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We investigate the problem of modifying a graph into a connected graph in which the degree of each vertex satisfies a prescribed parity constraint. Let $ea$, $ed$ and $vd$ denote the operations edge addition, edge deletion and vertex…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-10-28 Konrad K. Dabrowski , Petr A. Golovach , Pim van 't Hof , Daniël Paulusma

A long-standing and well-known conjecture (see e.g. Caro, Discrete Math, 1994) states that every $n$-vertex graph $G$ without isolated vertices contains an induced subgraph where all vertices have an odd degree and whose order is linear in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Jiangdong Ai , Qiwen Guo , Gregory Gutin , Yimin Hao , Anders Yeo

Let $G$ be a graph and let $m_{ij}(G)$, $i,j\ge 1$, be the number of edges $uv$ of $G$ such that $\{d_v(G), d_u(G)\} = \{i,j\}$. The {\em $M$-polynomial} of $G$ is introduced with $\displaystyle{M(G;x,y) = \sum_{i\le j} m_{ij}(G)x^iy^j}$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-08 Emeric Deutsch , Sandi Klavžar

Given two distributions F and G on the nonnegative integers we propose an algorithm to construct in- and out-degree sequences from samples of i.i.d. observations from F and G, respectively, that with high probability will be graphical, that…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-07-12 Ningyuan Chen , Mariana Olvera-Cravioto

Let $X$ be a vertex subset of a graph $G$. Then $u, v\in V(G)$ are $X$-positionable if $V(P)\cap X \subseteq \{u,v\}$ holds for any shortest $u,v$-path $P$. If each two vertices from $X$ are $X$-positionable, then $X$ is a general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Jing Tian , Sandi Klavžar

We investigate when a Borel graph admits a (Borel or measurable) orientation with outdegree bounded by $k$ for various cardinals $k$. We show that for a p.m.p. graph $G$, a measurable orientation can be found when $k$ is larger than the…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Riley Thornton

A vertex with neighbours of degrees $d_1 \geq ... \geq d_r$ has {\em vertex type} $(d_1, ..., d_r)$. A graph is {\em vertex-oblique} if each vertex has a distinct vertex-type. While no graph can have distinct degrees, Schreyer, Walther and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alastair Farrugia

In this paper we study the following extremal graph theoretic problem: Given an undirected Eulerian graph $G$, which Eulerian orientation minimizes or maximizes the number of arborescences? We solve the minimization for the complete graph…

Let $G$ be a simple graph and let $p$ and $q$ be two integer-valued functions on $V(G)$ with $p< q$ in which for each $v\in V(G)$, $q(v) \ge \frac{1}{2}d_G(v)$ and $p(v) \ge \frac{1}{2} q(v)-2$. In this note, we show that $G$ has an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-24 Morteza Hasanvand

The inductive dimension dim(G) of a finite undirected graph G=(V,E) is a rational number defined inductively as 1 plus the arithmetic mean of the dimensions of the unit spheres dim(S(x)) at vertices x primed by the requirement that the…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Oliver Knill

We study a family of closely-related distributed graph problems, which we call degree splitting, where roughly speaking the objective is to partition (or orient) the edges such that each node's degree is split almost uniformly. Our findings…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-11 Mohsen Ghaffari , Hsin-Hao Su

We prove a new generalisation of Ramsey's theorem by showing that every $2$-edge-coloured graph with sufficiently large minimum degree contains a monochromatic induced subgraph whose minimum degree remains large. From this, we also derive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Arnab Char , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Lucas Picasarri-Arrieta

General factors are a generalization of matchings. Given a graph $G$ with a set $\pi(v)$ of feasible degrees, called a degree constraint, for each vertex $v$ of $G$, the general factor problem is to find a (spanning) subgraph $F$ of $G$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Shuai Shao , Stanislav Živný

In a directed graph $D$, a vertex subset $S\subseteq V$ is a total dominating set if every vertex of $D$ has an in-neighbor from $S$. A total dominating set exists if and only if every vertex has at least one in-neighbor. We call the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Zoltán L. Blázsik , Leila Vivien Nagy

Given a permutation of size $n$, we consider its associated grid graph whose $i$th column has height equal to the $i$th entry, with vertical edges between consecutive levels and horizontal edges between equal levels in adjacent columns. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 N. B. Huamaní

An orientation of a graph $G$ is {\it in-out-proper} if any two adjacent vertices have different in-out-degrees, where the in-out-degree of each vertex is equal to the in-degree minus the out-degree of that vertex. The {\it in-out-proper…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Ali Dehghan

An AT-orientation of a graph $G$ is an orientation $D$ of $G$ such that the number of even Eulerian sub-digraphs and the number of odd Eulerian sub-digraphs of $D$ are distinct. Given a mapping $f: V(G) \to \mathbb{N}$, we say $G$ is $f$-AT…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Chenglong Deng , Xuding Zhu

For a graph $G$ let $\varepsilon(G)$ denote the number of Eulerian orientations, and $v(G)$ denote the number of vertices of $G$. We show that if $(G_n)_n$ is a sequence of Eulerian graphs that are convergent in Benjamini--Schramm sense,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-27 Ferenc Bencs , Márton Borbényi , Péter Csikvári

Given a graph, when can we orient the edges to satisfy local constraints at the vertices, where each vertex specifies which local orientations of its incident edges are allowed? This family of graph orientation problems is a special kind of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-05 MIT Hardness Group , Zachary Abel , Erik D. Demaine , Jenny Diomidova , Jeffery Li , Zixiang Zhou

An Eulerian orientation is an orientation of the edges of a graph such that every vertex is balanced: its in-degree equals its out-degree. Counting Eulerian orientations corresponds to the crucial partition function in so-called ``ice-type…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Mikhail Isaev , Brendan D. McKay , Rui-Ray Zhang