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Specific regularity in bipartite graphs

Let $G(A,B)$ be a bipartite graph with $|A| = |B| = n$, where $n$ is sufficiently large(thus, $o(n)/n,o(n^2)/n^2\ll 1$). The edge density of $G$ is $d = \frac{e(A,B)}{n^2}$, where $e(A,B)$ denotes the ...
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Minimal graphs with a prescribed number of spanning trees

As it's long ago since Erdős died and MathOverflow is the second best alternative to him (for discussing personal problems), I'd like to start a fruitful discussion about the following problem that I ...
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Does Forcing conjecture equals to assume the host graph is regular?

Given two graphs $H$ and $G$, the homomorphism density $t(H, G)$ is defined as the proportion of mappings from the vertices of $H$ to the vertices of $G$ that preserve adjacency. Formally, $$ t(H, ...
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Another version of Sidorenko's conjecture(?)

I would like to ask a question about Sidorenko's conjecture. Here is the background of my question: Quasi-random graphs A sequence of graphs $(G_n)$ is called quasi-random if it satisfies certain ...
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Looking for a counterexample to a strengthening of the union-closed sets conjecture

[Now crossposted at math.stackexchange] Let $\mathcal{F} = \{\{x_1, x_2\} : 1 \le x_1 \lt x_2 \le n \}$, $n \ge 8$, and let $\mathcal{G} = \{G_1, \ldots, G_n\}$ be a partition of $\mathcal{F}$ in $n$ ...
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Acyclic partition of edges in tournaments

The following question is related to a research problem I am working on. I am curious if anyone is aware of a solution, if there are similar problems which may aid me in finding a solution, or if the ...
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maximal sets of vertices that avoids a clique

I am looking for some known algorithm that finds, for a given graph, all the maximal sets of vertices that avoid a clique of some given size $k$. I'd prefer one written in MATLAB, but other languages ...
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Does Sidorenko's conjecture hold when the host graph's edge density not too small?

Does the following hold? For every bipartite graph $H$ and every graph $G$ with $e(G)\geq 0.1(v(G))^2$, $$t(H,G)\geq t(K_2, G)^{e(H)}.$$ If not sure, is this a equal question as Sidorenko's conjecture ...
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Inverse problem of "graph limits to graphon"

A graphon is a measurable symmetric function $W: [0,1]\to [0,1].$ By Lovasz's book "Large networks and graph limits" we know for any graph sequence $G_1, G_2, \dots G_i,\dots$ there exists a ...
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Lower bound for the size of a family of sets

Consider a family $\mathcal{G} = \{ A_1,B_1,\ldots,B_m \}$ of $m+1$ non-empty finite distinct sets with the following property: $$A_1 \cap B_k = \emptyset, 1 \le k \le m$$ Let $\mathcal{F} = \{A_1 \...
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Proving we can minimize the number of crossings by having a planar embedding of $K_{2,2}$ encircle another out of any 2 such embeddings

Say that we draw a graph in the following way: we first draw $n$ planar embeddings of $K_{2,2}$ (that is, we first draw $n$ quadrilaterals) such there are no edges which cross. Then for each of the $...
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On planar graphs with specific spanning tree count and poly number of vertices

Given set $\mathcal T_n=\{0,1,3,4\dots,2^n-1\}$ (note there is no $2$) what is the minimum number of vertices $m$ needed in a planar graph such that at every $i\in\mathcal T_n$ there is a graph $G\in\...
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Is there any other norms besides cut norm defined on graphon?

Let $\mathcal{W}$ denote the space of all bounded symmetric measurable functions $W : [0, 1]^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}.$ For any $W\in\mathcal{W}$ we say it is a kernel and define its cut norm $\lVert ...
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Covering a bounded degree graph with subgraphs of bounded sizes

Let $G$ be a connected graph on $n$ vertices with maximum degree $\Delta \ge 2$. Let $\mathcal G = \{G_1,G_2,\ldots\}$ be a collection of subgraphs of $G$ such that every edge of $G$ is contained in ...
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Locally uniformly convexity in kernels (generalized definition of graphon) with cut norm

Let $\mathcal{W}$ denote the space of all bounded symmetric measurable functions $W : [0, 1]^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}.$ For any $W\in\mathcal{W}$ we say it is a kernel and define its cut norm $\lVert ...
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Does "epsilon-regular" equal to "cut distance less than epsilon"?

Let $G$ be a bipartite graph (vertex number sufficient large) with bipartition $(U,W)$ and edge density $d$. Does these two statement equal? $G$ is $\varepsilon$-regular, i.e. $\big|e_G(X,Y)-d|X||Y|\...
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The edit distance from a large complete $p$-partite graph to the Turán graph

Let $K=K(V_1,V_2,\cdots,V_p)$ be a $p$-partite complete graph on $n$ vertices and $T_p(n)$ be the Turán graph. Show that: if $e(K)\geq e(T_r(n))-t$ then $$\sum_{k=1}^p\left(|V_k|-\frac{n}{p}\right)^2\...
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Property of edge-vertex transitive graphs

Recently I am reading a paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00858) with respect to edge-vertex transitive graphs. What is the property of the graph that is edge transitive and vertex transitive? I know ...
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Does Sidorenko's conjecture hold when the host graph's maxdegree/mindegree is a constant?

Does the following holds? For every bipartite graph $H$ and every graph $G$ with $\frac{\Delta(G)}{\delta(G)}\leq 2$, $$t(H,G)\geq t(K_2, G)^{e(H)}.$$ If not sure, is this a equal question as ...
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Can we say a partial order set is 2-dimensional if its comparability graph does not contain an asteroidal triple?

I think it is true that if the comparability graph of a poset contains an asteroidal triple then it is at-least 3 dimensional. I want to know if the converse is true, i.e. if there exists no ...
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Does this "linear-approximated" version of Graph Counting Lemma hold?

Let $0\leq d\ll\varepsilon,\frac{1}{e},\frac{1}{v}\leq 1.$ Let $G$ be a $n$-vertices graph ($n$ is sufficient large, $1/n\ll d$) and for any $A,B\subseteq V(G)$, the edge density $d(A,B)\geq d.$ Then ...
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A question related to "Locally Sidorenko" type problem

Let $F$ be a bipartite graph and $\delta_F=\delta(F)$ be a constant. Let $p\geq 0$ be a given constant. Let $W$ be a graphon with $\int W=p$ and for any $A,B\subseteq \left[0,1\right]$ with $|A|,|B|\...
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Maximum number of triangles no two of which have a common edge

For $n\in N_+$, define $f(n)$ to be the maximum number of triangles in a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, taken over all $n$-vertex graphs having the property where no two triangles have a common edge. Do ...
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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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Size of forbidden minors for treewidth

For any $k$, the class of graphs of treewidth at most $k$ can be characterized by a finite set of forbidden minors. For treewidth $1$ and $2$, the set is of size $1$. Then for treewidth $3$, the set ...
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Clique number of $k$-critical graphs

A graph $G$ is called a ${\it{k}}$-${\it{critical}}$ graph if $\chi(G)=k$ and for any proper subgraph $H$ of $G$ we have $\chi(H)<k$, where $\chi(G)$ denotes the chromatic number of $G$. The ...
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Number of edge-disjoint cycles in a holey graph

Let $\Gamma$ be a connected graph with $H^1(\Gamma) \cong \mathbb{Z}^d$. Can we give a lower bound (preferably of the form $\gg d$) on the maximal number of edge-disjoint cycles one can find in $\...
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Lower bound on outdegree/indegree in oriented graph to guarantee cycle of length at least $k$

An oriented graph is a digraph without any self-loops, multiple arcs, or 2-cycles. What is the smallest minimum outdegree of an oriented graph on $n$ vertices that ensures there will always be a cycle ...
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Maximum number of leaf blocks in 3-regular (cubic) graph

The definition of block is Block of $G$ is a maximal subgraph $G'$ of $G$ with no cut vertex of $G'$ itself. Of course, there can exist many blocks in $G$. In particular, isolated vertices, edges in ...
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The upper bound of edges of the generalized cactus graphs

In graph theory, a cactus is a connected graph in which any two simple cycles have at most one vertex in common. Equivalently, it is a connected graph in which every edge belongs to at most one simple ...
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Regarding a specific Turán number of graphs

I wish to know the latest bound on the number of edges a graph of girth greater than or equal to $t$ can have. Specifically, I heard somewhere that a graph of girth greater than or equal to $t$ can ...
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Turán number of even cycles with diagonal

Let $C_{2k}'$ denote the graph that consists of the cycle on $2k$ vertices and one more edge, a chord connecting two opposite, i.e., distance $k$ vertices of the cycle. What is known about the Turán ...
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Some version of graph removal lemma

I found the following statement in 'A proof of the stability of extremal graphs, Simonovits’ stability from Szemerédi’s regularity' by Zoltán Füredi: Lemma: For any $\alpha>0$ and a graph $F$, ...
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Lower bound for the sum of the number of vertices of some subgraphs of a directed graph

Let $G$ be any simple weakly connected directed graph with vertices $V$, $\vert V \vert = n$. Let $V_1, \ldots, V_m$, $m = \binom{n}{k}$ be all subsets of $V$ of size $k$. Let $C(V_i)$ be the union of ...
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Longest paths and cycles in Steiner triple systems

A Steiner triple system is a 3-uniform hypergraph in which every pair of vertices is contained in exactly one edge. A linear cycle (also called loose cycle) length $t$ consists of $2t$ cyclically ...
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What properties do graphs avoiding large regular subgraphs have?

Fix a positive integer $r$ and real $\delta \in (0,1)$. Let $G$ be an undirected graph on $n$ vertices. Suppose that $G$ does not contain an $r$-regular subgraph on at least $\delta n$ vertices (i.e., ...
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Is there a graph that is Ramsey for $P_{2n}$ but is $C_{2n+1}-$free

Write $F\to G$ to mean that for every two coloring of the edges of $F$, there exists a monochromatic copy of $G$. Nešetřil and Rödl proved that for every graph $G$, there exists a graph $F$ such that ...
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Reference request: monochromatic paths in edge-colored complete graphs

Given $k,c \in \mathbb{N}$, let $P(k,c)$ be the minimum $n$ such that no matter how we color the edges of the complete graph $K_n$ with $c$ colors, there is always a monochromatic path of length $k$. ...
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Turán density of hypergraphs with very few edges

As usual, for an $r$-uniform hypergraph $G$, denote by $ex_r(n,G)$ the maximum number of edges an $r$-uniform, $G$-free hypergraph on $n$ vertices can have, and let $\lim \frac{ex_r(n,G)}{\binom nr}\...
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Are there decompositions of $K_{16}$ by certain 3-regular graphs?

This is inspired by the problem of the Hoffman-Singleton Decomposition of $K_{50}$. I wanted to look at smaller variants of this kind of problem, and so naturally I started wondering: Can the (edges ...
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Extremal graph theory - many copies of $K_r$ imply a copy of $r$-chromatic $H$

I know that it must be a simple consequence of the Kővári–Sós–Turán (and Erdős–Stone) theorem, but I am struggling to formulate a proof: Let $H$ be a fixed-size $r$-chromatic graph. Then there exists $...
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Intuition on inequality in proving a bound on the sum of squares of degrees of a graph

Given a simple connected graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, let $d_1, ..., d_n$ denote the degrees of the vertices of the graph. In this very short paper, the author prove the inequality $$\...
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Do sparse graphs contain a single regular pair?

An easy corollary of the Szemerédi Regularity Lemma is that dense graphs contain linear sized $\varepsilon$-regular bipartite subgraphs whose density is similar to that of the parent graph. As noted ...
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Cover a graph with small size complete graphs

Given a complete graph with $n$ nodes, if we want to use $n$ complete subgraphs to cover the graph and ask what is the minimum possible size of each complete subgraph, the answer is $\Theta(\sqrt{n})$:...
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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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Turán's theorem for cosets of groups

Let $G$ be a finite group, $G',H$ be its subgroups and $H'=G'\cap H$. For each $g\in G$, we create a map $f_g:G'/H'\rightarrow G/H: aH'\rightarrow gaH$. It's easy to see that the map is well defined ...
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Graphs without short cycles and with linear number of edges

Let $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a non-decreasing function and let $X_f$ be the class of graphs where every $n$-vertex graph $G$ is $(C_3, C_4, \ldots, C_{f(n)})$-free, i.e. $G$ contains ...
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Behrend's construction vs. Triangle removal lemma

I was reading Zhao's book "Graph theory and additive combinatorics" and on page 71 I came across Remark 2.5.4 which I'd like to understand. Theorem 2.3.1 (Triangle removal lemma) For all $\...
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Number of triangle-free graphs with prescribed number of edges

This question is posted from StackExchange since it received no answer there. Let $f(n, e)$ be the number of triangle-free graphs on $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. From empirical evidence, I am motivated ...
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Graph removal lemma

The graph removal lemma says that for any graph $H$ and any $\epsilon>0$, there is a $\delta>0$ such that any $n$-vertex graph which contains at most $\delta n^{v(H)}$ copies of $H$ can be made $...