-rigid if, for a generic embedding of its vertices in $\mathbb{R}^d$, every edge-length preserving continuous motion of the vertices preserves the distances between all pairs of non-adjacent vertices as well.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Michael Krivelevich , Alan Lew , Peleg Michaeli

We define the class of high dimensional graph manifolds. These are compact smooth manifolds supporting a decomposition into finitely many pieces, each of which is diffeomorphic to the product of a torus with a finite volume hyperbolic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Roberto Frigerio , Jean-Francois Lafont , Alessandro Sisto

We initiate the study of the $p$-local commensurability graph of a group, where $p$ is a prime. This graph has vertices consisting of all finite-index subgroups of a group, where an edge is drawn between $A$ and $B$ if $[A : A\cap B]$ and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-27 Khalid Bou-Rabee , Daniel Studenmund

We study one way in which stable phenomena can exist in an NIP theory. We start by defining a notion of 'pure instability' that we call 'distality' in which no such phenomenon occurs. O-minimal theories and the p-adics for example are…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-09-24 Pierre Simon

Flip graphs of combinatorial and geometric objects are at the heart of many deep structural insights and connections between different branches of discrete mathematics and computer science. They also provide a natural framework for the…

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a class of graphs closed under taking induced subgraphs. We say that $\mathcal{C}$ has the {\em clique-stable set separation property} if there exists $c \in \mathbb{N}$ such that for every graph $G \in \mathcal{C}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Maria Chudnovsky , Paul Seymour

We develop a stability theory for contractive local IFSs on compact metric spaces. Unlike the classical global setting, local systems may exhibit a richer symbolic and geometric structure, including code spaces that are not of finite type…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Elismar R. Oliveira , Paulo Varandas

Nowhere dense graph classes provide one of the least restrictive notions of sparsity for graphs. Several equivalent characterizations of nowhere dense classes have been obtained over the years, using a wide range of combinatorial objects.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-04 Gwenaël Joret , Piotr Micek , Patrice Ossona de Mendez , Veit Wiechert

A rigidity theory is developed for the Euclidean and non-Euclidean placements of countably infinite simple graphs in R^d with respect to the classical l^p norms, for d>1 and 1<p<\infty. Generalisations are obtained for the Laman and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-08 D. Kitson , S. C. Power

A countable, bounded degree graph is almost finite if it has a tiling with isomorphic copies of finitely many F\o lner sets, and we call it strongly almost finite, if the tiling can be randomized so that the probability that a vertex is on…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Gábor Elek , Ádám Timár

Discrete Morse theory emerged as an essential tool for computational geometry and topology. Its core structures are discrete gradient fields, defined as acyclic matchings on a complex $C$, from which topological and geometrical informations…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-01-31 Joao Paixao , Joao Lagoas , Thomas Lewiner , Tiago Novello

We define a new family of graph invariants, studying the topology of the moduli space of their geometric realizations in Euclidean spaces, using a limiting procedure reminiscent of Floer homology. Given a labeled graph $G$ on $n$ vertices…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Mara Belotti , Antonio Lerario , Andrew Newman

Nowhere dense graph classes, introduced by Nesetril and Ossona de Mendez, form a large variety of classes of "sparse graphs" including the class of planar graphs, actually all classes with excluded minors, and also bounded degree graphs and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Martin Grohe , Stephan Kreutzer , Sebastian Siebertz

A graph class is monotone if it is closed under taking subgraphs. It is known that a monotone class defined by finitely many obstructions has bounded treewidth if and only if one of the obstructions is a so-called tripod, that is, a…

We give several characterizations of when a complete first-order theory $T$ is monadically NIP, i.e. when expansions of $T$ by arbitrary unary predicates do not have the independence property. The central characterization is a condition on…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Samuel Braunfeld , Michael C. Laskowski

A new notion of independence relation is given and associated to it, the class of flat theories, a subclass of strong stable theories including the superstable ones is introduced. More precisely, after introducing this independence…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Daniel Palacín , Saharon Shelah