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In this paper we are interested in a version of the All-pairs Shortest Paths problem (APSP) that fits neither in the exact nor in the approximate case. We define a measure of centrality of a shortest path, related to the ``importance'' of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Alane M. de Lima , Murilo V. G. da Silva , André L. Vignatti

We introduce a graph decomposition which exists for all simple, connected graphs $G=(V,E)$. The decomposition $V = A \cup B \cup C$ is such that each vertex in $A$ has more neighbors in $B$ than in $A$ and vice versa. $C$ is `balanced':…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-04 Stefan Steinerberger

The subject of graph convexity is well explored in the literature, the so-called interval convexities above all. In this work, we explore the cycle convexity, an interval convexity whose interval function is $I(S) = S \cup \{u \mid G[S \cup…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Carlos V. G. C. Lima , Thiago Marcilon , Pedro Paulo de Medeiros

The symmetries of paths in a manifold $M$ are classified with respect to a given pointwise proper action of a Lie group $G$ on $M$. Here, paths are embeddings of a compact interval into $M$. There are at least two types of symmetries:…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-24 Christian Fleischhack

Multipath cohomology is a cohomology theory for directed graphs, which is defined using the path poset. The aim of this paper is to investigate combinatorial properties of path posets, and to provide computational tools for multipath…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Luigi Caputi , Carlo Collari , Sabino Di Trani

The \emph{Sandwich Problem} (SP) for a graph class $\calC$ is the following computational problem. The input is a pair of graphs $(V,E_1)$ and $(V,E_2)$ where $E_1\subseteq E_2$, and the task is to decide whether there is an edge set $E$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Manuel Bodirsky , Santiago Guzmán-Pro

Let V be a finite set and M a collection of subsets of V. Then M is an alignment of V if and only if M is closed under taking intersections and contains both V and the empty set. If M is an alignment of V, then the elements of M are called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-07 J. Cáceres , O. R. Oellermann , M. L. Puertas

Inspired by a chessboard puzzle of Dudeney, the general position problem in graph theory asks for a largest set $S$ of vertices in a graph such that no three elements of $S$ lie on a common shortest path. The number of vertices in such a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Ullas Chandran S. V. , Sandi Klavžar , James Tuite

A Graph of Convex Sets (GCS) is a graph in which vertices are associated with convex programs and edges couple pairs of programs through additional convex costs and constraints. Any optimization problem over an ordinary weighted graph…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Tobia Marcucci

Presented approach in polynomial time calculates large number of invariants for each vertex, which won't change with graph isomorphism and should fully determine the graph. For example numbers of closed paths of length k for given starting…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-05-19 Jarek Duda

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices with adjacency matrix $A$, and let $\mathbf{1}$ be the all-ones vector. We call $G$ controllable if the set of vectors $\mathbf{1}, A\mathbf{1}, \dots, A^{n-1}\mathbf{1}$ spans the whole space…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Aida Abiad , Anuj Dawar , Octavio Zapata

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite undirected graph. If $P$ is an oriented path from $r_1\in V$ to $r_2\in V$, we define $\partial(P) = r_2-r_1$. If $R, S\subseteq V$, we denote by $P(G; R, S)$ the span of the set of all $\partial P\otimes \partial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-19 Guantao Chen , Serguei Norine , Robin Thomas , Hein van der Holst

In this article we propose a generalization of the 2-dimensional notions of convexity resp. being star-shaped to symplectic vector spaces. We call such curves symplectically convex resp. symplectically star-shaped. After presenting some…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-29 Peter Albers , Serge Tabachnikov

Let $G$ be a graph and $S \subseteq V(G)$. In the cycle convexity, we say that $S$ is \textit{cycle convex} if for any $u\in V(G)\setminus S$, the induced subgraph of $S\cup\{u\}$ contains no cycle that includes $u$. The \textit{cycle…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Bijo S. Anand , Ullas Chandran S. V. , Julliano R. Nascimento , Revathy S. Nair

We present some complexity results concerning the problems of covering a graph with $p$ convex sets and of partitioning a graph into $p$ convex sets. The following convexities are considered: digital convexity, monophonic convexity,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Lucía M. González , Luciano N. Grippo , Martín D. Safe , Vinícius F. dos Santos

We study the SHORTEST PATH problem with positive disjunctive constraints from the perspective of parameterized complexity. For positive disjunctive constraints, there are certain pair of edges such that any feasible solution must contain at…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Susobhan Bandopadhyay , Suman Banerjee , Diptapriyo Majumdar , Fahad Panolan

A total weighting of a graph $G$ is a mapping $f$ which assigns to each element $z \in V(G) \cup E(G)$ a real number $f(z)$ as its weight. The vertex sum of $v$ with respect to $f$ is $\phi_f(v)=\sum_{e \in E(v)}f(e)+f(v)$. A total…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Tsai-Lien Wong , Xuding Zhu

In this paper we introduce a graph structure, called subspace sum graph $\mathcal{G}(\mathbb{V})$ on a finite dimensional vector space $\mathbb{V}$ where the vertex set is the collection of non-trivial proper subspaces of a vector space and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Angsuman Das

A family $\mathcal{P}$ of subgraphs of $G$ is called a {\it path cover} (resp. a {\it path partition}) of $G$ if $\bigcup _{P\in \mathcal{P}}V(P)=V(G)$ (resp. $\dot\bigcup _{P\in \mathcal{P}}V(P)=V(G)$) and every element of $\mathcal{P}$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Shuya Chiba , Michitaka Furuya

The Shortest-Path Problem in Graph of Convex Sets (SPP in GCS) is a recently developed optimization framework that blends discrete and continuous decision making. Many relevant problems in robotics, such as collision-free motion planning,…