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Let $k \geq 1$ be an integer. The reconfiguration graph $R_k(G)$ of the $k$-colourings of a graph~$G$ has as vertex set the set of all possible $k$-colourings of $G$ and two colourings are adjacent if they differ on exactly one vertex. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-21 Carl Feghali

Given a bridgeless graph $G$, the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture posits that there is a list of cycles of $G$, such that every edge appears in exactly two cycles on the list. This conjecture was originally posed independently in 1973 by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-12 Mary Radcliffe

Let $D$ be a digraph. Given a set of vertices $S \subseteq V(D)$, an $S$-path partition $\mathcal{P}$ of $D$ is a collection of paths of $D$ such that $\{V(P) \colon P \in \mathcal{P}\}$ is a partition of $V(D)$ and $|V(P) \cap S| = 1$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Cândida Nunes da Silva , Orlando Lee , Maycon Sambinelli

In strengthening a result of Andr\'asfai, Erd\H{o}s and S\'os in 1974, H\"{a}ggkvist proved that if $G$ is an $n$-vertex $C_{2k+1}$-free graph with minimum degree $\delta(G)>\frac{2n}{2k+3}$ and $n>\binom{k+2}{2}(2k+3)(3k+2)$, then $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Rui Wang , Shipeng Wang

Gerbner, Patk\'{o}s, Tuza, and Vizer recently initiated the study of $F$-saturated regular graphs. One of the essential problems in this line of research is determining when such a graph exists. Using generalized sum-free sets we prove that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-31 David Davini , Craig Timmons

A cycle C(k1,k2,...,kn) is the oriented cycle formed of n blocks of lengths k1,k2,...,kn-1 and kn respectively. In 2018 Cohen et al. conjectured that for every positive integers k1,k2,...,kn there exists a constant g(k1,k2,...,kn) such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Hiba Ayoub , Soukaina Zayat , Darine Al-Mniny

Given any integers $s,t\geq 2$, we show there exists some $c=c(s,t)>0$ such that any $K_{s,t}$-free graph with average degree $d$ contains a subdivision of a clique with at least $cd^{\frac{1}{2}\frac{s}{s-1}}$ vertices. In particular, when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-04 Hong Liu , Richard Montgomery

For integers $k>\ell\ge0$, a graph $G$ is $(k,\ell)$-stable if $\alpha(G-S)\geq \alpha(G)-\ell$ for every $S\subseteq V(G)$ with $|S|=k$. A recent result of Dong and Wu [SIAM J. Discrete Math., 36 (2022) 229--240] shows that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Xiaonan Liu , Zi-Xia Song , Zhiyu Wang

The Caccetta-Haggkvist conjecture states that if G is a finite directed graph with at least n/k edges going out of each vertex, then G contains a directed cycle of length at most k. Hamidoune used methods and results from additive number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Melvyn B. Nathanson

A classical theorem of Simonovits from the 1980s asserts that every graph $G$ satisfying ${e(G) \gg v(G)^{1+1/k}}$ must contain $\gtrsim \left(\frac{e(G)}{v(G)}\right)^{2k}$ copies of $C_{2k}$. Recently, Morris and Saxton established a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Jan Corsten , Tuan Tran

In 1977, Erd\H{o}s and Hajnal made the conjecture that, for every graph $H$, there exists $c>0$ such that every $H$-free graph $G$ has a clique or stable set of size at least $|G|^c$; and they proved that this is true with $ |G|^c$ replaced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Matija Bucić , Tung Nguyen , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

A set S of vertices in a graph G is a dominating set of G if every vertex not in S is adjacent to a vertex in S . The domination number of G, denoted by $\gamma$(G), is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set in G. In a breakthrough…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Paul Dorbec , Michael Antony Henning

Let $P_{10}$ be a path on $10$ vertices. A graph is said to be $P_{10}$-free if it does not contain $P_{10}$ as an induced subgraph. The well-known Erd\H{o}s-Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s Conjecture states that every graph with minimum degree at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Zhiquan Hu , Changlong Shen

Kelly, Kuehn and Osthus conjectured that for any l>3 and the smallest number k>2 that does not divide l, any large enough oriented graph G with minimum indegree and minimum outdegree at least \lfloor |V(G)|/k\rfloor +1 contains a directed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-24 Daniela Kühn , Deryk Osthus , Diana Piguet

In this note we prove that for every integer $k$, there exist constants $g_{1}(k)$ and $g_{2}(k)$ such that the following holds. If $G$ is a graph on $n$ vertices with maximum degree $\Delta$ then it contains an induced subgraph $H$ on at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-26 António Girão , Kamil Popielarz

The girth of a graph is defined as the length of a shortest cycle in the graph. A $(k; g)$-cage is a graph of minimum order among all $k$-regular graphs with girth $g$. A cycle $C$ in a graph $G$ is termed nonseparating if the graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Xiang-Feng Pan , Jing-Zhong Mao , Hui-Qing Liu

Given a graph $G$ and a subset $X$ of vertices of $G$ with size at least two, we denote by $N^2_G(X)$ the set of vertices of $G$ that have at least two neighbors in $X$. We say that a bipartite graph $G$ with sides $A$ and $B$ satisfies the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Leandro Aurichi , Paulo Magalhães Júnior , Lyubomyr Zdomskyy

A {\em hole} in a graph is an induced subgraph which is a cycle of length at least four. A hole is called {\em even} if it has an even number of vertices. An {\em even-hole-free} graph is a graph with no even holes. A vertex of a graph is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-18 Maria Chudnovsky , Paul Seymour

An $r$-uniform hypergraph ($r$-graph for short) is called linear if every pair of vertices belong to at most one edge. A linear $r$-graph is complete if every pair of vertices are in exactly one edge. The famous Brown-Erd\H{o}s-S\'os…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Asaf Shapira , Mykhaylo Tyomkyn

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