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We study a model of random graph where vertices are $n$ i.i.d. uniform random points on the unit sphere $S^d$ in $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$, and a pair of vertices is connected if the Euclidean distance between them is at least $2- \epsilon$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-27 Matthew Kahle , Francisco Martinez-Figueroa

Given independent random points $X_1,...,X_n\in\eR^d$ with common probability distribution $\nu$, and a positive distance $r=r(n)>0$, we construct a random geometric graph $G_n$ with vertex set $\{1,...,n\}$ where distinct $i$ and $j$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Colin McDiarmid , Tobias Müller

We prove that with high probability over the choice of a random graph $G$ from the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi distribution $G(n,1/2)$, a natural $n^{O(\varepsilon^2 \log n)}$-time, degree $O(\varepsilon^2 \log n)$ sum-of-squares semidefinite program…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Pravesh K. Kothari , Peter Manohar

In the model of \emph{local computation algorithms} (LCAs), we aim to compute the queried part of the output by examining only a small (sublinear) portion of the input. Many recently developed LCAs on graph problems achieve time and space…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-16 Reut Levi , Ronitt Rubinfeld , Anak Yodpinyanee

In [Ho] A.J. Hoffman proved a lower bound on the chromatic number of a graph in the terms of the largest and the smallest eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix. In this paper, we prove a higher dimensional version of this result and give a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-03 Konstantin Golubev

We investigate the effect of the well-known Mycielski construction on the Shannon capacity of graphs and on one of its most prominent upper bounds, the (complementary) Lov\'asz theta number. We prove that if the Shannon capacity of a graph,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-15 Bence Csonka , Gábor Simonyi

We study several basic problems about colouring the $p$-random subgraph $G_p$ of an arbitrary graph $G$, focusing primarily on the chromatic number and colouring number of $G_p$. In particular, we show that there exist infinitely many…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Boris Bukh , Michael Krivelevich , Bhargav Narayanan

In this paper we take inspiration from Weit'z algorithm for approximating the independence polynomial to provide a new algorithm for computing the coefficients of the Taylor series of the logarithm of the independence polynomial. Hereby we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Ferenc Bencs , Guus Regts

Recently, Van Hoeve proposed an algorithm for graph coloring based on an integer flow formulation on decision diagrams for stable sets. We prove that the solution to the linear flow relaxation on exact decision diagrams determines the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Timo Brand , Stephan Held

In this paper, the on-line list colouring of binomial random graphs G(n,p) is studied. We show that the on-line choice number of G(n,p) is asymptotically almost surely asymptotic to the chromatic number of G(n,p), provided that the average…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Alan Frieze , Dieter Mitsche , Xavier Pérez-Giménez , Paweł Prałat

This paper provides new observations on the Lov\'{a}sz $\theta$-function of graphs. These include a simple closed-form expression of that function for all strongly regular graphs, together with upper and lower bounds on that function for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-26 Igal Sason

Large graphs are sometimes studied through their degree sequences (power law or regular graphs). We study graphs that are uniformly chosen with a given degree sequence. Under mild conditions, it is shown that sequences of such graphs have…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-08-31 Sourav Chatterjee , Persi Diaconis , Allan Sly

The size of a largest independent set of vertices in a given graph $G$ is denoted by $\alpha(G)$ and is called its independence number (or stability number). Given a graph $G$ and an integer $K,$ it is NP-complete to decide whether…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-11 Ingo Schiermeyer

In this paper, we consider a weighted generalization of the chromatic number of a Binomial random graph~\(G.\) We equip each edge with a random weight and then colour the vertices in such a way that the absolute colour difference between…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-21 Ghurumuruhan Ganesan

Determining the asymptotic independence ratio of random regular graphs is a key challenge in the area of sparse random graphs. Due to the interpolation method, we have very good upper bounds at our disposal, which are actually known to be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Balázs Gerencsér , Viktor Harangi

As proved by Kahn, the chromatic number and fractional chromatic number of a line graph agree asymptotically. That is, for any line graph $G$ we have $\chi(G) \leq (1+o(1))\chi_f(G)$. We extend this result to quasi-line graphs, an important…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-02-07 Andrew D. King , Bruce Reed

We consider the $t$-improper chromatic number of the Erd{\H o}s-R{\'e}nyi random graph $G(n,p)$. The t-improper chromatic number $\chi^t(G)$ of $G$ is the smallest number of colours needed in a colouring of the vertices in which each colour…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-09-08 Ross J. Kang , Colin McDiarmid

By a finite type-graph we mean a graph whose set of vertices is the set of all $k$-subsets of $[n]=\{1,2,\ldots, n\}$ for some integers $n\ge k\ge 1$, and in which two such sets are adjacent if and only if they realise a certain order type…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Christian Avart , Bill Kay , Christian Reiher , Vojtěch Rödl

We prove an upper bound for the independence number of a graph in terms of the largest Laplacian eigenvalue, and of a certain induced subgraph. Our bound is a refinement of a well-known Hoffman-type bound.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-17 Bogdan Nica

Given graphs $H_1,H_2$, a graph $G$ is $(H_1,H_2)$-Ramsey if for every colouring of the edges of $G$ with red and blue, there is a red copy of $H_1$ or a blue copy of $H_2$. In this paper we investigate Ramsey questions in the setting of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Shagnik Das , Andrew Treglown