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The $\{K_{1,1}, K_{1,2},C_m: m\geq3\}$-factor of a graph is a spanning subgraph whose each component is an element of $\{K_{1,1}, K_{1,2},C_m: m\geq3\}$. In this paper, through the graph spectral methods, we establish the lower bound of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Fengyun Ren , Shumin Zhang , Ke Wang

A graph $G$ is called fractional $[a,b]$-covered if for every edge $e$ of $G$ there is a fractional $[a,b]$-factor with the indicator function $h$ such that $h(e)=1$. In this paper, we provide tight spectral radius conditions for graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-10 Junjie Wang , Jiaxin Zheng , Yonglei Chen

Let $G$ be a graph. We denote by $e(G)$ and $\rho(G)$ the size and the spectral radius of $G$. A spanning subgraph $F$ of $G$ is called an even factor of $G$ if $d_F(v)\in\{2,4,6,\ldots\}$ for every $v\in V(G)$. Yan and Kano provided a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Sizhong Zhou , Qiuxiang Bian , Jiancheng Wu

The study of the existence of hamiltonian cycles in a graph is a classic problem in graph theory. By incorporating toughness and spectral conditions, we can consider Chv\'{a}tal's conjecture from another perspective: what is the spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Dandan Fan , Huiqiu Lin , Hongliang Lu

Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers with $a\leq b$, and let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. Let $h:E(G)\rightarrow[0,1]$ be a function. If $a\leq\sum\limits_{e\in E_G(v)}{h(e)}\leq b$ holds for every $v\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Sizhong Zhou , Yuli Zhang

A graph $G$ is $[a,b]$-covered if for each edge $e$ of $G$ there is an $[a,b]$-factor containing it. For $a=b=1$, an $[a,b]$-covered graph is a matching covered graph. The structural theory of matching covered graphs constitutes a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Qixuan Yuan , Ruifang Liu , Jinjiang Yuan

A graph $G$ is $k$-factor-critical if $G-S$ has a perfect matching for every subset $S \subseteq V(G)$ with $|S|=k$. A spanning subgraph $H$ of $G$ is called a $[1,b]$-odd factor if $b \equiv 1 \pmod{2}$ and $d_{H}(v) \in\left\lbrace 1, 3,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Jiaxu Zhong , Yong Lu

A graph $G$ is $k$-factor-critical if $G-S$ has a perfect matching for any $k$-subset $S$ of the vertex set of $G$. In this paper, we investigate the factor-criticality of graphs with fixed minimum degree and provide sufficient conditions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-03 Jin Cai , Bo Zhou

Let $\mathcal{T}_{\frac{k}{r}}$ denote the set of trees $T$ such that $i(T-S)\leq\frac{k}{r}|S|$ for any $S\subset V(T)$ and for any $e\in E(T)$ there exists a set $S^{*}\subset V(T)$ with $i((T-e)-S^{*})>\frac{k}{r}|S^{*}|$, where $r<k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Jie Wu

Let $G=(V(G), E(G))$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. A graph is $ID$-factor-critical if for every independent set $I$ of $G$ whose size has the same parity as $|V(G)|$, $G-I$ has a perfect matching. For two positive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Tingyan Ma , Ligong Wang

A spanning subgraph $F$ of a graph $G$ is called a $[1,b]$-odd factor if $b\equiv1$ (mod 2) and $d_F(v)\in\{1,3,\ldots,b\}$ for every $v\in V(G)$. A graph $G$ of order $n\geq k+2$ is $k$-critical with respect to $[1,b]$-odd factor if for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Sizhong Zhou

Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$. A $\{P_{2},C_{3},P_{5},\mathcal{T}(3)\}$-factor of $G$ is a spanning subgraph of $G$ such that each component is isomorphic to a member in $\{P_{2},C_{3},P_{5},\mathcal{T}(3)\}$, where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Xianglong Zhang , Lihua You

We give an upper bound on the maximal eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a connected graph in terms of its maximum degree, diameter and order. This bound is best possible up to a constant factor and improves prevoius results of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Nikiforov

In 1986, Brualdi and Solheid firstly proposed the problem of determining the maximum spectral radius of graphs in the set $\mathcal{H}_{n,m}$ consisting of all simple connected graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, which is a very tough…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Jie Zhang , Ya-Lei Jin , Hua Wang , Jin-Xuan Yang , Xiao-Dong Zhang

Let $G$ be a connected graph, and let $b$ and $k$ be two positive integers with $b\equiv1$ (mod 2). A $[1,b]$-odd factor of $G$ is a spanning subgraph $F$ of $G$ with $d_F(v)\equiv1$ (mod 2) and $1\leq d_F(v)\leq b$ for every $v\in V(G)$. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Sufang Wang , Wei Zhang

For a graph $G$, the spectral radius of $G$ is the largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. A connected factor of $G$ is a connected spanning subgraph of $G$. For example, a spanning tree of $G$ is a 1-connected factor of $G$. Let $G$ be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Xinying Tang , Wenqian Zhang

A fractional matching of $G$ is a function $f: E(G)\to [0,1]$ such that $\sum_{e\in E_G(v_i)}f(e)\le 1$ for any $v_i\in V(G)$, where $E_G(v_i)=\{e: e\in E(G) \ \textrm{and}\ e \ \textrm{is incident with} \ v_i\}$. Let $\alpha_f(G)$ denote…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Zengzhao Xu , Weige Xi , Ligong Wang

Let $G$ be a graph with $n$ vertices and $\lambda_n(G)$ be the least eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix of $G$. In this paper, we give sharp bounds on the least eigenvalue of graphs without given pathes or cycles and determine the extremal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-27 Mingqing Zhai , Huiqiu Lin , Shicai Gong

A fractional $(a,b,m)$-covered graph is a generalization of the concept of a fractional $[a,b]$-covered graph. For any $H \subseteq G$ with edge set $|E(H)| = m$, if there exists a fractional $[a,b]$-factor (the corresponding fractional…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Zengzhao Xu , Ligong Wang , Weige Xi

Let $\mathcal{G}=\{G_1, G_2, \ldots , G_{kn}\}$ be a family of balanced bipartite graphs on the same vertex set $[2n]$. A rainbow $k$-factor of $\mathcal{G}$ is defined as a $k$-factor such that any two distinct edges come from different…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Meng Chen , Ruifang Liu