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Collection of conjectures and open problems in graph theory
Is there something similar to the Kourovka Notebook for graph theory (or anyway an organized, possibly commented, collection of conjectures and open problems)?
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Surveys of the items of Erdős' "toolbox"
Could you point out some survey papers and monographs that highlight the kernel of tricks, techniques, and tools that Paul Erdős employed the most in his research work (in particular in graph theory, ...
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In what area of study does one encounter this principle in timetabling?
A while ago I saw an image like the one below in a lecture, which was supposed to represent a rail network in a (square) city:
The circles represent trains that are moving either North/South or East/...
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complicated combinatorial algorithms with good descriptions
For educational purposes, I am looking for an example of a complicated, elementary, but very well-explained combinatorial algorithm.
Such an example might be a bijection between two easily described ...
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Have topographs been studied before?
This is my first post on MO so I hope this question is suitable. I have quite a few definitions which I will need to state before my questions at the end of this post. Please let me know if anything ...
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Confusing notation for sets of unordered vs ordered pairs
Given two finite sets $X$ and $Y$, one may consider the ordered pairs $(x,y)$ with $x\in X$ and $y \in Y$. Then, $(x,y) \not= (y,x)$, and $(x,x)$ exists if $x\in X$ and $x\in Y$.
One may also consider ...
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Literature about most basic existence proofs in graph theory [closed]
I'm writing a MIZAR article about foundations in graph theory e.g. constructing a supergraph from a given graph by adding a vertex to it. The main theorem of the article will be that any graph ...
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