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Let D be a simple digraph without loops or digons. For any v in V(D) let N_1(v) be the set of all nodes at out-distance 1 from v and let N_2(v) be the set of all nodes at out-distance 2. We provide sufficient conditions under which there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-08-19 James N. Brantner , Greg Brockman , Bill Kay , Emma E. Snively

The presented paper studies the flow number $F(G,\sigma)$ of flow-admissible signed graphs $(G,\sigma)$ with two negative edges. We restrict our study to cubic graphs, because for each non-cubic signed graph $(G,\sigma)$ there is a set…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-28 Edita Rollová , Michael Schubert , Eckhard Steffen

Let $G$ be a graph. A zero-sum flow in $G$ is an assignment of nonzero real number to the edges such that the sum of the values of all edges incident with each vertex is zero. Let $k$ be naturel number. A zero-sum $k$-flow is a flow with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-13 S. Akbari , N. Ghareghani , G. B. Khosrovshahi , S. Zare

In a digraph, a dicut is a cut where all the arcs cross in one direction. A dijoin is a subset of arcs that intersects each dicut. Woodall conjectured in 1976 that in every digraph, the minimum size of a dicut equals to the maximum number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Gérard Cornuéjols , Siyue Liu , R. Ravi

A circular nowhere-zero $r$-flow on a bridgeless graph $G$ is an orientation of the edges and an assignment of real values from $[1, r-1]$ to the edges in such a way that the sum of incoming values equals the sum of outgoing values for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Robert Lukoťka

We investigate multidimensional nowhere-zero flows of bridgeless graphs. By extending the established use of the Euclidean norm, this paper considers the Manhattan and Chebyshev norms, leading to the definition of the flow numbers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Lukáš Gáborik , Sascha Kurz , Giuseppe Mazzuoccolo , Jozef Rajník , Florian Rieg

This paper concerns a generalization of nowhere-zero modular q-flows from graphs to simplicial complexes of dimension d greater than 1. A modular q-flow of a simplicial complex is an element of the kernel of the d-th boundary map with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-23 Bradley Lewis Burdick

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph with four distinguished vertices, two sources $s_1, s_2$ and two sinks $t_1,t_2$, let $c:\, E \rightarrow \mathbb Z_+$ be a capacity function, and let ${\cal P}$ be the set of all simple paths in $G$ from $s_1$ to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Guoli Ding , Rongchuan Tao , Mengxi Yang , Wenan Zang

We answer a question on group connectivity suggested by Jaeger et al. [Group connectivity of graphs -- A nonhomogeneous analogue of nowhere-zero flow properties, JCTB 1992]: we find that $\mathbb Z_2^2$-connectivity does not imply $\mathbb…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-13 Radek Hušek , Lucie Mohelníková , Robert Šámal

We generalize Tutte's integer flows and the $d$-dimensional Euclidean flows of Mattiolo, Mazzuoccolo, Rajn\'{i}k, and Tabarelli to \emph{$d$-dimensional $p$-normed nowhere-zero flows} and define the corresponding flow index $\phi_{d,p}(G)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Chenxing Li , Jiaao Li , Rong Luo , Bo Su

We generalise to signed graphs a classical result of Tutte [Canad. J. Math. 8 (1956), 13--28] stating that every integer flow can be expressed as a sum of characteristic flows of circuits. In our generalisation, the r\^ole of circuits is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Edita Macajova , Martin Skoviera

The famous flow decomposition theorem of Gallai (1985) states that any static edge $s$,$d$-flow in a directed graph can be decomposed into a nonnegative linear combination of incidence vectors of paths and cycles. In this paper, we study…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Lukas Graf , Tobias Harks , Julian Schwarz

Building on recent work by Thomassen, we show that Nash-Williams' orientation theorem, that every finite $2k$-edge-connected multigraph has a $k$-arc-connected orientation, also holds for all infinite multigraphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Marcel Koloschin , Max Pitz

Consider the complete n-vertex graph whose edge-lengths are independent exponentially distributed random variables. Simultaneously for each pair of vertices, put a constant flow between them along the shortest path. Each edge gets some…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-08-06 David J. Aldous , Shankar Bhamidi

A vertex of a graph is bisimplicial if the set of its neighbors is the union of two cliques; a graph is quasi-line if every vertex is bisimplicial. A recent result of Chudnovsky and Seymour asserts that every non-empty even-hole-free graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Zi-Xia Song

Seymour's second neighbourhood conjecture asserts that every oriented graph has a vertex whose second out-neighbourhood is at least as large as its out-neighbourhood. In this paper, we prove that the conjecture holds for quasi-transitive…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Gregory Gutin , Ruijuan Li

Given a graph $G$, the number of nowhere-zero $\ZZ_q$-flows $\phi_G(q)$ is known to be a polynomial in $q$. We extend the definition of nowhere-zero $\ZZ_q$-flows to simplicial complexes $\Delta$ of dimension greater than one, and prove the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Matthias Beck , Yvonne Kemper

Let $K_7^{\vee}$ denote the graph obtained from the complete graph on seven vertices by deleting two edges with a common end. Motivated by Hadwiger's conjecture, we prove that every graph with no $K_7^{\vee}$-minor is $6$-colorable.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Sergey Norin , Agnes Totschnig

We consider infinite connected quasi-transitive locally finite graphs and show that every such graph with more than one end is a tree amalgamation of two other such graphs. This can be seen as a graph-theoretical version of Stallings'…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Matthias Hamann , Florian Lehner , Babak Miraftab , Tim Rühmann

We initiate the study of $k$-edge-connected orientations of undirected graphs through edge flips for $k \geq 2$. We prove that in every orientation of an undirected $2k$-edge-connected graph, there exists a sequence of edges such that…