Questions tagged [hypergraph]
Hypergraphs are generalizations of graphs, where edges can be made of more than two vertices.
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Hypergraph mapping's projection
I have been struggling quite a while with a question, which I suspect might have a simple answer to:
I have a Graph G = (X,E,Ψ) with E (hyperedge) being a family of subsets of X and Ψ being a mapping ...
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Finding a good transversal basis
A hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ consists of an non-empty set $V$ and a collection $E\subseteq {\cal P}(V)\setminus \{\emptyset\}$ of non-empty subsets of $V$. A transversal of $H$ is a set $T\subseteq V$ such ...
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Is there an algorithm for this constrained Hypergraph optimization problem?
I'm currently developing an algorithm for computing knot coloring invariants and got to the following question:
Given a set $S$ and a certain hyper-graph $H \subseteq S^3 $, find a decomposition $S = ...
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A set coverage problem
Given a set $X$ and $k\in\mathbb{N}$ we call a subset of $X$ a $k$-subset if its cardinality is $k$. If ${\cal S}$ is a collection of subsets of $X$ and $x\in X$ we set ${\cal S}_x=\{S\in {\cal S}: x\...
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Optimal pseudotransversals
A hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ consists of an non-empty set $V$ and a collection $E\subseteq {\cal P}(V)\setminus \{\emptyset\}$ of non-empty subsets of $V$. A transversal of $H$ is a set $T\subseteq V$ such ...
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Expected sum of chosen coordinates in a random subset of a Hamming hypercube
Let $S$ = $\{v_1, v_2, ..., v_n\}$ denote a random subset of a Hamming hypercube of dimension $d$, where $n = |S|$ and $n \leq 2^d$. If $v_i$ = $\langle x^i_1x^i_2... x^i_d\rangle$ for all $i \in [1,n]...
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$|V|$ and $|E|$ in hypergraphs with a separation property
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. We call it $T_0$ if for all $x\neq y \in V$ there is $e\in E$ with $\{x,y\}\not\subseteq E$ and $\{x,y\}\cap e\neq \emptyset$ (i.e., $e$ contains exactly one of $x,y$).
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Does the hypergraph of subgroups determine a group?
A hypergraph is a pair $H=(V,E)$ where $V\neq \emptyset$ is a set and $E\subseteq{\cal P}(V)$ is a collection of subsets of $V$. We say two hypergraphs $H_i=(V_i, E_i)$ for $i=1,2$ are isomorphic if ...
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$3$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices and $O(n^{3/2})$ hyperedges
Suppose $H=(V,E)$ is a $3$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices $V$ and $O(n^{3/2})$ hyperedges, $E.$
My question is: How many vertices do I need to delete to make sure all hyperedges are destroyed? ...
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How does the high-dimensional combinatorial Laplacian work?
When considering the boundary and coboundary maps, we have the common definitions that the boundary map based on the space of chains $C_k(X)$ is $$\partial_k([v_0,...,v_k])=\sum_{i=0}^k (-1)^i[v_0,...,...
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Hopf algebra interpretation of hypergraph duality?
The work of Aguiar and Ardila (https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07504) on Hopf monoids for generalized permutohedra gives a Hopf monoid structure on the collection of hypergraphs; see sections 19 and 20 of ...
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Standard names of two finitary properties of hypergraphs?
Now we are writing a paper on minimal covers and minimal vertex-covers in hypergraphs and would like to know if there are any standard names for the following two (dual) properties of a hypergraph $(V,...
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Minimal covers in hypergraphs with finite edges
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. We say that $C\subseteq E$ is a cover if $\bigcup C = V$. Let $H$ be a hypergraph with the following properties:
$\bigcup E = V$,
all members of $E$ are finite, and
$d,...
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Example of self-dual hypergraph with infinite edges
What is an example of a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ with $|e|\geq \aleph_0$ for all $e\in E$ and the property that $H\cong H^*$ where $H^*$ is the dual hypergraph of $H$?
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A set-family game
Two players, Green and Red, play a zero-sum game. It is parametrized by two integers $n\geq 0, k\geq 0$, and a finite family $F$ of sets of size $n$ (each set may appear multiple times in $F$).
Each ...
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Clique number for hypergraphs
Does anybody know any link/source where I can find examples of hypergraphs with their clique numbers? I need a few examples to test an algorithm and do not want to go for randomly generated hypergraph....
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Maximum intersecting set families of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$
Let $n\geq 3$ be an integer. We call a family ${\cal C}$ of subsets of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ intersecting if it has the following properties:
$A, B\in {\cal C}$ implies $A\cap B \neq \emptyset$, and
$A \...
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A generalization of Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem
Is there any result known about the following generalization of the Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem?
Let $n, k, r, s$ be positive integers. We call a family $\mathcal{F}$ of $k$-element subsets of $\{1,\ldots, ...
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Strong and weak chromatic number of infinite bounded hypergraphs
This is a follow-up of an older question.
Let $H = (V, E)$ be a hypergraph such that every member of $E$ has more than $1$ element. Let $\kappa$ be a cardinal. We say that $c: V\to \kappa$ is a weak ...
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Does anybody know how to prove or disprove the following guess about edge coloring of Hypergraphs?
Definition. Suppose $H=(V,E)$ is a hypergraph. Call a hyperedge $e=\{v_1,v_2,\dotsc,v_k\}$ a $k$-star if in the 1-skeleton of $H$ there is a copy of $K^{1,k-1}$ whose union equals $e$. (Obviously in ...
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Strong and weak chromatic number of infinite hypergraphs of finite rank
Let $H = (V, E)$ be a hypergraph such that every member of $E$ has more than $1$ element. Let $\kappa$ be a cardinal. We say that $c: V\to \kappa$ is a weak coloring if for all $e \in E$ the ...
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Why not have many edges instead of one edge connecting to many nodes (in hypergraphs) [closed]
As a follow-up to What are the Applications of Hypergraphs, the linked article:
Learning with Hypergraphs: Clustering, Classification, and Embedding
Mentions this:
Let us consider a problem of ...
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Set version of ramsey type problem
For two sets of numbers $A,B$, write $A<B$ iff $\max A<\min B$.
For a sequence of integers $a_0,\cdots,a_{n-1}>0$,
let $Prop(a_0,\cdots,a_{n-1})$ denote the following proposition:
Given $n$ ...
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Ramsey type theorem
Let $\mathcal{P}(\{0,\dotsc,7\})$ denote the power set of $\{0,\dotsc,7\}$.
Is the following true?
For any function $f: \mathcal{P}(\{0,\dotsc,7\})\rightarrow\{0,1\}$ there exists $0\leq k\leq 3$ ...
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Complexity for calculating number of Perfect Matchings in k-regular hypergraph
Let $G(V,E)$ be a unweighted, k-regular hypergraph, with vertices $V=(v_1, ... v_n)$ and edges $E=(e_1, ... e_m)$. The k-regularity leads to $|e_i|=k$ (i.e. every edge contains exactly $k$ vertices).
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Infinite projective plane with small edges
Let $\kappa$ be an infinite cardinal. We say $E\subseteq {\cal P}(\kappa)$ is an infinite projective plane on $\kappa$ if
$e_1\neq e_2\in E$ implies $|e_1\cap e_2| = 1$, and
whenever $n\neq m\in \...
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Partitioning finite hypergraphs with edges [closed]
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph such that $|V|$ is infinite, and the following statements hold:
if $a\neq b\in E$ then $|a\cap b|\leq 1$, and
every vertex $v\in V$ is contained in at least $2$ members ...
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A weak version of the Erdös-Faber-Lovasz conjecture
A hypergraph is a pair $H=(V,E)$ where $V$ is a nonempty set, and $E\subseteq {\cal P}(V)\setminus\{\emptyset\}$ is a collection of non-empty subsets of $V$.
Strong colorings. If $\kappa$ is a ...
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An equation involving fractional covering number of hypergraphs
Let $\mathcal{H}=(S,\mathcal{X})$ be a hypergraph, where $S = \{ s_1, \ldots, s_n \}$, and $\mathcal{X} = \{ X_1, \ldots, X_m \}$.
The dual hypergraph $\mathcal{H}^*$ of $\mathcal{H}$ is the ...
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Choice sets in “thick” sets of sets
Let $X\neq \emptyset$ be a set and let ${\cal S} \subseteq {\cal P}(X)\setminus\{\emptyset\}$ be a collection of non-empty subsets of $X$. We say $C\subseteq X$ is a choice set for ${\cal S}$ if for ...
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“Popular” vertices in an infinite hypergraph
Let $\kappa$ be an infinite ordinal, and suppose $E\subseteq {\cal P}(\kappa)$ with $|E| > \kappa$. Let us call $x\in \kappa$ popular if $$|\{e\in E: x\in e\}| > \kappa.$$
If $\text{Pop}(\kappa)...
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Known result about existence of $n$-vertex $k$-uniform $r$-hypergraphs?
Are there known results about $n,k,r$ such that $n$-vertex $k$-uniform $r$-regular hypergraphs exist? If this is too large a class of hypergraphs, what if $k=\tilde{\theta}(\sqrt{n})$? What if an ...
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Small dense subsets in “Hausdorff” hypergraphs
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. We call it Hausdorff if for all $x\neq y \in V$ there are $e_1,e_2\in E$ with $e_1\cap e_2 = \emptyset$ such that $x\in e_1$ and $y\in e_2$. We say that $D\subseteq V$ ...
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Infinite “$T_1$”- hypergraphs
Let $X$ be an infinite set, and let $E \subseteq {\cal P}(X)$ be a collection of subsets of $X$. We say that $E$ is $T_1$ (with respect to $X$) if for all $x\neq y\in X$ there is $e\in E$ with $x\in e$...
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Coloring hypergraphs with no singleton intersections
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. If $\kappa>0$ is a cardinal, we say the hypergraph $H$ is $\kappa$-chromatic if there is a function $c:V\to\kappa$ such that for all $e\in E$ the restriction $c|_e$ ...
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Infinite $3$-chromatic hypergraphs
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. If $\kappa>0$ is a cardinal, we say the hypergraph $H$ is $\kappa$-chromatic if there is a function $c:V\to\kappa$ such that for all $e\in E$ the restriction $c|_e$ ...
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How to encode subgraphs as hyperedges
Hi i was reading a paper "Propagating Distributions on a Hypergraph by Dual Information Regularization by Koji Tsuda", and one section stood out to me.
hypergraphs have more flexibility
in ...
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Inequality about the minimum vertex degree in $k$-uniform hypergraphs
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a $k$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices, that is, $V:=V(H)$ is a $n$-element finite set of vertices and $E:=E(H)\subset\binom{V}{k}$ is a family of $k$-element subsets of $V$.
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Edge-coloring number of a linear hypergraph
A linear hypergraph is a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ such that
$|e|\geq 2$ for all $e\in E$,
$|e_1\cap e_2|\leq 1$ for all $e_1, e_2\in E$ with $e_1\neq e_2$.
An edge coloring of $H$ is a function $c:E\to ...
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Non-isomorphic hypergraphs on $\omega$
Let $H_i = (V_i, E_i)$ be hypergraphs for $i=1,2$. Then we say that $H_1\cong H_2$ if there is a bijection $\varphi:V_1\to V_2$ such that $A\in E_1$ implies $\varphi(A) \in E_2$ and $B\in E_2$ implies ...
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Is an $O(n^{d-1})$ bound known for the maximum number of edges in an ordered $n$-vertex hypergraph avoiding a fixed $d$-permutation hypergraph?
By a $d$-permutation hypergraph, I mean, for some fixed integer $k$, a $d$-uniform hypergraph on $[dk]$ with $k$ disjoint edges such that every edge has exactly one vertex from each of $\{1,\ldots,k\}$...
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Non-projective linear hypergraphs
A linear hypergraph is a pair $\pi=(\{1,\ldots,n\}, L)$ where $n\in\mathbb{N}$, $n\geq 2$ and $L\subseteq {\cal P}(X)$ has the following properties:
for $e\in L$ we have $|e|\geq 2$;
if $e_1\neq e_2 \...
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Hypergraphs with edge coloring number equalling number of vertices
A linear hypergraph is a pair $\pi=(\{1,\ldots,n\}, L)$ where $n\in\mathbb{N}$, $n\geq 2$ and $L\subseteq {\cal P}(X)$ has the following properties:
for $e\in L$ we have $|e|\geq 2$;
if $e_1\neq e_2 \...
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Steiner-like systems with large edges and many intersections
Let $l\geq 3$ be an integer. Is there $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and a hypergraph $H=(\{1,\ldots,n\},E)$ with the following properties?
for all $e\in E$ we have $|e| \geq l$
$e_1\neq e_2 \in E \implies |e_1 \...
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3-Approximation Algorithm for 3-Hitting Set
I need to find a $3$-approximation algorithm for finding a $3$-hitting set.
The set-up is that I have a set $S$ and a family $\mathcal{F}$ of subsets of $S$, where each member of $\mathcal{F}$ ...
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Which weighted directed hypergraphs have incidence matrix of full rank?
what are the necessary conditions for a weighted directed hypergraph to have an incidence matrix of full rank?
In this context, we can define the incidence matrix as follows:
Let $V = \{v_1,v_2,...,...
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Shortest hyperpath algorithm in intuitionistic fuzzy hypergraphs
I was looking for an algorithm to calculate the shortest hyperpath in intuitionistic fuzzy hypergraphs and I found only this article (which propose two algorithms).
Are there any others algorithms ...
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Cardinalities of saturated linear hypergraphs
A saturated linear hypergraph is a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ such that
$|e|\geq 2$ for all $e\in E$,
$|e_1\cap e_2| = 1$ for all $e_1, e_2\in E$ with $e_1\neq e_2$, and
$|\{e\in E:v\in e\}| = 2.$
Let $E$...
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Complete and saturated linear hypergraphs
A linear hypergraph is a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ such that
$|e|\geq 2$ for all $e\in E$,
$|e_1\cap e_2|\leq 1$ for all $e_1, e_2\in E$ with $e_1\neq e_2$.
We call a linear hypergraph complete if there ...
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Minimal number of edges for complete linear hypergraphs
A complete linear hypergraph is a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ such that
$|e|\geq 2$ for all $e\in E$,
$|e_1\cap e_2|=1$ for all $e_1, e_2\in E$ with $e_1\neq e_2$, and
for all $v\in V$ we have $|\{e\in E:v\...
