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Let $G$ be a strongly connected digraph with $n$ vertices and $m$ arcs. For any real $\alpha\in[0,1]$, the $A_\alpha$ matrix of a digraph $G$ is defined as $$A_\alpha(G)=\alpha D(G)+(1-\alpha)A(G),$$ where $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Zengzhao Xu , Weige Xi , Ligong Wang

Given a set $\mathcal{F}$ of graphs, we call a copy of a graph in $\mathcal{F}$ an $\mathcal{F}$-graph. The $\mathcal{F}$-isolation number of a graph $G$, denoted by $\iota(G,\mathcal{F})$, is the size of a smallest set $D$ of vertices of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Peter Borg

For real $\alpha\in [0,1)$ and a hypergraph $G$, the $\alpha$-spectral radius of $G$ is the largest eigenvalue of the matrix $A_{\alpha}(G)=\alpha D(G)+(1-\alpha)A(G)$, where $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix of $G$, which is a symmetric…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Haiyan Guo , Bo Zhou , Bizhu Lin

We say a graph $G$ has a Hamiltonian path if it has a path containing all vertices of $G$. For a graph $G$, let $\sigma_2(G)$ denote the minimum degree sum of two nonadjacent vertices of $G$; restrictions on $\sigma_2(G)$ are known as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-07 Ilkyoo Choi , Jinha Kim

Let $\Lambda(T)$ denote the set of leaves in a tree $T$. One natural problem is to look for a spanning tree $T$ of a given graph $G$ such that $\Lambda(T)$ is as large as possible. This problem is called maximum leaf number, and it is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Peter Bradshaw , Tomáš Masařík , Jana Novotná , Ladislav Stacho

Let $n$ be any positive integer, the friendship graph $F_n$ consist of $n$ edge-disjoint triangles that all of them meeting in one vertex. A graph $G$ is called cospectral with a graph $H$ if their adjacency matrices have the same…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-01-13 Alireza Abdollahi , Shahrooz Janbaz

For $F\subseteq V(G)$, if $G-F$ is a disconnected graph with at least $r$ components and each vertex $v\in V(G)\backslash F$ has at least $g$ neighbors, then $F$ is called a $g$-good $r$-component cut of $G$. The $g$-good $r$-component…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Wenxiu Ding , Dan Li , Yu Wang

A transversal set of a graph $G$ is a set of vertices incident to all edges of $G$. The transversal number of $G$, denoted by $\tau(G)$, is the minimum cardinality of a transversal set of $G$. A simple graph $G$ with no isolated vertex is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Muhuo Liu , Xiaofeng Gu

Let claw be the graph $K_{1,3}$. A graph $G$ on $n\geq 3$ vertices is called \emph{o}-heavy if each induced claw of $G$ has a pair of end-vertices with degree sum at least $n$, and 1-heavy if at least one end-vertex of each induced claw of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-23 Bo Ning , Shenggui Zhang , Bing Chen

Let $G$ be a connected graph, and let $b$ and $k$ be two positive integers with $b\equiv1$ (mod 2). A $[1,b]$-odd factor of $G$ is a spanning subgraph $F$ of $G$ with $d_F(v)\equiv1$ (mod 2) and $1\leq d_F(v)\leq b$ for every $v\in V(G)$. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Sufang Wang , Wei Zhang

A coline graph $\text{co}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the graph with vertex set $E(G)$ for which two vertices $e$ and $e'$ of $\text{co}(G)$ are adjacent if and only if they are not adjacent as edges in $G$. A graph $G$ is tough if the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Adam Mammoliti

Given a connected graph $R$ on $r$ vertices and a rooted graph $H,$ let $R\{H\}$ be the graph obtained from $r$ copies of $H$ and the graph $R$ by identifying the root of the $i-th$ copy of $H$ with the $i-th$ vertex of $R$. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Oscar Rojo

Let $G$ be a graph and $h: E(G)\rightarrow [0,1]$ be a function. For any two positive integers $a$ and $b$ with $a\leq b$, a fractional $[a,b]$-factor of $G$ with the indicator function $h$ is a spanning subgraph with vertex set $V(G)$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Ao Fan , Ruifang Liu , Guoyan Ao

An even factor of $G$ is a spanning subgraph $F$ such that every vertex in $F$ has a nonzero even degree. Note that $\delta(G)\geq2$ is a trivial necessary condition for a graph to have an even factor, where $\delta(G)$ is the minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Caili Jia , Yong Lu

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$ and let $D(G)$ be the diagonal matrix of the degrees of $G$. For any real $\alpha\in [0,1]$, Nikiforov \cite{VN1} defined the matrix $A_{\alpha}(G)$ as $$A_{\alpha}(G)=\alpha…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Huiqiu Lin , Jie Xue , Jinlong Shu

Write $\rho\left( G\right) $ for the spectral radius of a graph $G$ and $S_{n,r}$ for the join $K_{r}\vee\overline{K}_{n-r}.$ Let $n>r\geq2$ and $G$ be a $K_{r+1}$-saturated graph of order $n.$ Recently Kim, Kim, Kostochka, and O determined…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-11 V. Nikiforov

A vertex-colored graph $G$ is said to be rainbow vertex-connected if every two vertices of $G$ are connected by a path whose internal vertices have distinct colors, such a path is called a rainbow path. The rainbow vertex-connection number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-01-10 Xueliang Li , Yaping Mao , Yongtang Shi

For an integer $k$, a $k$-tree is a tree with maximum degree at most $k$. More generally, if $f$ is an integer-valued function on vertices, an $f$-tree is a tree in which each vertex $v$ has degree at most $f(v)$. Let $c(G)$ denote the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-02 M. N. Ellingham , Songling Shan , Dong Ye , Xiaoya Zha

In this paper, we show that if G is strongly regular then the Gallai graph and the anti-Gallai graph of G are edge-regular. We also identify conditions under which the Gallai and anti-Gallai graphs are themselves strongly regular, as well…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-29 Jeepamol J Palathingal , Aparna Lakshmanan S , Greg Markowsky

The classical spectral Tur\'{a}n problem is to determine the maximum spectral radius of an $\mathcal{F}$-free graph of order $n$. Zhai and Wang [Linear Algebra Appl, 437 (2012) 1641-1647] determined the maximum spectral radius of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-08 Mingsong Qin , Dan Li