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A famous conjecture of Erd\H{o}s and S\'os states that every graph with average degree more than $k - 1$ contains all trees with $k$ edges as subgraphs. We prove that the Erd\H{o}s-S\'os conjecture holds approximately, if the size of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Václav Rozhoň

We show that for a sufficiently simple surface $S$, a right-angled Artin group $A(\Gamma)$ embeds into $\Mod(S)$ if and only if $\Gamma$ embeds into the curve graph $\mC(S)$ as an induced subgraph. When $S$ is sufficiently complicated,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-05-26 Sang-hyun Kim , Thomas Koberda

We initiate the systematic study of the following Tur\'an-type question. Suppose $\Gamma$ is a graph with $n$ vertices such that the edge density between any pair of subsets of vertices of size at least $t$ is at most $1 - c$, for some $t$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Jacob Fox , Rajko Nenadov , Huy Tuan Pham

Given $r \geq 3$, we prove that there exists $\lambda >0$ depending only on $r$ so that if $G$ is a metric graph of rank $r$ with metric entropy $1$, then there exists a proper subgraph $H$ of $G$ with metric entropy at least $\lambda$.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Tarik Aougab , Matt Clay , Tawfiq Hamed

An old problem of Erd\H{o}s, Fajtlowicz and Staton asks for the order of a largest induced regular subgraph that can be found in every graph on n vertices. Motivated by this problem, we consider the order of such a subgraph in a typical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-08-15 Michael Krivelevich , Benny Sudakov , Nicholas Wormald

We consider the problem of covering a graph with a given number of induced subgraphs so that the maximum number of vertices in each subgraph is minimized. We prove NP-completeness of the problem, prove lower bounds, and give approximation…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Shripad Thite

A graph $G$ contains a graph $H$ as an induced minor if $H$ can be obtained from $G$ by vertex deletions and edge contractions. The class of $H$-induced-minor-free graphs generalizes the class of $H$-minor-free graphs, but unlike…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Tuukka Korhonen , Daniel Lokshtanov

An oriented hypergraph is an oriented incidence structure that allows for the generalization of graph theoretic concepts to integer matrices through its locally signed graphic substructure. The locally graphic behaviors are formalized in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-16 Will Grilliette , Josephine Reynes , Lucas J. Rusnak

In this paper we study the fundamental problem of finding small dense subgraphs in a given graph. For a real number $s>2$, we prove that every graph on $n$ vertices with average degree at least $d$ contains a subgraph of average degree at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-11 Oliver Janzer , Benny Sudakov , István Tomon

Given a hereditary graph property $\mathcal{P}$, consider distributions of random orderings of vertices of graphs $G\in\mathcal{P}$ that are preserved under isomorphisms and under taking induced subgraphs. We show that for many properties…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-06-11 Paul Balister , Béla Bollobás , Svante Janson

The Second Neighborhood Conjecture of Seymour asserts that every oriented graph contains a vertex~$v$ satisfying $|\Npp(v)|\ge|\Np(v)|$. We introduce \emph{Pisa graphs} -- strongly connected oriented graphs~$D$ with $\Delta(D)=\max_{v\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Stanisław M. S. Halkiewicz

The pinched sphere is the pseudo-surface $\mathbb{S}^{\circ}_0$ obtained by identifying two distinct points of the sphere. We provide a structural characterization of graphs excluding an $\mathbb{S}^{\circ}_0$-embeddable graph as a minor.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Laure Morelle , Evangelos Protopapas , Dimitrios M. Thilikos , Sebastian Wiederrecht

We prove that a hereditary graph class $\mathcal{G}$ defined by finitely many excluded induced subgraphs has bounded tree-$\alpha$ if and only if it is "$(\mathrm{tw},\omega)$-bounded" (that is, for all $t\in \mathbb N$, the class of all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Sepehr Hajebi , Sophie Spirkl

An (h,s,t)-representation of a graph G consists of a collection of subtrees of a tree T, where each subtree corresponds to a vertex of G such that (i) the maximum degree of T is at most h, (ii) every subtree has maximum degree at mots s,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-12-15 Liliana Alcón , Marisa Gutierrez , María Pía Mazzoleni

For a positive integer $k$ and a graph $H$ on $k$ vertices, we are interested in the inducibility of $H$, denoted $\mathrm{ind}(H)$, which is defined as the maximum possible probability that choosing $k$ vertices uniformly at random from a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Richard Ueltzen

In 2007 Matamala proved that if $G$ is a simple graph with maximum degree $\Delta\geq 3$ not containing $K_{\Delta +1}$ as a subgraph and $s, t$ are positive integers such that $s+t \geq \Delta$, then the vertex set of $G$ admits a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-09 Thomas Schweser , Michael Stiebitz

Let $G$ be a graph, a dominating induced matching (DIM) of $G$ is an induced matching that dominates every edge of $G$. In this paper we show that if a graph $G$ has a DIM, then $\chi(G) \leqslant 3$. Also, it is shown that if $G$ is a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Saieed Akbari , Hossein Baktash , Amin Behjati , Afshin Behmaram , Mohammad Roghani

We investigate the product structure of hereditary graph classes admitting strongly sublinear separators. We characterise such classes as subgraphs of the strong product of a star and a complete graph of strongly sublinear size. In a more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Zdeněk Dvořák , David R. Wood

We establish splitter theorems for graph immersions for two families of graphs, $k$-edge-connected graphs, with $k$ even, and 3-edge-connected, internally 4-edge-connected graphs. As a corollary, we prove that every $3$-edge-connected,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Matt DeVos , Mahdieh Malekian

In this paper, we address the problem of enumerating all induced subtrees in an input k-degenerate graph, where an induced subtree is an acyclic and connected induced subgraph. A graph G = (V, E) is a k-degenerate graph if for any its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-10-06 Kunihiro Wasa , Hiroki Arimura , Takeaki Uno