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Answering an open question from 2007, we construct infinite $k$-crossing-critical families of graphs that contain vertices of any prescribed odd degree, for any sufficiently large~$k$. To answer this question, we introduce several…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Drago Bokal , Mojca Bračič , Marek Derňár , Petr Hliněný

The generalized $k$-connectivity $\kappa_k(G)$ of a graph $G$ was introduced by Chartrand et al. in 1984. It is natural to introduce the concept of generalized $k$-edge-connectivity $\lambda_k(G)$. For general $k$, the generalized…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-15 Xueliang Li , Yaping Mao , Yuefang Sun

A graph $G$ is called $k$-factor-critical if after deleting any $k$ vertices the remaining subgraph still has a perfect matching. Fan and Lin [Adv. in Appl. Math. 174 (2026) 103019] posed an adjacency spectral condition for a graph with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Jiaxu Zhong , Yong Lu

Graph editing problems offer an interesting perspective on sub- and supergraph identification problems for a large variety of target properties. They have also attracted significant attention in recent years, particularly in the area of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Luke Mathieson

A rigidity theory is developed for the Euclidean and non-Euclidean placements of countably infinite simple graphs in R^d with respect to the classical l^p norms, for d>1 and 1<p<\infty. Generalisations are obtained for the Laman and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-08 D. Kitson , S. C. Power

A tree containing exactly two non-pendant vertices is called a double-star. A double-star with degree sequence $(k_1+ 1, k_2+ 1, 1, \ldots, 1)$ is denoted by $S_{k_1, k_2}$. We study the edge-decomposition of regular graphs into…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-21 Saieed Akbari , Shahab Haghi , Hamidreza Maimani , Abbas Seify

We describe two constructions of (very) dense graphs which are edge disjoint unions of large {\em induced} matchings. The first construction exhibits graphs on $N$ vertices with ${N \choose 2}-o(N^2)$ edges, which can be decomposed into…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-09 Noga Alon , Ankur Moitra , Benny Sudakov

Graph rigidity, the study of vertex realizations in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and the motions that preserve the induced edge lengths, has been the focus of extensive research for decades. Its equivalency to graph connectivity for $d=1$ is well known;…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Juan F. Presenza , Ignacio Mas , Juan I. Giribet , J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin

We consider unitary graphs attached to Z_d^n using an analogue of the Euclidean distance. These graphs are shown to be integral when n is odd or the dimension d is even.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-07-17 Si Li , Le Anh Vinh

A graph $G=(V,E)$ is called $d$-rigid if, for a generic embedding of its vertices in $\mathbb{R}^d$, every edge-length preserving continuous motion of the vertices preserves the distances between all pairs of non-adjacent vertices as well.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Michael Krivelevich , Alan Lew , Peleg Michaeli

A graph is a core or unretractive if all its endomorphisms are automorphisms. Well-known examples of cores include the Petersen graph and the graph of the dodecahedron -- both generalized Petersen graphs. We characterize the generalized…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Ignacio García-Marco , Kolja Knauer

We introduce a high uniformity generalization of the so-called (projective) norm graphs of Alon, Koll\'ar, R\'onyai, and Szab\'o, and use it to show that $$\operatorname{ex}_{d}(n,K_{s_{1},\ldots,s_{d}}^{(d)}) = \Theta\left(n^{d -…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Cosmin Pohoata , Dmitriy Zakharov

We prove that the `Upper Matching Conjecture' of Friedland, Krop, and Markstr\"om and the analogous conjecture of Kahn for independent sets in regular graphs hold for all large enough graphs as a function of the degree. That is, for every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Ewan Davies , Matthew Jenssen , Will Perkins

A $graph$ $metric$ on a set $X$ is any function $d: E_d \to\mathbb R_+:=\{x\in\mathbb R:x>0\}$ defined on a connected graph $ E_d \subseteq[X]^2:=\{A\subseteq X:|A|=2\}$ and such that for every $\{x,y\}\in E_d$ we have $d(\{x,y\})\le\hat…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Taras Banakh , Pietro Majer

We introduce a dense counterpart of graph degeneracy, which extends the recently-proposed invariant symmetric difference. We say that a graph has sd-degeneracy (for symmetric-difference degeneracy) at most $d$ if it admits an elimination…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Édouard Bonnet , Julien Duron , John Sylvester , Viktor Zamaraev

A folklore result on matchings in graphs states that if $G$ is a bipartite graph whose vertex classes $A$ and $B$ each have size $n$, with $\mathrm{deg}(u) \geq a$ for every $u \in A$ and $\mathrm{deg}(v) \geq b$ for every $v \in B$, then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Candida Bowtell , Richard Mycroft

For a graph $G$ with order $2n$ and a perfect matching, let $f(G)$ and $F(G)$ denote the minimum and maximum forcing number of $G$ respectively. Then $0\leq f(G)\leq F(G)\leq n-1$. Liu and Zhang [10] ever proposed a conjecture: $e(G)\geq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Qianqian Liu , Ajit A. Diwan , Heping Zhang

Edge ideals of graphs were introduced by Villarreal in 1990, and have been the subject of many studies since then. In the same year, Fr\"oberg characterized edge ideals with regularity 2 in combinatorial terms. This result was generalized…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Sara Asensio , Ignacio García-Marco , Philippe Gimenez

In this paper, we introduce a connection between two classical concepts of graph theory: \; metric dimension and distinguishing number. For a given graph $G$, let ${\rm dim}(G)$ and $D(G)$ represent its metric dimension and distinguishing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-15 Meysam Korivand , Nasrin Soltankhah

We consider a graph polynomial \xi(G;x,y,z) introduced by Averbouch, Godlin, and Makowsky (2007). This graph polynomial simultaneously generalizes the Tutte polynomial as well as a bivariate chromatic polynomial defined by Dohmen, Poenitz…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-01-11 Christian Hoffmann