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Counting with trees
Let $\mathcal{U}_n$ denote the set of unrooted unlabelled trees with $n$ edges. For $T\in\mathcal{U}_n$, let $1^{u_1}2^{u_2}\cdots n^{u_n}$ be its degree distribution, that is, $u_i=\#$ of vertices ...
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Is this bipartite equivalent of 1-walk-regular graphs known?
A graph $G$ is 1-walk-regular if
for each vertex $v$ the number of closed walks of length $\ell$ starting (and ending) at $v$ depends only on $\ell$ but not on $v$.
for each edge $vw$ the number of ...
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Generalizations of a theorem of Edmonds/Tutte on existence of a perfect matching in a graphs
It is well known that for a bipartite graph $G$ with bi-adjacency matrix $A$, then $\det A \neq 0$ (as a polynomial) iff $G$ has a perfect matching (there is a similar result for general graphs with ...
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Reference for packing property and König property
Can someone please suggest reference material to study about the packing property and König property of ideals and some examples?
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Isometric path cover number of the 2 dimensional grid graph
I am looking for a proof of the fact that at least $2n/3$ isometric paths (i.e. shortest paths between the end points) are required to cover the vertices of the $n\times n$ grid graph (i.e. Cartesian ...
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If chromatic polynomials for two graphs agree, can I always find an edge such that the two deletion-contraction minors have same chromatic polynomial?
Suppose I have non-isomorphic graphs $G$ and $H$ (which have at least one edge), but such that their chromatic polynomials are the same. Can I then always find an edge $e$ in $G$ and $f$ in $H$ such ...
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Double cover the edges of a complete graph by smaller complete graphs
Suppose we have a complete graph $K_n$ on $n$ vertices. Are there any results on the ways to cover $K_n$ with $k$ copies of $K_m$, for $m<n$, such that each edge of $K_n$ is contained in exactly ...
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First known proof of the $2 \cdot n-2$ Theorem for the planar generalization of the Nine dots problem
Reading the Wikipedia page about the well-know Nine dots puzzle, I have just seen that the planar generalization of this problem would have been proven in 1956 (see Wikipedia: Nine dots puzzle), while ...
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Spectral characterization of complete or complete bipartite graphs
The Lemma 6 in this paper mention the following spectral characterization of complete or complete bipartite graphs:
Let $G$ be a connected graph with $\ge 2$ vertices. Then $\lambda_2=...=\lambda_{n-...
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Sharp upper bound of the number of edges for graphs of thickness two
A graph $G=(V,E)$ has thickness $2$ if $E$ can be written as a disjoint union $E=E_1\cup E_2$ so that $G_1:=(V,E_1),G_2:=(V,E_2)$ are planar graphs. For instance, $K_5$ has thickness $2$. It is known ...
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Circle numbers on edges of a graph
Let $k$ vertices in a graph be given. Some pairs of vertices are connected by an edge, each edge is labeled either $\{1,2\}$, $\{1,3\}$, or $\{2,3\}$. We can circle some of the numbers on the edges. ...
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Structure Theory for Tree Decompositions
I that $G=(V,E,W)$ is a weighted graph with positive edge weights and a finite set of vertices $K$. Let $0\le k,M\le K$ be a fixed integer.
Is is known when $G$ admits the following type of ...
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Dense vertex-symmetric graphs with high girth
I am looking for existing constructions of vertex-symmetric graphs on $n$ nodes that have a girth at least $g$ and are dense, i.e., have at least $n^{1 + \epsilon}$ edges, where $\epsilon>0$ may ...
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Bounds for smallest non-trivial designs
Given $s>t\ge 2$, let $N(s,t)$ be the smallest integer $n>s$ such that there exists an “$(n;s;t;1)$-design” (i.e., a collection of $s$-subsets $e_1,\dots,e_m$ of $[n]:=\{1,\dots,n\}$, such that ...
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Bound for a sequence of vertices in a graph
I have come across the following problem. Let $d\in\mathbb{N}$. Let $G$ be any $k$-regular connected directed graph with $n$ vertices, no parallel edges and no 2-cycles. For a vertex $v\in G$, let $...
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Comparing spectral radius of two graphs using the entry of Perron vector
Suppose we have a graph $G$.
Let $A$ be the adjacency matrix of $G$ and $x$ be the corresponding Perron vector.
Let $x = (x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n)^t$, where $x_i$ corresponds to the vertex $i \in V(G)$.
We ...
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Matching polynomial, but $K_2$ is replaced by $K_3$. Have these been studied?
Given a simple graph $G=(V,E)$, we can consider matchings, $M\subseteq E$,
where $M$ is a matching iff no vertex is shared between different edges.
The number of edges in $M$ is denoted $|M|$.
The ...
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Keller's cubing conjecture but with arbitrary cubes of side $1$
These days I have been reading about Keller's cube tyling conjecture, which asks if in any covering of $\mathbb{R}^n$ by translates of $[0,1]^n$ with disjoint interiors there are two cubes sharing one ...
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How to measure the optimality of the induced order by a median order of a tournament on a big subset
Median orders are great tools for dealing with a-priori unknown orientations of edges in tournaments, because they provide us with local properties on oriented edge density.
I've been wondering if ...
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Has Mac Lane's article "When can a graph be mapped on a torus?" been published anywhere?
I came across the following abstract of an article: Mac Lane, S., When can a graph be mapped on a torus?, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 42(9), 629 (1936). Abstract #341. MR1563375, JFM 62.0694.07.
Q. Does ...
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Counting homologically non-trivial and trivial cycles in $n \times n$ square lattice torus of a given length $l \geq n$
This should be a fairly standard question but I can't really seem to find a reference.
Consider an $n \times n$ square lattice torus $\mathbb T$. Given a length $l \geq n$, what is the number of ...
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Page-turning number of a graph
Motivation. As I was travelling in the UK, I used a physical copy of the "A-Z Road Atlas BRITAIN" for getting around. I was impressed that whenever I wanted to go from the map segment shown ...
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"Gluing and copy" graphs
Consider the minimal class of (simple, undirected) connected graphs (strictly speaking, isomorphism classes of connected graphs) which contains a single vertex $K_1$, and is closed under following ...
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Counting number of spanning trees of the complete bipartite with given vertex-degrees
For given $n_1,n_2 \in \mathbb{N}$ let $K_{n_1,n_2}$ be the complete bipartite graph. I have seen a few sources proving that the number of spanning trees $t(K_{n_1,n_2})$ is given by $n_1^{n_2-1} n_2^{...
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Is there a formula for the number of trees with this extra condition?
A tree $G$ on $n$ vertices $V=\{v_1,...,v_n\}$ is a connected undirected graph which is acyclic. For each tree $G$ one can split the set of vertices $V$ into two disjoint subsets $U,W \subset V$ such ...
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Does an extension of the B.E.S.T. theorem for multiple Eulerian circuits exist?
Given a directed multigraph $G=(V,E)$ (multiple edges and loops are permitted) the number of distinct Eulerian circuits for $G$ can be calculated with the B.E.S.T. theorem. Does a similar theory for ...
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A 2-page paper on a lower bound of Ramsey number
I'm looking for a 2-page paper on a lower bound of Ramsey number $R(a,b)$ for some constants $a$ and $b$. The paper was published in 80s or 90s. I googled it for a few days, but I cannot find the ...
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Name of an inductively defined sequence of graphs
Let $G_k$ be the graph obtained by applying the following procedure k-times:
Start with a graph with single vertex $v$ (Call this graph $H$)
Add a vertex $u$ such that $u$ is not adjacent to any ...
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Reference request: Moore graphs
It is clear that the term Moore graph was coined by Hoffman and Singleton in their paper On Moore graphs with diameters $2$ and $3$, where they write
E. F. Moore has posed the problem of describing ...
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Schröder and graphical logic?
I was actually surprised by a comment by John Baez over at the n-Category Cafe about his surprise that Ernst Schröder, a mathematician of whom he had known through Schröder's work on mathematical ...
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Relationship between spectral gaps of adjacency and Laplacian matrices of graphs
Let $G$ be an undirected simple graph on $n$ vertices, with self-loops allowed, and with arbitrary positive edge weights $w_{u,v}$ (which is $0$ if there is no edge between $u$ and $v$).
Let $A$ be ...
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Is anything written about winning the "Dollar Game" in the minimal number of moves?
I run some Master's projects on Chip-Firing games, using the Holly Krieger's Numberphile video on the topic as an initial motivation, and going on to prove the main theorem stated there (that you can ...
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Is every 1-million-connected graph rigid in 3D?
It is an old result that every $6$-connected graph is rigid in $\mathbb{R}^2$:
Lovász, László, and Yechiam Yemini. "On generic rigidity in the plane." SIAM Journal on Algebraic Discrete ...
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Is this graph theory paper in German translated into English?
I recently read such a paper and want to understand the proof idea of this article. However since it is in German and I have not studied German before, I'd like to ask whether this paper has an ...
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Which graphs on $n$ vertices have the largest determinant?
This is a question that seems like it should have been studied before, but for some reason I cannot find much at all about it, and so I am asking for any pointers / references etc.
The determinant of ...
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Term or reference for a set of integer edge weights to guarantee distinct weighted degrees
I am looking for a term or reference describing sets $S$ of $\binom{n}{2}$ non-negative integers such that, for every bijection $w: E(K_n)\to S$ and every pair of distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ in $V(...
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What is known about chromatic polynomial of hypergraph at $-1$
Let $H$ be a hypergraph and let $P_H$ denote its chromatic polynomial. I am interested in the best results interpreting $P_H(-1)$. I am interested both in the general case (which I think is hard) as ...
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The density of a tripartite 1-planar graph
1-planar graphs are those can be drawn in the plane so that there is at most one crossing per edge. We know that the maximum number of edges of an $n$-vertex 1-planar graph is at most $4n-8$, and the ...
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Proving that every strongly connected tournament T on at least 4 vertices contains distinct vertices u, v such that T-u and T-v are strongly connected
I have a two part question:
Is there a simple proof that every strongly connected tournament $T$ on $n\geq 4$ vertices contains distinct $u,v\in V(T)$ such that $T-u$ and $T-v$ are strongly connected?...
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Self-avoiding walks on strips
A strip is a locally finite graph which admits a quasi-transitive (i.e. finitley many orbits on vertices) action of $\mathbb Z$. A self avoiding walk is a walk which visits no vertex more than once.
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Generators of sandpile groups of wheel graphs
In the paper "On the Sandpile Group of a Graph" by Cori and Rossin one can find a result related to the structure of the sandpile group of $W_n$. Is there a way to provide a set of ...
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What is the definition of brick product of graphs?
Can anyone help me with the exact definition of brick product of graphs, say path, cycle.
I am not able to find a paper with a clear definition on the internet. Can anyone give me a URL to such a ...
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Counting special paths on a certain rectangle integer grid (binary matrix)
Crossposting from MSE after getting no answers. The bounty on the MSE question is still open, but not for long. Be advised that the comments of the MSE question regard an obsolete version, and that ...
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Optimal paths in set-weighted graphs
Let $G = (V,E)$ be an $n$-vertex graph, let $R$ be a finite set (to be specific, let us assume that $R = [n]$), and let $W : V \rightarrow 2^R$. Let us call the pair $(G, W)$ a set-weighted graph.
Now ...
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Graphs all of whose cuts are positive
Let $(V, E, w)$ a weighted graph, with vertices $V$, edges $E$, and signed weight $w:E\to \mathbb R$.
I am interested to know other popular properties that are known to imply, or are equivalent to, ...
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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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A graph similar to the Bruhat graph, what is it called?
The weak Bruhat graph (or 1-skeleton of the permutohedron) $B_n$ can be constructed as follows:
the vertices of $B_n$ are the permutations of the tuple $(1,...,n)$, two are joined by an edge, if they ...
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Counting unions of unlabelled connected graphs
My question can be stated as follows: let $X$ be a hereditary family of unlabelled graphs closed under disjoint unions. Suppose we know, for each $n$, the number $c_n$ of connected graphs in X on $n$ ...
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Cheeger constant of truncated hypercube
Look at the $d$-dimensional hypercube and truncate it. This means one replaces each vertex by a cycle (of length $d$) in such a way the the new graph is 3-regular.
Question 1: What is the asymptotic ...
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is there a ‘nice’ lattice on the set of unlabelled graphs with $n$ vertices?
It is easy to endow the set of vertex-labelled graphs with $n$ vertices with a lattice structure: take the union and the intersection of the edge set as meet and join respectively.
However, I wonder ...
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