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A set of graphs is said to be independent if there is no homomorphism between distinct graphs from the set. We consider the existence problems related to the independent sets of countable graphs. While the maximal size of an independent set…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jaroslav Nešetřil , Saharon Shelah

Sequences that are defined by multisums of hypergeometric terms with compact support occur frequently in enumeration problems of combinatorics, algebraic geometry and perturbative quantum field theory. The standard recipe to study the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-25 Stavros Garoufalidis

A bihole in a bipartite graph $G$ with partite sets $A$ and $B$ is an independent set $I$ in $G$ with $|I\cap A|=|I\cap B|$. We prove lower bounds on the largest order of biholes in balanced bipartite graphs subject to conditions involving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-13 Stefan Ehard , Elena Mohr , Dieter Rautenbach

Let $G$ be a finite, undirected $d$-regular graph and $A(G)$ its normalized adjacency matrix, with eigenvalues $1 = \lambda_1(A)\geq \dots \ge \lambda_n \ge -1$. It is a classical fact that $\lambda_n = -1$ if and only if $G$ is bipartite.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Nina Moorman , Peter Ralli , Prasad Tetali

We examine the Maximum Independent Set Problem in an undirected graph. The main result is that this problem can be considered as the solving the same problem in a subclass of the weighted normal twin-orthogonal graphs. The problem is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Anatoly D. Plotnikov

Many important problems in combinatorics and other related areas can be phrased in the language of independent sets in hypergraphs. Recently Balogh, Morris and Samotij, and independently Saxton and Thomason developed very general container…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-29 Robert Hancock , Katherine Staden , Andrew Treglown

We study the algorithmic task of finding large independent sets in Erdos-Renyi $r$-uniform hypergraphs on $n$ vertices having average degree $d$. Krivelevich and Sudakov showed that the maximum independent set has density $\left(\frac{r\log…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Abhishek Dhawan , Yuzhou Wang

A bipartite covering of a (multi)graph $G$ is a collection of bipartite graphs, so that each edge of $G$ belongs to at least one of them. The capacity of the covering is the sum of the numbers of vertices of these bipartite graphs. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Noga Alon

We use an entropy based method to study two graph maximization problems. We upper bound the number of matchings of fixed size $\ell$ in a $d$-regular graph on $N$ vertices. For $\frac{2\ell}{N}$ bounded away from 0 and 1, the logarithm of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-15 Teena Carroll , David Galvin , Prasad Tetali

Ajtai, Koml\'os, and Szemer\'edi proved that for sufficiently large $t$ every triangle-free graph with $n$ vertices and average degree $t$ has an independent set of size at least $\frac{n}{100t}\log{t}$. We extend this by proving that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-17 Jeff Cooper , Dhruv Mubayi

We strengthen a result by Laskar and Lyle (Discrete Appl. Math. (2009), 330-338) by proving that it is NP-complete to decide whether a bipartite planar graph can be partitioned into three independent dominating sets. In contrast, we show…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Juho Lauri , Christodoulos Mitillos

A celebrated theorem of Fr\"oberg gives a complete combinatorial classification of quadratic square-free monomial ideals with a linear resolution. A generalization of this theorem to higher degree square-free monomial ideals is an active…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Priyavrat Deshpande , Amit Roy , Anurag Singh , Adam Van Tuyl

Our goal is to investigate a close relative of the independent transversal problem in the class of infinite $K_n$-free graphs: we show that for any infinite $K_n$-free graph $G=(V,E)$ and $m\in \mathbb N$ there is a minimal $r=r(G,m)$ such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-02 Claude Laflamme , Andres A. Lopez , Daniel T. Soukup , Robert Woodrow

In this paper, we study the basic problem of counting independent sets in a graph and, in particular, the problem of counting antichains in a finite poset, from an algebraic perspective. We show that neither independence polynomials of…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2011-05-04 Alicia Dickenstein , Enrique A. Tobis

The notion of a Riordan graph was introduced recently, and it is a far-reaching generalization of the well-known Pascal graphs and Toeplitz graphs. However, apart from a certain subclass of Toeplitz graphs, nothing was known on independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Gi-Sang Cheon , Ji-Hwan Jung , Bumtle Kang , Hana Kim , Suh-Ryung Kim , Sergey Kitaev , Seyed Ahmad Mojallal

We introduce a new notation for representing labeled regular bipartite graphs of arbitrary degree. Several enumeration problems for labeled and unlabeled regular bipartite graphs have been introduced. A general algorithm for enumerating all…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-12-31 Vivek S. Nittoor

It is observed that the conjugacy growth series of the infinite finitary symmetric group with respect to the generating set of transpositions is the generating series of the partition function. Other conjugacy growth series are computed,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-18 Roland Bacher

We prove a collection of asymptotic density results for several interesting classes of the $I$-graphs. Specifically, we quantify precisely the proportion of $I$-graphs that are generalised Petersen graphs as well as those that are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Harrison Bohl , Adrian W. Dudek

Galvin showed that for all fixed $\delta$ and sufficiently large $n$, the $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $\delta$ that admits the most independent sets is the complete bipartite graph $K_{\delta,n-\delta}$. He conjectured that except…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-04-16 John Engbers , David Galvin

Let $G$ be a dense graph with good expansion properties and not too close to being bipartite. Let $\boldsymbol d$ be a graphical degree sequence. Under very weak conditions, we find the number of subgraphs of $G$ with degree sequence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Mikhail Isaev , Brendan D. McKay