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Sum of degree differences for simple graphs

For a simple graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, let us define $$\mathcal{I}_{n}(G)=\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}|\deg\ x_{i}-\deg\ x_{j}|^{3}.$$ I know that there are many different topological indices defined and ...
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Graph combinatorial optimization problem

Let $G$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V$, such that for any two vertices $u,v\in V$, we have at least $k$ edge-disjoint paths of length $2$ (i.e., formed by $2$ edges) connecting $u$ with $v$. ...
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Counting the forests obtainable by removing subtrees from binary trees

Let $B_h$ be the perfect binary tree having height $h$ (i.e. the binary tree with height $h$ in which all interior nodes have two children and all leaves have the same depth or same level). For any ...
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Reference Request: designing a tree of "main roads" in a graph

Let $G = (V, E)$ be an undirected finite connected graph. Let $u$ be a specified vertex of $G$. Then the sum of distances $$ \sum_{v \in V} d_G(u,v) $$ is defined. Now we want to decrease this value, ...
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Combinatorial process on multisets of integers

Edit: I prefer to formulate first the problem as Fedor Petrov suggests in the comments: We are given a multiset $F$, initially containing only the single integer $h$. Sequentially, at each time step, ...
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Combinatorial optimization for a sequential random process on graphs

Let $G(V, E)$ be a simple graph with $|V|=n$, and let $h$ be an integer in $[n]$. We repeat $h$-many times the following operation in a sequential fashion, where the graph may change at each round. ...
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What is the optimal upper bound of $|T_1|+|T_2|+|T_3|$ if $T_1, T_2, T_3$ are trees covering a planar graph

By a classical theorem of Nash-Williams, the edges of every connected $n$-vertex planar graph can be covered by three trees $T_1,T_2$ and $T_3$. Does anyone know of any results from an article or a ...
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Estimates for the drop in the sum of all pairwise weighted distances effected by a decrease of the weight of an edge

Consider simple connected undirected graphs $G = (V, E)$ equipped with a function $w\colon E\rightarrow \{x\in \mathbb{R}\colon x\geq 0\}$. Define a function $d_{G,w}\colon V\times V\rightarrow\...
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Combinatorial graph optimization problem on integer adjacency matrices

We are given a $n\times n$ symmetric matrix $M$ whose entries are positive integers. Let $z_{i,j}:=\frac{M_{i,j}}{M_{i,j}+\sum_{k\neq i,j}\min(M_{i,k},M_{k,j})}$ for all $1\le i<j \le n$, and $z:=\...
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