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We classify all cubic graphs with either non-negative Ollivier-Ricci curvature or non-negative Bakry-\'Emery curvature everywhere. We show in both curvature notions that the non-negatively curved graphs are the prism graphs and the M\"obius…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-26 David Cushing , Riikka Kangaslampi , Valtteri Lipiäinen , Shiping Liu , George William Stagg

Kostochka and Yancey resolved a famous conjecture of Ore on the asymptotic density of $k$-critical graphs by proving that every $k$-critical graph $G$ satisfies $|E(G)| \geq (\frac{k}{2} - \frac{1}{k-1})|V(G)| - \frac{k(k-3)}{2(k-1)}$. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Wenbo Gao , Luke Postle

Consider the triangle-free graph process, which starts from the empty graph on $n$ vertices and a random ordering of the possible ${n \choose 2}$ edges; the edges are added in this ordering provided the graph remains triangle free. We will…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-02-12 Stefanie Gerke , Tamás Makai

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \geq \cdots \geq \lambda_n$. Both $\lambda_1 + \lambda_n$ and the odd girth of $G$ can be seen as measures of the bipartiteness of $G$. Csikv\'ari proved in 2022 that for odd girth 5…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Aida Abiad , Vladislav Taranchuk , Thijs van Veluw

We consider the class of graphs containing no odd hole, no odd antihole, and no configuration consisting of three paths between two nodes such that any two of the paths induce a hole, and at least two of the paths are of length 2. This…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-03-27 Frédéric Maffray , Nicolas Trotignon , Kristina Vušković

We compute the quadratic embedding constant for complete bipartite graphs with disjoint edges removed. Moreover, we study the quadratic embedding property for theta graphs, i.e., graphs consisting of three paths with common initial points…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-02 Wojciech Młotkowski , Marek Skrzypczyk , Michał Wojtylak

Cubic planar $n$-vertex graphs with faces of length at most $6$, e.g., fullerene graphs, have diameter in $\Omega(\sqrt{n})$. It has been suspected, that a similar result can be shown for cubic planar graphs with faces of bounded length.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Kolja Knauer , Piotr Micek

In 2017, Qiao and Koolen showed that for any fixed integer $D\geq 3$, there are only finitely many such graphs with $\theta_{\min}\leq -\alpha k$, where $0<\alpha<1$ is any fixed number. In this paper, we will study non-bipartite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-07 Zhi Qiao , Yifan Jing , Jack Koolen

We show that if $G$ is a simple triangle-free graph with $n\geq 3$ vertices, without a perfect matching, and having a minimum degree at least $\frac{n-1}{2}$, then $G$ is isomorphic either to $C_5$ or to $K_{\frac{n-1}{2},\frac{n+1}{2}}$.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Vahan V. Mkrtchyan , Petros A. Petrosyan

In 2019, investigation of the so-called factor-invariant cubic graphs was initiated by Alspach, Khodadadpour and Kreher. For a cubic graph $\Gamma$ and a vertex-transitive subgroup $G$ of $\mathrm{Aut}(\Gamma)$, a $2$-factor $\mathcal{C}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Primož Šparl

We show that every cubic bridgeless graph with n vertices has at least 3n/4-10 perfect matchings. This is the first bound that differs by more than a constant from the maximal dimension of the perfect matching polytope.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-28 Louis Esperet , Daniel Kral , Petr Skoda , Riste Skrekovski

A nut graph is a simple graph of order 2 or more for which the adjacency matrix has a single zero eigenvalue such that all non-zero kernel eigenvectors have no zero entry (i.e. are full). It is shown by construction that every finite group…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Nino Bašić , Patrick W. Fowler

It is a well-known fact that a graph of diameter $d$ has at least $d+1$ eigenvalues. Let us call a graph \emph{$d$-extremal} if it has diameter $d$ and exactly $d+1$ eigenvalues. Such graphs have been intensively studied by various authors.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-15 Felix Goldberg , Steve Kirkland , Anu Varghese , Ambat Vijayakumar

It is proved that the median eigenvalues of every connected bipartite graph $G$ of maximum degree at most three belong to the interval $[-1,1]$ with a single exception of the Heawood graph, whose median eigenvalues are $\pm\sqrt{2}$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-10 Bojan Mohar

Let $\mathbb{S}_g$ be the orientable surface of genus $g$. We show that the number of vertex-labelled cubic multigraphs embeddable on $\mathbb{S}_g$ with $2n$ vertices is asymptotically $c_g n^{5(g-1)/2-1}\gamma^{2n}(2n)!$, where $\gamma$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-12 Wenjie Fang , Mihyun Kang , Michael Moßhammer , Philipp Sprüssel

It is well known that spectral Tur\'{a}n type problem is one of the most classical {problems} in graph theory. In this paper, we consider the spectral Tur\'{a}n type problem. Let $G$ be a graph and let $\mathcal{G}$ be a set of graphs, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-13 Shuchao Li , Wanting Sun , Yuantian Yu

For a given positive integer t we consider graphs having maximal independent sets of precisely t distinct cardinalities and restrict our attention to those that have no vertices of degree one. In the situation when t is four or larger and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-10-20 Bert L. Hartnell , Douglas F. Rall

A graph G is a multi-interval PCG if there exist an edge weighted tree T with non-negative real values and disjoint intervals of the non-negative real half-line such that each node of G is uniquely associated to a leaf of T and there is an…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Tiziana Calamoneri , Angelo Monti , Fabrizio Petroni

We prove that the family of graphs containing no cycle with exactly $k$-chords is $\chi$-bounded, for $k$ large enough or of form $\ell(\ell-2)$ with $\ell \ge 3$ an integer. This verifies (up to a finite number of values $k$) a conjecture…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Joonkyung Lee , Shoham Letzter , Alexey Pokrovskiy

Let G be a bridgeless cubic graph. A well-known conjecture of Berge and Fulkerson can be stated as follows: there exist five perfect matchings of G such that each edge of G is contained in at least one of them. Here, we prove that in each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-06-06 Giuseppe Mazzuoccolo