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Growth polynomial of the Associahedron graph ? (Is it approximately Gaussian ?)
Consider Associahedron, consider graph build from its vertices and edges. Choose some vertex. Let us count the number of vertices on distances $k$ from the selected vertex. Write a generating ...
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Is the face lattice of the cube a polytope graph?
The face lattice of a
convex polytope $P\subset\Bbb R^d$ is the partially ordered set whose elements are the faces of $P$ ordered by inclusion. We can turn it into a graph by considering its Hasse ...
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Does the edge-graph of a centrally symmetric polytope determine which vertices are antipodal?
Given two origin symmetric convex polytopes $P_1$ and $P_2$ (that is $P_i=-P_i$) with the same edge-graph, but potentially of different dimensions and combinatorial types.
Let $\phi: G_{P_1}\to G_{P_2}...
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Can a polytopal graph be "centrally symmetric" in more than one way?
Let $P,Q$ be two centrally symmetric convex polytopes, potentially of different dimensions and combinatorial type, but with the same edge-graph $G$.
The central symmetry of $P$ induces an involutory ...
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Given the skeleton of an inscribed polytope. If I move the vertices so that no edge increases in length, can the circumradius still get larger?
Let $P\subset \Bbb R^n$ be an inscribed convex polytope, that is, all its vertices are on a common sphere of radius $r$.
Let $G$ be the edge-graph of $P$. For convenience, assume $V(G)=\{1,\dotsc,s\}$....
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Graph diameter of the omnitruncated $E_8$ polytope
What is the graph diameter of the 1-skeleton of the omnitruncate of the $E_8$ family of uniform 8-polytopes?
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Anchor sets for lattice polygons: Part I
Suppose $V=\{(x_1,y_1), (x_2,y_2),\dots,(x_v,y_v)\}$ is a vertex set of lattice points satisfying
$$0=x_1<x_2<\dots<x_v \qquad \text{and} \qquad y_1>y_2>\cdots>y_{v-1}>y_v=0.$$
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Are zonotopes determined by their edge-graph?
General polytopes are not determined by their edge-graph (up to combinatorial equivalence). But I came accross the statement that zonotopes are determined in this way.
Question: Is this true? And ...
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If there are eigenvectors with largest components $i$ resp. $j$, then is there an eigenvector with two largest components $i$ and $j$?
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a connected (finite simple) graph with vertex set $V=\{1,...,n\}$ and let $\theta_2\in\Bbb R$ be the second-largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. I wonder about the following ...
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Can a polytope with vertex-transitive edge graph or face lattice be made vertex-transitive?
Let $P\subset\Bbb R^d$ be a convex, full-dimensional polytope (convex hull of finitely many points, affine hull is the whole space), $G_P$ its edge graph and $\mathcal F_P$ its face lattice. Any of ...
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Reference on the faces of the circulation polytope
On page 4 of Generating all vertices of a polyhedron is hard it is mentioned that the facial structure of the circulation polyhedron* is well understood. I am trying to find a reference for this.
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The number of Hamiltonian circuits on a convex polytope embedded in $\mathbb{R}^N$
Recently I wondered whether there might be a natural topological complexity measure for convex polytopes embedded in $\mathbb{R}^N$. After some reflection it occurred to me that the number of distinct ...
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Forbidden minor characterization of polytope skeletons
Say that a graph is "$d$-dimensional" if it is the node-disjoint union of $1$-skeletons of closed convex polytopes in $d$ dimensions, or a subgraph thereof. So the $2$-dimensional graphs are exactly ...
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Are there half-transitive convex polytopes?
I only consider convex polytopes, i.e. convex hulls of finitely many points. The (edge-)graph of a polytope $P\subseteq\Bbb R^d$ is the graph consisting of the polytope's vertices, two are adjacent if ...
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Can the graph of a symmetric polytope have more symmetries than the polytope itself?
I consider convex polytopes $P\subseteq\Bbb R^d$ (convex hull of finitely many points) which are arc-transitive, i.e. where the automorphism group acts transitively on the 1-flags (incident vertex-...
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Mathematical Structure and Objects Induced by Pairs of Disjoint Subsets
Let $\mathcal{S}$ be a finite, discrete and non-empty set, i.e.,
$$\begin{align} \operatorname{card}\left(\mathcal{S}\right) & =:n\in\mathbb{N}^+\\ V& :=\{v\subset\mathcal{S}\ |\ v\ne\...
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Can two non-equivalent polytopes of same dimension have the same graph?
By a polytope I mean the convex hull of finitely many points. The graph of a polytope is the graph isomorphic to its 1-skeleton. By equivalence of polytopes I mean combinatorial equivalence, i.e. ...
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Can we realize a graph as the skeleton of a polytope that has the same symmetries?
Given a graph $G$, a realization of $G$ as a polytope is a convex polytope $P\subseteq \Bbb R^n$ with $G$ as its 1-skeleton.
A realization $P\subseteq \Bbb R^n$ is said to realize the symmetries of $...
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Why is the number of Hamiltonian Cycles of n-octahedron equivalent to the number of Perfect Matching in specific family of Graphs?
In OEIS A003436, it is written that the number of inequivalent labeled Hamilton Cycles of an n-dimesnional Octahedron is the same as the number of Perfect Matchings in a the complement of the Cycle ...
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Tutte polynomials and h-vectors of convex polytopes
Revised question:
Aluffi and Marcolli give a recursion relation for the Tutte polynomials of altered graphs (as described in Machacek's post below) on page 42 of "Feynman graphs and deletion-...
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Lifting of a spherical graph
Let us be given a topological graph $G$
on the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$
whose edges are minor arcs of great circles.
We suppose that the graph is $3$-vertex-connected
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Is the chromatic number of the graph of the permutahedron known?
The permutahedron $\Pi_n$ is the polytope that is the convex hull of all permutations of the vector $(1,2,...,n)$. There are many results on its structure, but I couldn't find a result on the ...
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Is every 1-skeleton of a 4-tope Steinitzian?
Call a graph "polyhedral" if it is simple, planar, and 3-connected. For example, the 1-dimensional skeleton of every 3-dimensional convex polytope, regarded as a graph, is polyhedral. By a theoreom ...
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approximate diameter of polytopes in high dimensions
I just came across the following problem:
Let us consider the unit corner of the n-cube
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\Delta^n = \left\{(t_1,\cdots,t_n)\in\mathbb{R}^n\mid\sum_{i = 1}^{n}{t_i} \leq 1 \mbox{ and } t_i \ge 0 \...
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Prove or disprove a claim about covering a polytope by convex polytopes in a certain way
Here is the claim:
Given a polytope $K$ in a unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^d$, there exists a universal constant $C(d)>0$ depending only on $d$ and a countable collection of convex polytopes $\{K_i\}_{...
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regular polyhedra (and polytopes) in hyperbolic geometry, and generalisations
While there exist regular tesselations of the hyperbolic plane with arbitrary regular polygons, there are no new regular polyhedra in hyperbolic (3D) space. This being quite trivial, it is probably ...
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Paths on Cartesian products of graphs satisfying linear constraints
Assume integers $d > r > 0$ and a connected graph $G$ with $d$ vertices. Every point on the $r$-fold Cartesian product of $G$ with itself, $G^{\square r}$, is equivalent to a dimension-$d$ non-...
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doubly-stochastic isomorphisms of graphs
A doubly stochastic matrix that commutes with the adjacency matrix of a graph is a doubly-stochastic automorphism of that graph (definition by Tinhofer 1986). Each (classical) automorphism of a graph ...
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Does Euler's formula imply bounds on the degree of vertices in a 3-polytopal graph?
A corollary of Euler's formula tells us that the edge-vertex graph of every convex 3-polyhedron must have a face with either 3, 4, or 5 edges, using an argument about the average degree of vertices.
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The query concerning the Euler-Poincare formula’s generalizations
Euler's equation for polyhedral, Euler's polyhedral formula, V – E + F = 2, where V, E, and F, are the number of points, edges and faces, was discovered by Leonhard Euler in 1752. However, the basic ...
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Weighted Polytope
I am curious if this kind of construction (or something similar) exists:
Consider a convex polytope $P$ and then consider the graph of the polytope $G(P)$ (1-skeleton). Suppose a weighting structure ...
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Can we uniquely define a graph to have the topology of a polytope via proper edge length selection?
I'll ask you to consider a situation wherein one has a series of edges for a graph, $(e_1, e_2, ..., e_N) \in E$, each with a specifiable length $(l_1, l_2, ..., l_N) \in L$, and the goal is to insure ...
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Can you determine whether a graph is the 1-skeleton of a polytope?
How do I test whether a given undirected graph is the 1-skeleton of a polytope?
How can I tell the dimension of a given 1-skeleton?
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