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We develop a new approach for approximating large independent sets when the input graph is a one-sided spectral expander - that is, the uniform random walk matrix of the graph has its second eigenvalue bounded away from 1. Consequently, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Mitali Bafna , Jun-Ting Hsieh , Pravesh K. Kothari

We present an explicit geometric construction of a large parametrized family of graphs with no $k$-cliques and with bounded independence number, generalizing the triangle-free Ramsey graphs of Codenotti, Pudl\'ak, and Resta and revisiting…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Matija Kocbek

Let $\Gamma$ be a distance-regular graph with diameter $d$ and Kneser graph $K=\Gamma_d$, the distance-$d$ graph of $\Gamma$. We say that $\Gamma$ is partially antipodal when $K$ has fewer distinct eigenvalues than $\Gamma$. In particular,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-19 M. A. Fiol

A strong $s$-blocking set in a projective space is a set of points that intersects each codimension-$s$ subspace in a spanning set of the subspace. We present an explicit construction of such sets in a $(k - 1)$-dimensional projective space…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Anurag Bishnoi , István Tomon

The structural parameter twin-width was introduced by Bonnet et al. in [FOCS 2020], and already this first paper included an asymptotic argument bounding the twin-width of planar graphs by a non-explicit constant. Quite recently, we have…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Petr Hliněný

Ramanujan complexes were defined as high dimensional analogues of the optimal expanders, Ramanujan graphs. They were constructed as quotients of the Euclidean building (also called the affine building and the Bruhat-Tits building) of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Hyein Choi

We prove that there exist bipartite Ramanujan graphs of every degree and every number of vertices. The proof is based on analyzing the expected characteristic polynomial of a union of random perfect matchings, and involves three…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-01 Adam W. Marcus , Nikhil Srivastava , Daniel A. Spielman

The vertex expansion of the graph is a fundamental graph parameter. Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a parameter $\delta \in (0,1/2]$, its $\delta$-Small-Set Vertex Expansion (SSVE) is defined as \[ \min_{S : |S| = \delta |V|}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Suprovat Ghoshal , Anand Louis

We study the complexity of approximating the vertex expansion of graphs $G = (V,E)$, defined as \[ \Phi^V := \min_{S \subset V} n \cdot \frac{|N(S)|}{|S| |V \backslash S|}. \] We give a simple polynomial-time algorithm for finding a subset…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-11-12 Anand Louis , Prasad Raghavendra , Santosh Vempala

An orientation of an undirected graph $G$ is an assignment of exactly one direction to each edge of $G$. The oriented diameter of a graph $G$ is the smallest diameter among all the orientations of $G$. The maximum oriented diameter of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-30 Jasine Babu , Deepu Benson , Deepak Rajendraprasad , Sai Nishant Vaka

We study the classical expander codes, introduced by Sipser and Spielman \cite{SS96}. Given any constants $0< \alpha, \varepsilon < 1/2$, and an arbitrary bipartite graph with $N$ vertices on the left, $M < N$ vertices on the right, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Xue Chen , Kuan Cheng , Xin Li , Minghui Ouyang

Double triangle expansion is an operation on $4$-regular graphs with at least one triangle which replaces a triangle with two triangles in a particular way. We study the class of graphs which can be obtained by repeated double triangle…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-16 Mohamed Laradji , Marni Mishna , Karen Yeats

We propose two new spectral measures for graphs and networks which characterize the ratios between the width of the "bulk" part of the spectrum and the spectral gap, as well as the ratio between spectral length and the width of the "bulk"…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-04-02 Ernesto Estrada

A theorem of Shearer states that every $n$-vertex triangle-free graph of maximum degree $d \geq 2$ contains an independent set of size at least $(d\log d - d + 1)/(d - 1)^2 \cdot n$. Ajtai, Koml\'{o}s, Pintz, Spencer and Szemer\'{e}di…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Jacques Verstraete , Chase Wilson

In this paper, we explore the design and analysis of regular bipartite graphs motivated by their application in low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes specifically with constrained girth and in the high-rate regime. We focus on the relation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Sheida Rabeti , Mohsen Moradi , Hessam Mahdavifar

The Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal conjecture is one of the most classical and well-known problems in extremal and structural combinatorics dating back to 1977. It asserts that in stark contrast to the case of a general $n$-vertex graph if one imposes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-27 Pablo Blanco , Matija Bucić

Let $G$ be the circulant graph $C_n(S)$ with $S\subseteq\{ 1,\ldots,\left \lfloor\frac{n}{2}\right \rfloor\}$ and let $\Delta$ be its independence complex. We describe the well-covered circulant graphs with 2-dimensional $\Delta$ and…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Francesco Romeo , Giancarlo Rinaldo

Given a planar graph family $\mathcal{F}$, let ${\rm ex}_{\mathcal{P}}(n,\mathcal{F})$ and ${\rm spex}_{\mathcal{P}}(n,\mathcal{F})$ be the maximum size and maximum spectral radius over all $n$-vertex $\mathcal{F}$-free planar graphs,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Longfei Fang , Huiqiu Lin , Yongtang Shi

Some widely known compact extended formulations have the property that each vertex of the corresponding extension polytope is projected onto a vertex of the target polytope. In this paper, we prove that for heptagons with vertices in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Kanstantsin Pashkovich , Stefan Weltge

Explicit construction of Ramsey graphs has remained a challenging open problem for a long time. Frankl--Wilson \cite{FW}, Alon \cite{A} and Grolmusz \cite{G2} gave the best explicit constructions of graphs on $m$ vertices with no clique or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-06 Gábor Hegedüs