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In this paper, we give new, tight subexponential lower bounds for a number of graph embedding problems. We introduce two related combinatorial problems, which we call String Crafting and Orthogonal Vector crafting, and show that these…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-10-31 Hans L. Bodlaender , Tom C. van der Zanden

In this paper, we present a complete proof of the construction of graphs with bounded valency such that the simple random walk has a return probability at time $n$ at the origin of order $exp(-n^{\alpha}),$ for fixed $\alpha \in [0,1[$ and…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Clement Rau

Recently, Borodin, Kostochka, and Yancey (On $1$-improper $2$-coloring of sparse graphs. Discrete Mathematics, 313(22), 2013) showed that the vertices of each planar graph of girth at least $7$ can be $2$-colored so that each color class…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-13 Maria Axenovich , Torsten Ueckerdt , Pascal Weiner

We show that triangle-free penny graphs have degeneracy at most two, list coloring number (choosability) at most three, diameter $D=\Omega(\sqrt n)$, and at most $\min\bigl(2n-\Omega(\sqrt n),2n-D-2\bigr)$ edges.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-10-03 David Eppstein

We prove that every 3-coloring of the edges of the complete graph on n vertices without a rainbow triangle contains a set of order Omega(n^{1/3}log^2 n) which uses at most two colors, and this bound is tight up to a constant factor. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-13 J. Fox , A. Grinshpun , J. Pach

We exhibit a new obstacle to the nascent algorithmic theory for classes excluding an induced minor. We indeed show that on the class of string graphs -- which avoids the 1-subdivision of, say, $K_5$ as an induced minor -- Induced 2-Disjoint…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Pierre Aboulker , Édouard Bonnet , Timothé Picavet , Nicolas Trotignon

A seminal result of Lee asserts that the Ramsey number of any bipartite $d$-degenerate graph $H$ satisfies $\log r(H) = \log n + O(d)$. In particular, this bound applies to every bipartite graph of maximal degree $\Delta$. It remains a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-28 Dylan J. Altschuler , Han Huang , Konstantin Tikhomirov

We investigate the impact of a high-degree vertex in Tur\'{a}n problems for degenerate hypergraphs (including graphs). We say an $r$-graph $F$ is bounded if there exist constants $\alpha, \beta>0$ such that for large $n$, every $n$-vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Jianfeng Hou , Caiyun Hu , Heng Li , Xizhi Liu , Caihong Yang , Yixiao Zhang

We study separating systems of the edges of a graph where each member of the separating system is a path. We conjecture that every $n$-vertex graph admits a separating path system of size $O(n)$ and prove this in certain interesting special…

We consider the class of directed graphs with $N\geq 1$ edges and without loops shorter than $k\geq1$. Using the concept of a labelled graph, we determine graphs from this class that maximize the number of all paths of length $k$. Then we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Piotr M. Hajac , Oskar M. Stachowiak

Geometric motivations warranted the study of hypergraphs on ordered vertices that have no pair of hyperedges that induce an alternation of some given length. Such hypergraphs are called ABA-free, ABAB-free and so on. Since then various…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Balázs Keszegh , Dömötör Pálvölgyi

Let k be a natural number. We introduce k-threshold graphs. We show that there exists an O(n^3) algorithm for the recognition of k-threshold graphs for each natural number k. k-Threshold graphs are characterized by a finite collection of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Ling-Ju Hung , Ton Kloks , Fernando Villaamil

A longest path in a graph is called a detour. It is easy to see that a connected graph of minimum degree at least $2$ and order at least $4$ has at least $4$ detours. We prove that if the number of detours in such a graph of order at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Xingzhi Zhan

Bernshteyn and Lee defined a new notion, weak degeneracy, which is slightly weaker than the ordinary degeneracy. It is proved that strictly $f$-degenerate transversal is a common generalization of list coloring, $L$-forested-coloring and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Qianqian Wang , Tao Wang , Xiaojing Yang

We call a graph $G$ an $(r,t)$-Ruzsa-Szemer\'edi graph if its edge set can be partitioned into $t$ edge-disjoint induced matchings, each of size $r$. These graphs were introduced in 1978 and has been extensively studied since then. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-25 Jacob Fox , Hao Huang , Benny Sudakov

An ordered graph $H$ on $n$ vertices is a graph whose vertices have been labeled bijectively with $\{1,...,n\}$. The ordered Ramsey number $r_<(H)$ is the minimum $n$ such that every two-coloring of the edges of the complete graph $K_n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Will Overman , Jeremy F. Alm , Kayla Coffey , Carolyn Langhoff

In this paper we study variations of an old result by M\"{u}ller, Reiterman, and the last author stating that a countable graph has a subgraph with infinite degrees if and only if in any labeling of the vertices (or edges) of this graph by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Andrii Arman , Bradley Elliott , Vojtěch Rödl

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n$. A classical upper bound for the domination number of a graph $G$ having no isolated vertices is $\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor$. However, for several families of graphs, we have $\gamma(G) \le…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Subramanian Arumugam , Suresh Manjanath Hegde , Shashanka Kulamarva

There is a huge difference in techniques and runtimes of distributed algorithms for problems that can be solved by a sequential greedy algorithm and those that cannot. A prime example of this contrast appears in the edge coloring problem:…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Manuel Jakob , Yannic Maus , Florian Schager

We present results on partitioning the vertices of $2$-edge-colored graphs into monochromatic paths and cycles. We prove asymptotically the two-color case of a conjecture of S\'ark\"ozy: the vertex set of every $2$-edge-colored graph can be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-21 Jozsef Balogh , Janos Barat , Daniel Gerbner , Andras Gyarfas , GAbor N. Sarkozy