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Given a graph $G$, the NP-hard Maximum Planar Subgraph problem asks for a planar subgraph of $G$ with the maximum number of edges. The only known non-trivial exact algorithm utilizes Kuratowski's famous planarity criterion and can be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-20 Markus Chimani , Ivo Hedtke , Tilo Wiedera

We address the induced matching enumeration problem. An edge set $M$ is an induced matching of a graph $G =(V,E)$. The enumeration of matchings are widely studied in literature, but the induced matching has not been paid much attention. A…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-21 Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa , Takeaki Uno , Hiroki Arimura

Many natural computational problems, including e.g. Max Weight Independent Set, Feedback Vertex Set, or Vertex Planarization, can be unified under an umbrella of finding the largest sparse induced subgraph, that satisfies some property…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Maria Chudnovsky , Jadwiga Czyżewska , Kacper Kluk , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski

Inductive $k$-independent graphs generalize chordal graphs and have recently been advocated in the context of interference-avoiding wireless communication scheduling. The NP-hard problem of finding maximum-weight induced $c$-colorable…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Matthias Bentert , René van Bevern , Rolf Niedermeier

An odd hole in a graph is a induced cycle with odd length greater than 3. In an earlier paper (with Sophie Spirkl), solving a longstanding open problem, we gave a polynomial-time algorithm to test if a graph has an odd hole. We subsequently…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-27 Maria Chudnovsky , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

The even cycle problem for both undirected and directed graphs has been the topic of intense research in the last decade. In this paper, we study the computational complexity of \emph{cycle length modularity problems}. Roughly speaking, in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Edith Hemaspaandra , Holger Spakowski , Mayur Thakur

This paper deals with the problem of finding, for a given graph and a given natural number k, a subgraph of k nodes with a maximum number of edges. This problem is known as the k-cluster problem and it is NP-hard on general graphs as well…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-11-09 George B. Mertzios

An instance of the Connected Maximum Cut problem consists of an undirected graph G = (V, E) and the goal is to find a subset of vertices S $\subseteq$ V that maximizes the number of edges in the cut \delta(S) such that the induced graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-03 MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Guy Kortsarz , Robert MacDavid , Manish Purohit , Kanthi Sarpatwar

For a fixed integer, the $k$-Colouring problem is to decide if the vertices of a graph can be coloured with at most $k$ colours for an integer $k$, such that no two adjacent vertices are coloured alike. A graph $G$ is $H$-free if $G$ does…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Barnaby Martin , Daniel Paulusma , Siani Smith

For each integer $\ell \geq 4$, we give a polynomial-time algorithm to test whether a graph contains an induced cycle with length at least $\ell$ and even

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Linda Cook , Paul Seymour

In this paper, we study the problem of finding a collection of planted cycles in an \ER random graph $G \sim \mathcal{G}(n, \lambda/n)$, in analogy to the famous Planted Clique Problem. When the cycles are planted on a uniformly random…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Julia Gaudio , Colin Sandon , Jiaming Xu , Dana Yang

In this paper, we consider a number of results and seven conjectures on properly edge-coloured (PC) paths and cycles in edge-coloured multigraphs. We overview some known results and prove new ones. In particular, we consider a family of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-05-31 Gregory Gutin , Eun Jung Kim

In this paper we study the length of the longest induced cycle in the unitary Cayley graph $X_n = Cay(\mathbb Z_n; U_n)$, where $U_n$ is the group of units in $\mathbb Z_n$. Using residues modulo the primes dividing $n$, we introduce a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Elena Fuchs , Justin Sinz

In graph theory, the longest path problem is the problem of finding a simple path of maximum length in a given graph. For some small classes of graphs, the problem can be solved in polynomial time [2, 4], but it remains NP-hard on general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-15 Lajos L. Pongrácz

In the Fully Leafed Induced Subtrees, one is given a graph $G$ and two integers $a$ and $b$ and the question is to find an induced subtree of $G$ with $a$ vertices and at least $b$ leaves. This problem is known to be NP-complete even when…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Julien Baste

With the ever-increasing prevalence of graph data in a wide spectrum of applications, it becomes essential to analyze structural trends in dynamic graphs on a continual basis. The shortest cycle is a fundamental pattern in graph analytics.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Qingshuai Feng , You Peng , Wenjie Zhang , Ying Zhang , Xuemin Lin

The maximum clique problem is a well known NP-Hard problem with applications in data mining, network analysis, informatics, and many other areas. Although there exist several algorithms with acceptable runtimes for certain classes of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-11-15 Bharath Pattabiraman , Md. Mostofa Ali Patwary , Assefaw H. Gebremedhin , Wei-keng Liao , Alok Choudhary

A graph is $P_t$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to a $t$-vertex path. A graph is not bipartite if and only if it contains an induced subgraph isomorphic to a $k$-vertex cycle, where $k$ is odd. We focus on the 3-coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Yidong Zhou , Mingxian Zhong , Shenwei Huang

Finding a maximum independent set is a fundamental NP-hard problem that is used in many real-world applications. Given an unweighted graph, this problem asks for a maximum cardinality set of pairwise non-adjacent vertices. Some of the most…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Demian Hespe , Sebastian Lamm , Christian Schorr

We give a structural description of the class $\cal C$ of graphs that do not contain a cycle with a unique chord as an induced subgraph. Our main theorem states that any connected graph in $\cal C$ is either in some simple basic class or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-27 Nicolas Trotignon , Kristina Vušković