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For $k\ge 1$, the $k$-independence number $\alpha_k$ of a graph is the maximum number of vertices that are mutually at distance greater than $k$. The well-known inertia and ratio bounds for the (1-)independence number $\alpha(=\alpha_1)$ of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Aida Abiad , Cristina Dalfó , Miquel Àngel Fiol , Sjanne Zeijlemaker

We prove polynomial upper bounds of geometric Ramsey numbers of pathwidth-2 outerplanar triangulations in both convex and general cases. We also prove that the geometric Ramsey numbers of the ladder graph on $2n$ vertices are bounded by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Josef Cibulka , Pu Gao , Marek Krčál , Tomáš Valla , Pavel Valtr

We describe a construction that maps any connected graph G on three or more vertices into a larger graph, H(G), whose independence number is strictly smaller than its Lov\'asz number which is equal to its fractional packing number. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-19 Adan Cabello , Matthew G. Parker , Giannicola Scarpa , Simone Severini

An eternal dominating family of graph $G$ in the eviction game is a collection $\mathcal{D}_{k}=\{D_{1},...,D_{l}\}$ of dominating sets of $G$ such that (a) $|D_{i}|=|D_{j}|$ for all $i,j\in\{1,2,...,l\}$, and (b) for any $i\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Gary MacGillivray , Christina Mynhardt , Virgelot Virgile

There has been interest recently in maximizing the number of independent sets in graphs. For example, the Kahn-Zhao theorem gives an upper bound on the number of independent sets in a $d$-regular graph. Similarly, it is a corollary of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-21 Lauren Keough , A. J. Radcliffe

We prove new lower and upper bounds on the higher gonalities of finite graphs. These bounds are generalizations of known upper and lower bounds for first gonality to higher gonalities, including upper bounds on gonality involving…

The ultimate independence ratio of a graph $G$ is defined as $\mathscr{I}(G) = \lim_{k\rightarrow\infty } \frac{\alpha(G^{\Box k})}{|V(G)|^k},$ where $\alpha(G^{\Box k})$ is the independence number of the Cartesian product of $k$ copies of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Alexander Clow , Hitesh Kumar , Shivaramakrishna Pragada

We present a local algorithm producing an independent set of expected size $0.44533n$ on large-girth 3-regular graphs and $0.40407n$ on large-girth 4-regular graphs. We also construct a cut (or bisection or bipartite subgraph) with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-10 Endre Csóka

For a graph $G$, its $k$-th power $G^k$ is constructed by placing an edge between two vertices if they are within distance $k$ of each other. The $k$-independence number $\alpha_k(G)$ is defined as the independence number of $G^k$. By using…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Aida Abiad , Jiang Zhou

This paper sets out the results of a range of searches for linear and cyclic graph colourings with specific Ramsey properties. The new graphs comprise mainly 'template graphs' which can be used in a construction described by the current…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Fred Rowley

For a formation $\mathfrak{F}$ of finite groups, tight connections are established between the pro-$\mathfrak{F}$-topology of a finitely generated free group $F$ and the geometry of the Cayley graph $\Gamma(\hat{F_{\mathfrak{F}}})$ of the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-22 K. Auinger

We study two related problems concerning the number of homogeneous subsets of given size in graphs that go back to questions of Erd\H{o}s. Most notably, we improve the upper bounds on the Ramsey multiplicity of $K_4$ and $K_5$ and settle…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Olaf Parczyk , Sebastian Pokutta , Christoph Spiegel , Tibor Szabó

The \emph{$r$-neighbourhood complexity} of a graph $G$ is the function counting, for a given integer $k$, the largest possible number, over all vertex-subsets $A$ of size $k$, of subsets of $A$ realized as the intersection between the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Laurent Beaudou , Jan Bok , Florent Foucaud , Daniel A. Quiroz , Jean-Florent Raymond

We revisit a classical paper about (even hole, triangle)-free graphs [Conforti, Cornu\'ejols, Kapoor and Vu\v skovi\'c, Triangle-free graphs that are signable without even holes, Journal of Graph Theory, 34(3), 204--220, 2000]. In fact, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Beatriz Martins , Nicolas Trotignon

Building upon previous works by Conlon-Ferber and Wigderson, Sawin showed a few years ago that upper bounds on the minimum density of independent sets in a $K_t$-free $G$ can be used to provide lower bounds for multicolor Ramsey numbers. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Marcelo Campos , Cosmin Pohoata

A graph $G$ is semilinear of complexity $t$ if the vertices of $G$ are elements of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ for some $d\in\mathbb{Z}^{+}$, and the edges of $G$ are defined by the sign patterns of $t$ linear functions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-25 István Tomon

A graph is $H$-free if it has no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H$. Brandst\"adt, Engelfriet, Le and Lozin proved that the class of chordal graphs with independence number at most 3 has unbounded clique-width. Brandst\"adt, Le and Mosca…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-09-29 Andreas Brandstädt , Konrad K. Dabrowski , Shenwei Huang , Daniël Paulusma

We characterize the connected graphs of given order $n$ and given independence number $\alpha$ that maximize the number of maximum independent sets. For $3\leq \alpha\leq n/2$, there is a unique such graph that arises from the disjoint…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-29 E. Mohr , D. Rautenbach

We study the typical structure and the number of triangle-free graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges where $m$ is large enough so that a typical triangle-free graph has a cut containing nearly all of its edges, but may not be bipartite.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Matthew Jenssen , Will Perkins , Aditya Potukuchi

We study the problem of detecting the presence of an underlying high-dimensional geometric structure in a random graph. Under the null hypothesis, the observed graph is a realization of an Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph $G(n,p)$. Under the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Sébastien Bubeck , Jian Ding , Ronen Eldan , Miklós Rácz