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For a $k$-uniform hypergraph $H$, let $\delta_1(H)$ denote the minimum vertex degree of $H$, and $\nu(H)$ denote the size of the largest matching in $H$. In this paper, we show that for any $k\geq 3$ and $\beta>0$, there exists an integer…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-21 Mingyang Guo , Hongliang Lu , Yaolin Jiang

The transversal hypergraph problem is the task of enumerating the minimal hitting sets of a hypergraph. It is a long-standing open question whether this can be done in output-polynomial time. For hypergraphs whose solutions have bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-25 Thomas Bläsius , Tobias Friedrich , Julius Lischeid , Kitty Meeks , Martin Schirneck

We consider the problem of enumerating optimal solutions for two hypergraph $k$-partitioning problems -- namely, Hypergraph-$k$-Cut and Minmax-Hypergraph-$k$-Partition. The input in hypergraph $k$-partitioning problems is a hypergraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-09 Calvin Beideman , Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Weihang Wang

We consider a robust variant of Dirac-type problems in $k$-uniform hypergraphs. For instance, we prove that if $H$ is a $k$-uniform hypergraph with minimum codegree at least $(1/2 + \gamma )n$, $\gamma >0$, and $n$ is sufficiently large,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Sylwia Antoniuk , Nina Kamčev , Andrzej Ruciński

Given a polygon $H$ in the plane, the art gallery problem calls for fining the smallest set of points in $H$ from which every other point in $H$ is seen. We give a deterministic algorithm that, given any polygon $H$ with $h$ holes, $n$…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Khaled Elbassioni

A perfect matching in a 4-uniform hypergraph is a subset of $\lfloor\frac{n}{4}\rfloor$ disjoint edges. We prove that if $H$ is a sufficiently large 4-uniform hypergraph on $n=4k$ vertices such that every vertex belongs to more than…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-18 Imdadullah Khan

We consider the problem of deterministically enumerating all minimum $k$-cut-sets in a given hypergraph for any fixed $k$. The input here is a hypergraph $G = (V, E)$ with non-negative hyperedge costs. A subset $F$ of hyperedges is a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Calvin Beideman , Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Weihang Wang

For a graph $G$ define the parameters $\ell(G)$ and $L(G)$ as the minimum and maximum value of $\nu(G\backslash F)$, where $F$ is a maximum matching of $G$ and $\nu(G)$ is the matching number of $G$. In this paper, we show that there is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Vahan Mkrtchyan

The transversal rank of a hypergraph is the maximum size of its minimal hitting sets. Deciding, for an $n$-vertex, $m$-edge hypergraph and an integer $k$, whether the transversal rank is at least $k$ takes time $O(m^{k+1} n)$ with an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Martin Schirneck

Let $H$ be a fixed undirected graph on $k$ vertices. The $H$-hitting set problem asks for deleting a minimum number of vertices from a given graph $G$ in such a way that the resulting graph has no copies of $H$ as a subgraph. This problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Noah Brüstle , Tal Elbaz , Hamed Hatami , Onur Kocer , Bingchan Ma

It is well-known that every $n$-vertex planar graph with minimum degree 3 has a matching of size at least $\frac{n}{3}$. But all proofs of this use the Tutte-Berge-formula for the size of a maximum matching. Hence these proofs are not…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Therese Biedl

Given two graphs $H$ and $G$, the Subgraph Isomorphism problem asks if $H$ is isomorphic to a subgraph of $G$. While NP-hard in general, algorithms exist for various parameterized versions of the problem: for example, the problem can be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-27 Dániel Marx , Michał Pilipczuk

For a connected graph $G=(V,E)$, a matching $M\subseteq E$ is a matching cut of $G$ if $G-M$ is disconnected. It is known that for an integer $d$, the corresponding decision problem Matching Cut is polynomial-time solvable for graphs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Felicia Lucke , Daniël Paulusma , Bernard Ries

We survey some aspects of the perfect matching problem in hypergraphs, with particular emphasis on structural characterisation of the existence problem in dense hypergraphs and the existence of designs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Peter Keevash

In this note we analyze two algorithms, one for producing a matching and one for an independent set, on $k$-uniform $d$-regular hypergraphs of large girth. As a result we obtain new lower bounds on the size of a maximum matching or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Deepak Bal , Patrick Bennett

Let $G$ and $H$ be $k$-graphs ($k$-uniform hypergraphs); then a perfect $H$-packing in $G$ is a collection of vertex-disjoint copies of $H$ in $G$ which together cover every vertex of $G$. For any fixed $H$ let $\delta(H, n)$ be the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-16 Richard Mycroft

Given hypergraphs $F$ and $H$, an $F$-factor in $H$ is a set of vertex-disjoint copies of $F$ which cover all the vertices in $H$. Let $K^- _4$ denote the $3$-uniform hypergraph with $4$ vertices and $3$ edges. We show that for sufficiently…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-10 Jie Han , Allan Lo , Andrew Treglown , Yi Zhao

For a graph G=(V,E), finding a set of disjoint edges that do not share any vertices is called a matching problem, and finding the maximum matching is a fundamental problem in the theory of distributed graph algorithms. Although local…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Naoki Kitamura , Taisuke Izumi

We study a variant of the Erd\H{o}s Matching Problem in random hypergraphs. Let $\mathcal{K}_p(n,k)$ denote the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random $k$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices where each possible edge is included with probability $p$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Peter Frankl , Jiaxi Nie , Jian Wang

A set of vertices $S$ is a \emph{determining set} of a graph $G$ if every automorphism of $G$ is uniquely determined by its action on $S$. The \emph{determining number} of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a determining set of $G$. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-15 J. Cáceres , D. Garijo , A. González , A. Márquez , M. L. Puertas