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Has this random process been studied on grid graphs?

As an offshoot of a different discussion I got curious about (uniform) random spanning trees on grid graphs (torus graphs in particular, to avoid having to think about edge effects) and what their ...
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Structure Theory for Tree Decompositions

I that $G=(V,E,W)$ is a weighted graph with positive edge weights and a finite set of vertices $K$. Let $0\le k,M\le K$ be a fixed integer. Is is known when $G$ admits the following type of ...
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Bound for a sequence of vertices in a graph

I have come across the following problem. Let $d\in\mathbb{N}$. Let $G$ be any $k$-regular connected directed graph with $n$ vertices, no parallel edges and no 2-cycles. For a vertex $v\in G$, let $...
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Counting homologically non-trivial and trivial cycles in $n \times n$ square lattice torus of a given length $l \geq n$

This should be a fairly standard question but I can't really seem to find a reference. Consider an $n \times n$ square lattice torus $\mathbb T$. Given a length $l \geq n$, what is the number of ...
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Is every 1-million-connected graph rigid in 3D?

It is an old result that every $6$-connected graph is rigid in $\mathbb{R}^2$: Lovász, László, and Yechiam Yemini. "On generic rigidity in the plane." SIAM Journal on Algebraic Discrete ...
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The density of a tripartite 1-planar graph

1-planar graphs are those can be drawn in the plane so that there is at most one crossing per edge. We know that the maximum number of edges of an $n$-vertex 1-planar graph is at most $4n-8$, and the ...
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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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Proofs of circle packing theorem

Circle packing theorem is a famous result stating that for every connected simple planar graph $G$ there is a circle packing in the plane whose intersection graph is $G$ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Is this case of Barnette's Conjecture known?

Context: Barnette's Conjecture is that every bipartite cubic polyhedral graph is Hamiltonian. I have been interested by this problem for a long time, and I recently came up with a result. From my ...
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Given a vertex $u$ (of bounded degree $k$) and another vertex $v$ in a planar graph, what is the smallest number of "curves"?

Given a vertex $u$ (of bounded degree $k$) and another vertex $v$ in a planar graph $G$, what is the smallest number of "curves" in the plane drawn from $u$ to $v$ such that no $u$--$v$ path in $G$ ...
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Hyperbolic embedding of a directed acyclic graph defined over strings

For integer $n$ and alphabet $\Sigma$ we construct a DAG (directed acyclic graph) $G=(V,E)$ over strings $s\in\Sigma^\star$ as follows: $$V = \{s\in\Sigma^\star\colon |s|\le n\}$$ $$E = \{(s_1,s_2)\...
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Moore graphs and finite projective geometry

In a comment on a blog post from 2009 about the hypothetical Moore graph(s) of degree 57 and girth 5, Gordon Royle offered the following observation (reproduced here in full for the sake of ...
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Number of hypercube unfoldings

While writing the code for this answer, I noticed that I not only could calculate the number of unfoldings of the $4$-cube, but also the number of the $n$-cube for more values of $n$. Basically, we ...
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How much of the plane is 4-colorable?

In 1981, Falconer proved that the measurable chromatic number of the plane is at least 5. That is, there are no measurable sets $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4\subseteq\mathbb{R}^2$, each avoiding unit distances, ...
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Voronoi and Delaunay

Please provide some references on Voronoi and Delaunay decompositions which is mathematically written. I mean I can find several texts or links on this written for computer science students without ...
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Applications of Kirchhoff's circuit laws to graph theory

Is there a good survey on applications of Kirchhoff's circuit laws to graph theory or/and discrete geometry? Examples: Matrix tree theorem, Squaring the square, Electrician’s proof of Euler’s ...
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Non-adjacent Pair of Edges with Minimal Weight Sum

Given an weighted, undirected Graph $G(V,E)$ without loops or parallel edges, what is the complexity of determining a pair of non-adjacent edges, whose sum of weights is w.l.o.g. minimal? is that ...
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Geometric dominating set: NP-complete?

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a geometric graph, a graph embedded in the plane whose edge lengths are the Euclidean distance between its endpoint vertices. Say that a set of vertices $D \subseteq V$ is a geometric ...
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Genus of Tutte-Coxeter Graph

What is the genus of the Tutte-Coxeter graph -- the incidence graph of the GQ of order 2? Seems like it should be well known, since nearly every other parameter for that graph is known, but I can ...
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Drawings of complete graphs with $Z(n)$ crossings

Hill conjectured that the minimum number of crossings in a drawing of the complete graph $K_n$ in the plane is exactly $$Z(n) = \frac{1}{4} \bigg\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\bigg\rfloor \left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{...
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Combinatorial geodesics

[There has been a flaw in my definition - as Sergei and Andreas pointed out. I hope I could fix it.] I want to understand how the concepts of directions, straight (or shortest) lines, and geodesics &...
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Touching-tetrahedra graphs

Have the graphs representable by touching tetrahedra been explored? Let $\cal T$ be a collection of tetrahedra in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with pairwise disjoint interiors. Define a graph $G_{\cal T}$ to have ...
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Min Bend Orthogonal Knots

I am seeking literature on 3D orthogonal drawings of knots, especially minimum bend drawings. An orthogonal drawing employs segments parallel to the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system. A bend is a ...
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Delaunay triangulations and convex hulls

This is a reference request. I have the impression that those who work in computational geometry are accustomed to the following. You have some locally finite set of sites in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and you ...
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Dimension of convex arrangements for hypergraphs

Suppose you have a hypergraph H on n vertices. Let d be the smallest integer such that we can find an arrangement A of convex subsets in Rd so that H represent the intersections of sets in A. Has ...
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