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Let Gamma be a connected, locally finite graph of finite tree width and G be a group acting on it with finitely many orbits and finite node stabilizers. We provide an elementary and direct construction of a tree T on which G acts with…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-21 Volker Diekert , Armin Weiß

This survey paper deals with upper and lower bounds on the number of $k$-matchings in regular graphs on $N$ vertices. For the upper bounds we recall the upper matching conjecture which is known to hold for perfect matchings. For the lower…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-01-06 Shmuel Friedland

Assuming the absence of Q-points (which is consistent with ZFC) we prove that the free topological group $F(X)$ over a Tychonov space $X$ is $o$-bounded if and only if every continuous metrizable image $T$ of $X$ satisfies the selection…

General Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-05 Taras Banakh , Dušan Repovš , Lyubomyr Zdomskyy

Free groups have many applications in Algebraic Topology. In this paper I specifically study the finitely generated free groups by using the covering spaces and fundamental groups. By the Van Kampen's theorem, we have a famous fact that the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2017-06-30 Gongping Niu

Every hyperbolic group acts continuously on its Gromov boundary. One can form the corresponding cross-product C*-algebra A. We show that there always exists a canonical Poincare duality map from the K-theory of A to the K-homology of A. We…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2010-09-28 Heath Emerson

In this paper we establish some foundations regarding sheaves of vector spaces on graphs and their invariants, such as homology groups and their limits. We then use these ideas to prove the Hanna Neumann Conjecture of the 1950's; in fact,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-20 Joel Friedman

Let $H, K$ be two finitely generated subgroups of a free group, let $\langle H, K \rangle$ denote the subgroup generated by $H, K$, called the join of $H, K$, and let neither of $H$, $K$ have finite index in $\langle H, K \rangle$. We prove…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Sergei V. Ivanov

Every countable directed graph generates a Fock space Hilbert space and a family of partial isometries. These operators also arise from the left regular representations of free semigroupoids derived from directed graphs. We develop a…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David W. Kribs , Stephen C. Power

The Surface Group Conjectures are statements about recognising surface groups among one-relator groups, using either the structure of their finite-index subgroups, or all subgroups. We resolve these conjectures in the two generator case.…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Giles Gardam , Dawid Kielak , Alan D. Logan

A new notion of vertex independence and rank for a finite graph G is introduced. The independence of vertices is based on the boolean independence of columns of a natural boolean matrix associated to G. Rank is the cardinality of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-29 John Rhodes , Pedro V. Silva

We show that for any finitely generated subgroup $H$ of a limit group $L$ there exists a finite-index subgroup $K$ containing $H$, such that $K$ is a subgroup of a group obtained from $H$ by a series of extensions of centralizers and free…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Keino Brown , Olga Kharlampovich

In this communication, the co-maximal subgroup graph $\Gamma(G)$ of a finite group $G$ is examined when $G$ is a finite nilpotent group, finite abelian group, dihedral group $D_n$, dicyclic group $Q_{2^n}$, and $p$-group. We derive the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-11 Pallabi Manna , Santanu Mandal , Manideepa Saha

We give an upper bound on the number of perfect matchings in simple graphs with a given number of vertices and edges. We apply this result to give an upper bound on the number of 2-factors in a directed complete bipartite balanced graph on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-08-01 M. Aaghabali , S. Akbari , S. Friedland , K. Markstrom , Z. Tajfirouz

Let $G$ be a relatively hyperbolic group that admits a decomposition into a finite graph of relatively hyperbolic groups structure with quasi-isometrically (qi) embedded condition. We prove that the set of conjugates of all the vertex and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Swathi Krishna

Answering a question due to Min, we prove that a finite graph of roses admits a regluing such that the resulting graph of roses has hyperbolic fundamental group.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Pritam Ghosh , Mahan Mj

We study some versions of the statement of Hadwiger's conjecture for finite as well as infinite graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-04 Dominic van der Zypen

For a large class of amenable transient weighted graphs $G$, we prove that the sign clusters of the Gaussian free field on $G$ fall into a regime of strong supercriticality, in which two infinite sign clusters dominate (one for each sign),…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Alexander Drewitz , Alexis Prévost , Pierre-François Rodriguez

We show that the following problems are decidable in a rank 2 free group F_2: does a given finitely generated subgroup H contain primitive elements? and does H meet the orbit of a given word u under the action of G, the group of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-25 Pedro Silva , Pascal Weil

We study the behaviour of random labelled and unlabelled cographs with n vertices as n tends to infinity. Our main result is a novel probabilistic limit in the space of graphons.

Probability · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Benedikt Stufler