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Let $ H $ be a multi-digraph on $ h $ vertices with $ q $ arcs. An \textbf{$H$-subdivision} in a digraph $D$ is a subdigraph obtained by replacing every arc $uv$ of $H$ with a path from $u$ to $v$ in $D$ such that these paths are pairwise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Jia Zhou , Jin Yan

We study Steiner Forest on $H$-subgraph-free graphs, that is, graphs that do not contain some fixed graph $H$ as a (not necessarily induced) subgraph. We are motivated by a recent framework that completely characterizes the complexity of…

In this paper we resolve the complexity of the isomorphism problem on all but finitely many of the graph classes characterized by two forbidden induced subgraphs. To this end we develop new techniques applicable for the structural and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-11-10 Pascal Schweitzer

Digraphs H for which the list homomorphism problem with template H (LHOM(H)) is in logspace (L) was characterized by Egri et al. (SODA 2014): LHOM(H) is in L if and only if H does not contain a circular N (assuming L is different from NL).…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-10-27 Laszlo Egri

For a fixed "pattern" graph $G$, the $\textit{colored $G$-subgraph isomorphism problem}$ (denoted $\mathrm{SUB}(G)$) asks, given an $n$-vertex graph $H$ and a coloring $V(H) \to V(G)$, whether $H$ contains a properly colored copy of $G$.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Deepanshu Kush , Benjamin Rossman

Obstacle representations of graphs have been investigated quite intensely over the last few years. We focus on graphs that can be represented by a single obstacle. Given a (topologically open) polygon $C$ and a finite set $P$ of points in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-09-02 Steven Chaplick , Fabian Lipp , Ji-won Park , Alexander Wolff

We completely determine the complexity status of the dominating set problem for hereditary graph classes defined by forbidden induced subgraphs with at most five vertices.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-06-02 D. S. Malyshev

Subgraph counting is a fundamental primitive in graph processing, with applications in social network analysis (e.g., estimating the clustering coefficient of a graph), database processing and other areas. The space complexity of subgraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-16 John Kallaugher , Michael Kapralov , Eric Price

We study the space complexity of computing a sparse subgraph of a directed graph that certifies connectivity in the streaming and distributed models. Formally, for a directed graph $G=(V,A)$ and $k\in \mathbb{N}$, a $k$-node strong…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Ho-Lin Chen , Tsun Ming Cheung , Peng-Ting Lin , Meng-Tsung Tsai

Given two (di)graphs G, H and a cost function $c:V(G)\times V(H) \to \mathbb{Q}_{\geq 0}\cup\{+\infty\}$, in the minimum cost homomorphism problem, MinHOM(H), goal is finding a homomorphism $f:V(G)\to V(H)$ (a.k.a H-coloring) that minimizes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Akbar Rafiey , Arash Rafiey , Thiago Santos

Let $H$ be an undirected graph. In the List $H$-Homomorphism Problem, given an undirected graph $G$ with a list constraint $L(v) \subseteq V(H)$ for each variable $v \in V(G)$, the objective is to find a list $H$-homomorphism $f:V(G) \to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-06-17 Yuichi Yoshida

While in many graph mining applications it is crucial to handle a stream of updates efficiently in terms of {\em both} time and space, not much was known about achieving such type of algorithm. In this paper we study this issue for a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-23 Sayan Bhattacharya , Monika Henzinger , Danupon Nanongkai , Charalampos E. Tsourakakis

We consider the following two algorithmic problems: given a graph $G$ and a subgraph $H\subseteq G$, decide whether $H$ is an isometric or a geodesically convex subgraph of $G$. It is relatively easy to see that the problems can be solved…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Sergio Cabello

The dichotomy conjecture for the parameterized embedding problem states that the problem of deciding whether a given graph $G$ from some class $K$ of "pattern graphs" can be embedded into a given graph $H$ (that is, is isomorphic to a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Yijia Chen , Martin Grohe , Bingkai Lin

The domination problem is a well-studied problem in graph theory. In this paper, we study two natural variants: the hop domination problem and the $2$-step domination problem. Let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V$ and edge set $E$. For a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Sandip Das , Sweta Das , Sk Samim Islam

We consider Colouring on graphs that are $H$-subgraph-free for some fixed graph $H$, which are graphs that do not contain $H$ as a subgraph. To classify the complexity of Colouring on $H$-subgraph-free graphs for connected $H$, it remains…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Tala Eagling-Vose , Jorik Jooken , Felicia Lucke , Barnaby Martin , Daniël Paulusma

For a fixed set ${\cal H}$ of graphs, a graph $G$ is ${\cal H}$-subgraph-free if $G$ does not contain any $H \in {\cal H}$ as a (not necessarily induced) subgraph. A recently proposed framework gives a complete classification on ${\cal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Vadim Lozin , Barnaby Martin , Sukanya Pandey , Daniel Paulusma , Mark Siggers , Siani Smith , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

The notion of graph covers (also referred to as locally bijective homomorphisms) plays an important role in topological graph theory and has found its computer science applications in models of local computation. For a fixed target graph…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Jan Bok , Jiří Fiala , Nikola Jedličková , Jan Kratochvíl , Micheala Seifrtová

A recent paper by the authors (ITCS'26) initiates the study of the Triangle Detection problem in graphs avoiding a fixed pattern $H$ as a subgraph and proposes a \emph{dichotomy hypothesis} characterizing which patterns $H$ make the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Amir Abboud , Ron Safier , Nathan Wallheimer

A homomorphism from a graph $G$ to a graph $H$ is an edge-preserving mapping from $V(G)$ to $V(H)$. For a fixed graph $H$, in the list homomorphism problem, denoted by LHom($H$), we are given a graph $G$, whose every vertex $v$ is equipped…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Karolina Okrasa , Paweł Rzążewski