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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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Cut locus in a graph

I am wondering if the concept of a cut locus has been defined and explored in discrete graphs, rather than their usual home on manifolds? The Wikipedia definition (which I believe I (co-?)authored) is …
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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 Methods 3, no …
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Generate random graphs that satisfy the triangle inequality

I would like to generate random graphs that might be geometric graphs in some (unknown) dimension. So I would like every triangle in the graph to satisfy the triangle inequality on its (random) edge l …
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Shortest grid-graph paths with random diagonal shortcuts

Suppose you have a network of edges connecting each integer lattice point in the 2D square grid $[0,n]^2$ to each of its (at most) four neighbors, {N,S,E,W}. Within each of the $n^2$ unit cells of thi …
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Bound on graph domination number when min degree is 7

I have a graph $G$ whose minimum vertex degree is $\delta=7$. I am seeking an upper bound on the domination number $\gamma(G)$ in terms of the number of vertices $n$ of $G$. I found a paper by Edwin C …
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Blinking graphs

For any simple graph $G$, assign its nodes a weight/bit of $0$ or $1$. Call this a bit assignment for $G$. Now, generate a new bit assignment as follows: Each node $x$'s bit is replaced by $1$ if the …
6 votes
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(Non)uniqueness of the common-factor graph

Let $S=\{x_1,\ldots,x_k\}$ be a set of $k$ distinct natural numbers, a subset of $\{1,\ldots,n\} = \mathbb{N}_{\le n}$. Define the common-factor graph $G(S)$ as the (undirected) graph with a node for …
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Gauss-Bonnet Theorem for Graphs?

One can define the Euler characteristic χ for a graph as the number of vertices minus the number of edges. Thus an $n$-cycle has $\chi = 0$ and $K_4$ has $\chi=-2$. Is there an analog for the Gaus …
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Bounds on chromatic number of $k$-planar graphs

A $1$-planar graph can be drawn in the plane so that each arc is crossed at most once by another arc. A $k$-planar graph can be drawn so that each arc is crossed at most $k$ times. Planar graphs are …
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Orthogonal Hamiltonian cycles in (n x n x n) grids

Let $C_n$ be a cubical $n \times n \times n$ subset of the integer lattice, so consisting of $n^3$ vertices. I am interested in special Hamiltonian cycles in $C_n$, special in the sense that (a) each …
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Who first dubbed them "expander graphs"?

Expander graphs ("sparse graphs that have strong connectivity properties") burst onto the mathematical scene around the millennium, but I have not been successful in tracing the origin of (a) the conc …
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Equitable 4-colorings of planar triangulations

In an equitable coloring of a graph $G$, the number of vertices in each color class differ by at most $1$. For example, left below is not an equitable coloring, while the right graph is equitably colo …
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Squaring a square and discrete Ricci flow

Is this a theorem? Every $3$-connected planar graph $G$ may be represented as a tiling of a square by squares, one square per node of $G$, with nodes connected in $G$ corresponding to tangent squares …
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Rubber-band graph embedding under gravity

Let $G$ be a simple $3$-connected plane graph with the vertices of its outer face pinned to the $xy$-plane. View each edge as an ideal rubber band, and each internal node given a weight proportional t …
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Are infinite planar graphs still 4-colorable?

Imagine you have a finite number of "sites" $S$ in the positive quadrant of the integer lattice $\mathbb{Z}^2$, and from each site $s \in S$, one connects $s$ to every lattice point to which it has a …

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