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We establish an inclusion relation between two uniform models of random $k$-graphs (for constant $k \ge 2$) on $n$ labeled vertices: $\mathbb G^{(k)}(n,m)$, the random $k$-graph with $m$ edges, and $\mathbb R^{(k)}(n,d)$, the random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Andrzej Dudek , Alan Frieze , Andrzej Ruciński , Matas Šileikis

We study the existence of powers of Hamiltonian cycles in graphs with large minimum degree to which some additional edges have been added in a random manner. It follows from the theorems of Dirac and of Koml\'os, Sark\"ozy, and Szemer\'edi…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Andrzej Dudek , Christian Reiher , Andrzej Ruciński , Mathias Schacht

For a set F of finite tournaments, the F-free orientation problem is the problem of deciding if a given finite undirected graph can be oriented in such a way that the resulting oriented graph does not contain any member of F. Using the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Roman Feller , Michael Pinsker

Let $\mathcal{G}(n,r,s)$ denote a uniformly random $r$-regular $s$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices, where $s$ is a fixed constant and $r=r(n)$ may grow with $n$. An $\ell$-overlapping Hamilton cycle is a Hamilton cycle in which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-04 Daniel Altman , Catherine Greenhill , Mikhail Isaev , Reshma Ramadurai

We study the existence of a directed Hamilton cycle in random digraphs with $m$ edges where we condition on minimum in- and out-degree at least one. Denote such a random graph by $D_{n,m}^{(\delta\geq1)}$. We prove that if $m=\tfrac n2(\log…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Colin Cooper , Alan Frieze

A seminal result by Koml\'os, Sark\"ozy, and Szemer\'edi states that if a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices has minimum degree at least $kn/(k + 1)$, for some $k \in \mathbb{N}$ and $n$ sufficiently large, then it contains the $k$-th power of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-12 Rajko Nenadov , Miloš Trujić

Erd\"{o}s-Hajnal conjecture states that for every undirected graph $H$ there exists $ \epsilon(H) > 0 $ such that every undirected graph on $ n $ vertices that does not contain $H$ as an induced subgraph contains a clique or a stable set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Soukaina Zayat , Salman Ghazal

We present fast and efficient randomized distributed algorithms to find Hamiltonian cycles in random graphs. In particular, we present a randomized distributed algorithm for the $G(n,p)$ random graph model, with number of nodes $n$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Soumyottam Chatterjee , Reza Fathi , Gopal Pandurangan , Nguyen Dinh Pham

We compute the whole asymptotic expansion of the probability that a large uniform labeled graph is connected, and of the probability that a large uniform labeled tournament is irreducible. In both cases, we provide a combinatorial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-16 Thierry Monteil , Khaydar Nurligareev

A classical result of Dirac says that every $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at least $\frac{n}{2}$ contains a Hamilton cycle. A `discrepancy' version of Dirac's theorem was shown by Balogh--Csaba--Jing--Pluh\'ar,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Natalie Behague , Debsoumya Chakraborti , Jared León

Competitive tournaments appear in sports, politics, population ecology, and animal behavior. All of these fields have developed methods for rating competitors and ranking them accordingly. A tournament is intransitive if it is not…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-11-04 Alexander Strang , Karen C. Abbott , Peter J. Thomas

Let $G$ be a uniformly chosen simple (labelled) random graph with given degree sequence $\boldsymbol{d}$ and let $X,Y,L$ be edge-disjoint graphs on the same vertex set as $G$. We investigate the probability that $X \subseteq G$ and that $G…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-29 John Larkin , Brendan D. McKay , Fang Tian

We investigate the asymptotic structure of a random perfect graph $P_n$ sampled uniformly from the perfect graphs on vertex set $\{1,\ldots,n\}$. Our approach is based on the result of Pr\"omel and Steger that almost all perfect graphs are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Colin McDiarmid , Nikola Yolov

We give polynomial-time algorithms for obtaining hamilton circuits in random graphs, G, and random directed graphs, D. If n is finite, we assume that G or D contains a hamilton circuit. If G is an arbitrary graph containing a hamilton…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Howard Kleiman

Fay, Hurlbert and Tennant recently introduced a one-player game on a finite connected graph $G$, which they called cup stacking. Stacks of cups are placed at the vertices of $G$, and are transferred between vertices via stacking moves,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Petr Gregor , Arturo Merino , Torsten Mütze , Francesco Verciani

One of the most well-known conjectures concerning Hamiltonicity in graphs asserts that any sufficiently large connected vertex transitive graph contains a Hamilton cycle. In this form, it was first written down by Thomassen in 1978,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Matija Bucić , Kevin Hendrey , Bojan Mohar , Raphael Steiner , Liana Yepremyan

Let $X_1,..., X_n$ be independent, uniformly random points from $[0,1]^2$. We prove that if we add edges between these points one by one by order of increasing edge length then, with probability tending to 1 as the number of points $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-06-15 Michael Krivelevich , Tobias Muller

Hamiltonian cycles in graphs were first studied in the 1850s. Since then, an impressive amount of research has been dedicated to identifying classes of graphs that allow Hamiltonian cycles, and to related questions. The corresponding…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Isolde Adler , Noleen Köhler

An old problem of Erd\H{o}s, Fajtlowicz and Staton asks for the order of a largest induced regular subgraph that can be found in every graph on n vertices. Motivated by this problem, we consider the order of such a subgraph in a typical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-08-15 Michael Krivelevich , Benny Sudakov , Nicholas Wormald

A graph is well-covered if all its maximal independent sets are of the same cardinality (Plummer, 1970). If G is a well-covered graph, has at least two vertices, and G-v is well-covered for every vertex v, then G is a 1-well-covered graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Vadim E. Levit , Eugen Mandrescu