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Questions about the branch of combinatorics called graph theory (not to be used for questions concerning the graph of a function). This tag can be further specialized via using it in combination with more specialized tags such as extremal-graph-theory, spectral-graph-theory, algebraic-graph-theory, topological-graph-theory, random-graphs, graph-colorings and several others.

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Has anyone implemented a circle graph recognition algorithm?

A double occurrence word is a circular string of length $2n$ over an alphabet of size $n$ with each letter occurring exactly twice, for example: ABACCDBD Given a double occurrence word, we can form …
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Graphs where every two vertices have odd number of mutual neighbours

There was a rather cute question last week about graphs where every pair of distinct vertices has an odd number of mutual neighbours. The question was to show that such a graph must have an odd numbe …
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Is there a non-bipartite hamiltonian cubic graph on $n$ vertices with no $(n-1)$-cycle?

Is there a cubic (3-regular) graph $G$ on $n$ vertices such that: $G$ is hamiltonian $G$ has no $(n-1)$-cycles $G$ is not bipartite My computer tells me that there are none on up to $24$ vertices …
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Heuristic arguments regarding Sheehan's conjecture?

Sheehan conjectured that there are no 4-regular graphs that are uniquely hamiltonian (i.e. have exactly one hamilton cycle). Evidence that might be loosely seen to be in favour of this conjecture is: …
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Implementations of Tutte polynomial [reference request, of a kind]

This question is not a 100% fit for MO, but it is a serious question that can be viewed as a sort of reference request, and I think fits here more than elsewhere. I have been asked to write a chapter …
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Complexity of determining if two graphs have same cycle matroid?

Consider the following question: Input: Two graphs G1 and G2 Question: Is the cycle matroid M(G1) isomorphic to the cycle matroid M(G2) What is the complexity of this question? It is well known th …
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Has anyone seen this sort of graph property used before?

Consider the following property of a graph $G$: The graph $G$ has no independent cutset of vertices, $S$, such that the number of components of $G-S$ is more than $|S|$ (the size of $S$). (That is, …
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Where is it shown how to construct a decomposition tree for a series-parallel graph in linea...

There are two common ways to define a series-parallel graph (or 2-terminal series-parallel graph). Definition 1 start with K_2 marking both vertices as terminals repeatedly join two smaller 2-termi …
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4-regular graphs with every edge in a triangle

I am interested in regular graphs in which every edge lies in a triangle. For 3-regular graphs, only the complete graph $K_4$ has this property, so there's not much to see here. For 4-regular graphs …
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Uniquely hamiltonian graphs with minimum degree 4

A graph is uniquely hamiltonian if it has exactly one Hamilton cycle. As every edge in a cubic graph lies in an even number of Hamilton cycles, a cubic graph cannot be uniquely hamiltonian, and a fa …
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Minimum number of hamilton cycles in a 4-connected planar triangulation?

I am currently interested in hamilton cycles (i.e. a cycle through every vertex) in planar triangulations (i.e. planar graphs with every face a triangle). There are non-hamiltonian planar triangulati …
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Bicycles and spanning trees of graphs

A spanning tree in a graph is a connected spanning subgraph with no cycles; it is well known that the number of spanning trees can be found by taking the determinant of a certain matrix related to the …
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Minor-closed classes of graphs with large numbers of excluded minors

Robertson and Seymour tell us that any minor-closed family of graphs has a finite collection of excluded minors. Standard examples include planar graphs with two excluded minors ($K_5$ and $K_{3,3}$) …
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Partitioning the vertices of a graph into induced trees

I am looking for previous work regarding graphs whose vertices can be assigned colours (not necessarily a proper colouring) in such a way that each colour class induces a tree. In particular I am mos …
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Maximum number of Hamilton paths in a tournament on $n$ vertices

Recall that a tournament is a directed graph $T$ such that for every pair of distinct vertices $\{v,w\}$, exactly one of the ordered pairs $(v,w)$, $(w,v)$ is an arc of $T$. A tournament is strongly c …
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