Questions tagged [bipartite-graphs]
A bipartite graph is a graph whose vertices can be divided into two disjoint sets such that no two vertices in the same set are adjacent.
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Vertex percolation on bipartite graphs
This is essentially a repost of this math overflow post since it didn't get any reception.
Let $G = (V \cup C, \mathcal{E})$ be $(\gamma_V, \delta_A, \gamma_B, \delta_B)$-left-right-expanding with ...
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Given a polytope $P$ with bipartite edge-graph, if the bipartition classes are equal in size and lie on spheres, is $P$ inscribed?
Suppose that $P\subset\Bbb R^n, n\ge 3$ is a (full-dimensional) convex polytope with a bipartite edge-graph $G=(V_1\cup V_2,E)$ (for example, a zonotope). Suppose further that there are concentric ...
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Hypergraphs such that all finite subhypergraphs are bipartite
The starting point of this question is the following true statement for graphs:
A simple, undirected graph $G = (V,E)$ is bipartite if and only if for all $E_0\subseteq E$ the graph $(V, E_0)$ is ...
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Independent sets with few neighbours
[Posted this first at math stackexchange, but it probably fits better here.]
I am looking for references about the following problem.
Given a (connected) bipartite graph $G$, find an independent set $...
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Discrepancy of random bipartite graphs (2)
This question is a modification of the one asked here, which turned out to ask for something too strong to be true.
Given $k>0$ and a positive integer $n$, let $X, Y$ be two vertex sets of size $n$ ...
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Discrepancy of random bipartite graphs
This is a crosspost from MathStackExchange (original question).
Fix $k>0$ and let $X, Y$ be two vertex sets of size $n$ a positive integer (we're interested in the limit $n\to \infty$).
Define a ...
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Are all subdivisions of bipartite graphs also bipartite?
Excuse the poor quality image, but it illustrates my point well enough. I couldn't find the answer anywhere else online.
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Best algorithm for meeting scheduling optimization so that total number of held meetings is minimized
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I want to hold meetings where some given number of people will participate.
They have some vacant dates respectively but they don't have the same date on which all of them can ...
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$K_{k,m}$ is $k$-choosable if and only if $m<k^k$
This statement is proved by Vizing and Erdos & Rubin (page 30) independently.
But I cannot find Vizing's paper (It's too old) and Erdos & Rubin's paper only says 'It is easily proved'.
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Connectivity and the minimum degree of bipartite graph
I want to find a condition on $\delta(G)$ (ex. $\delta(G) \geq an$) that guarantees $\kappa(G)=\delta(G)$ where $\kappa(G)$ is the vertex-connectivity of a bipartite graph $G$, and $\delta(G)$ is the ...
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Sum of number of perfect matchings and a constant constuction
Suppose we have two bipartite graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ with perfect matching count $P_1$ and $P_2$ respectively then their disjoint union gives a bipartite graph with perfect matching $P_1P_2$.
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Sum of perfect matching construction
Suppose we have two bipartite graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ with perfect matching count $P_1$ and $P_2$ respectively then their disjoint union gives a bipartite graph with perfect matching $P_1P_2$.
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Succinct polynomial sized representation of balanced bipartite graphs whose perfect matching count is a primorial
Is there a $P$ time definable sequence of succinct polynomial sized representation of balanced bipartite graphs whose number of perfect matchings is a primorial?
For factorial a complete bipartite ...
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Bipartite graph with exactly one perfect matching
$\textbf{Problem:}$ Find all bipartite graphs $G[X,Y]$ satisfying the following properties:
$1.$ $|X|=|Y|$, where $|X|\ge 2$ and $|Y|\ge 2$.
$2.$ All vertices have degree three except for two vertices ...
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The number of elements in {1,2,...,a}.{1,2,...,b}, where $ab=n^2$
Let $A_{a,b}$=$\{pq:p\leq a,q\leq b\}$, where $ab=n^2$ and $n^2$ is fixed.
How large is $A_{a,b}$? Does $A_{a,b}$ attain its lower value when $a=b=n$?
The case when $a=b=n$ is settled by Ford, and a ...
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At most one perfect matching of a bipartite graph
I. Given biadjacency matrix $A$ of a bipartite graph on $2n$ vertices having $n$ vertices of either color on the constraints the graph either has
$0$ perfect matchings
$1$ perfect matchings
is it ...
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Can we construct a dessin of any genus with a cyclic automorphism group of any order?
We consider a dessin d'enfant $D$ as a bipartite graph $D$ on a complex oriented surface $S$, such that the complement $S \backslash D$ is homotopic to a collection of disks.
Definition: Let an ...
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Computing bipartite matching of size $k$?
Given a bipartite graph with $n$ vertices on each side and an integer $k$, how can we compute all bipartite matchings of size $k$?
The problem of computing all perfect matchings is #P-complete. But I ...
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Number of extremal $\{0,1\}$ matrices having permanent $1$ property
Is there a function which describes the number of $\{0,1\}^{n\times n}\cap\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ matrices having permanent $1$?
I think it might be $\mathsf{poly}(n!)$ bounded.
Is there a function ...
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Unique bipartite perfect matchings and cycles?
Given a graph $G$ which is bipartite and balanced and has unique perfect matching let $G^{e}$ be $G$ without edge $e$. Let $G\cup G_{\pi,\pi'}$ be union of $G$ and $G_{\pi,\pi'}$ where $G_{\pi,\pi'}$ ...
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Is there a bipartite graph whose determinant corresponds to number of perfect matchings?
Let $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ be a square integer matrix. If we consider $M$ as biadjacency of a balanced bipartite graph on $2n$ vertices having $n$ vertices of color $1$ and $n$ vertices of color $2$...
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A query on Galvin's theorem for bipartite graphs
The Galvin's theorem is the generalized version of Dinitz conjecture that states that if the maximum degree of any bipartite graph is $\Delta$, then its edges are colorable properly if each of its ...
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Two from cubic subgraph hardness
The Problem
For a given graph $G$, the cubic subgraph problem asks if there is a subgraph where every vertex has degree 3.
The cubic subgraph problem is NP-hard even in bipartite planar graphs with ...
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Counting the number of simple labelled bipartite graphs 𝐺𝑛,𝑚 with 𝑘 edges such that 𝑑1 vertices have degree 1
I have tried to count the number of simple labelled bipartite graphs $G_{n,m}$ with $k$ edges such that $d_1$ vertices have degree 1.
Has this problem been studied?
So far the only related paper I ...
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Conjecture about minimal number of edge crossings in complete bipartite graphs
I am interested in the status of the conjecture about the minimum number of edge crossings $cr(K_{m,n})$ in a drawing of the complete bipartite graph $K_{m,n}$.
The Wikipedia article https://en....
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What is a bipartite hypergraph?
Bipartite graphs are very useful, and I am looking for a generalization of this concept to hypergraphs. I found two different definitions of bipartite hypergraphs:
In the Wikipedia page Hypergraph, a ...
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Optimal preprocessing in the Kuhn-Munkres algorithm
The matrix formulation of the Kuhn-Munkres algorithm for solving the Linear Assignment Problem requires a preprocessing in which the minimal values of a line be subtracted from every value in that ...
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Probability that a random multigraph is simple
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Consider a given sequence of $n$ integers $d_1$, $d_2$, $\cdots$, $d_n$ with $\sum_i d_i$ even and $d_i\le n$ for all $i$. One may sample a random multi-graph having this degree sequence ...
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One part of a bipartite graph has max degree 3. Partition the other part to 3 ~equal subsets s.t. just a fraction of first part see all 3 subsets
Let $d \gg 1$. Let $G:=(U, V, E)$ be some bipartite graph such that deg$(u) \le d$ for all $u\in U$ and deg$(v) \le 3$ for all $v \in V$.
Now, is it possible to color vertices in $U$ with 3 colors ...
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If all 2-faces of a polytope are $2n$-gons, is the edge-graph bipartite?
This question on MSE has not received a satisfying answer. It can be summarized as follows:
Question: Is is true that the edge-graph of a (convex) polytope is bipartite if and only if all 2-faces ...
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Number of subgraphs with matching of size $n$ for a complete bipartite graph
Say we have a $K_{n,n}$ bipartite graph (i.e. a complete bipartite graph with $n$ nodes on each side). We induce a subgraph by deleting some subset of edges. There are $2^{n^2}$ possible subgraphs. ...
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Hadwiger number in vertex collapse in a bipartite graph
If $G=(V,E)$ is a finite graph, let the Hadwiger number $\eta(G)$ equal the largest integer $n$ such that the complete graph $K_n$ is a minor of $G$.
Is there a bipartite graph $G$ on more than $3$ ...
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How many edges can be in an unbalanced bipartite graph of girth $>6$?
Let $G = (V, E)$ be a bipartite graph with $n, m$ nodes in its bipartition and girth (shortest cycle length) $>6$.
There is a simple counting argument called the Moore Bounds that gives
$$|E| = O\...
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Treewidth related properties of a bipartite graph with bounded local crossing number and diameter
If a bipartite degree at most $3$ graph on $O(n^2)$ vertices with diameter at most $O(\log n)$ has property that every edge intersects at most $O(\log n)$ edges on a planar drawing then does any of ...
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Partitioning vertex set to maximize weights of inter-class edges?
An interesting problem has come up in my work, and I haven't quite been able to find references to it so I thought I'd ask here.
Suppose we have some complete, weighted graph with vertex set $V$. Is ...
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Maximum number of perfect matchings in a graph of genus $g$ balanced $k$-partite graph
What is the maximum number of perfect matchings a genus $g$ balanced $k$-partite graph (number of vertices for each color in all possible $k$-colorings is within a difference of $1$) can have? I am ...
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Statistics of perfect matching and incremental perfect matchings in bipartite planar graphs?
Planar graph permanent can be reduced to determinants and so statistics should be amenable.
Pick a uniformly random bipartite planar graph $G$ with $n$ vertices of each color and choose new additional ...
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Minimum planar bipartite graph to cover all perfect matching count
Given set $\mathcal T_n=\{0,1,\dots,2^n-1\}$ what is the minimum number of vertices $2m$ needed in a planar bipartite balanced graph such that at every $i\in\mathcal T_n$ there is a graph $G\in\...
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Volume interpretation of number of perfect matchings in bipartite planar graphs
Permanent of biadjacency of bipartite graphs is the number of perfect matchings. In the case of planar graphs we can obtain an orientation with sign changes and get away with computing the determinant ...
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"König's theorem" for $T_2$-spaces?
For any topological space $(X,\tau)$ we define a matching to be a collection of non-empty and pairwise disjoint open sets. We define the matching number $\nu(X,\tau)$ to be the smallest cardinal $\...
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Have partition functions of abstract simplicial complexes been examined?
Many complicated probability distributions arising in electrical engineering and machine learning have a simple expression as a sum of products that can also be encoded in a factor graph. The ...
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An variation of an assignment problem in combinatorics: assign items to customers
Suppose we want to assign $n$ items to $m$ customers ($n \geq m$). Each assignment of an item $i$ to a customer $j$ has an associated cost $c(i,j)$. Find an assignment that maximizes the total cost. ...
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On a condition concerning the number of neighbors in bipartite graphs
For any undirected simple graph $G=(V,E)$ we define for $v\in V$ the set $N(v) = \{w\in V: \{v,w\}\in E\}$.
Suppose $A, B$ are finite, disjoint sets, and $G = (A\cup B, E)$ is a bipartite graph with ...
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Is the partition of bipartite graphs NP-hard?
I wonder if the following problem is NP-hard. Is it?
Given a bipartite graph $G = (U, V, E)$ with weights $w : E \to \mathbb{R}_+$, find a partition of $U$ into $U_1, U_2$ and nonempty disjoint ...
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Maximum partition of bipartite graph
Let $G = (U, V, E)$ be a bipartite graph. Let $w: E \to \mathbb{R}$ be a weight function on the edge set $E$. Given subsets $U_1,\ldots, U_k \subset U, U_i\cap U_j = \emptyset$ and a partition $V_1,\...
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Algorithm to find a $k$-partite graph
Is there any algorithm which finds any $k$-partite graph of a given graph which is known to be a $k$-partite graph?
For example, you are given a graph $G$ with vertices $V$ and edges $E$, and you ...
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Dowker and neighborhood complexes: reference wanted
Let $R$ be a 0-1 matrix whose rows or columns are maximal.
Q1. Is there a name for such a matrix (or, e.g., a corresponding relation)?
From 0-1 matrix corresponding to an abstract simplicial ...
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Combinatorial optimization problem for bipartite graphs
Let $G(V_1\cup V_2, E)$ be a simple bipartite graph having $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, such that $|V_1|=|V_2|$ (which implies that $n$ is an even number). Given any node $i \in V_1\cup V_2$, we denote ...
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How many $40$-vertex cubic bipartite graphs have determinant $\pm 3$?
To get some feel for the size of a particular computation, I would like to know the approximate number of (pairwise-nonisomorphic) cubic bipartite graphs on $40$ vertices whose bipartite adjacency ...
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Existence of bipartite subgraphs satisfying degree and edge cardinality constraints
How can we prove the following conjecture?
Given any simple unweighted bipartite graph $G(V_1, V_2, E)$, there always exists a subgraph $G'(V_1, V_2, E')$ of $G$ such that the two following ...
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