154 research outputs found
Perfect Matchings, Tilings and Hamilton Cycles in Hypergraphs
This thesis contains problems in finding spanning subgraphs in graphs, such as, perfect matchings, tilings and Hamilton cycles. First, we consider the tiling problems in graphs, which are natural generalizations of the matching problems. We give new proofs of the multipartite Hajnal-Szemeredi Theorem for the tripartite and quadripartite cases.
Second, we consider Hamilton cycles in hypergraphs. In particular, we determine the minimum codegree thresholds for Hamilton l-cycles in large k-uniform hypergraphs for l less than k/2. We also determine the minimum vertex degree threshold for loose Hamilton cycle in large 3-uniform hypergraphs. These results generalize the well-known theorem of Dirac for graphs.
Third, we determine the minimum codegree threshold for near perfect matchings in large k-uniform hypergraphs, thereby confirming a conjecture of Rodl, Rucinski and Szemeredi. We also show that the decision problem on whether a k-uniform hypergraph with certain minimum codegree condition contains a perfect matching can be solved in polynomial time, which solves a problem of Karpinski, Rucinski and Szymanska completely.
At last, we determine the minimum vertex degree threshold for perfect tilings of C_4^3 in large 3-uniform hypergraphs, where C_4^3 is the unique 3-uniform hypergraph on four vertices with two edges
Hamilton cycles in graphs and hypergraphs: an extremal perspective
As one of the most fundamental and well-known NP-complete problems, the
Hamilton cycle problem has been the subject of intensive research. Recent
developments in the area have highlighted the crucial role played by the
notions of expansion and quasi-randomness. These concepts and other recent
techniques have led to the solution of several long-standing problems in the
area. New aspects have also emerged, such as resilience, robustness and the
study of Hamilton cycles in hypergraphs. We survey these developments and
highlight open problems, with an emphasis on extremal and probabilistic
approaches.Comment: to appear in the Proceedings of the ICM 2014; due to given page
limits, this final version is slightly shorter than the previous arxiv
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The minimum vertex degree for an almost-spanning tight cycle in a -uniform hypergraph
We prove that any -uniform hypergraph whose minimum vertex degree is at
least admits an almost-spanning
tight cycle, that is, a tight cycle leaving vertices uncovered. The
bound on the vertex degree is asymptotically best possible. Our proof uses the
hypergraph regularity method, and in particular a recent version of the
hypergraph regularity lemma proved by Allen, B\"ottcher, Cooley and Mycroft.Comment: 10 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1411.495
Loose Hamiltonian cycles forced by large -degree - sharp version
We prove for all and the sharp minimum
-degree bound for a -uniform hypergraph on vertices
to contain a Hamiltonian -cycle if divides and is
sufficiently large. This extends a result of Han and Zhao for -uniform
hypegraphs.Comment: 14 pages, second version addresses changes arising from the referee
report
Hamilton cycles in quasirandom hypergraphs
We show that, for a natural notion of quasirandomness in -uniform
hypergraphs, any quasirandom -uniform hypergraph on vertices with
constant edge density and minimum vertex degree contains a
loose Hamilton cycle. We also give a construction to show that a -uniform
hypergraph satisfying these conditions need not contain a Hamilton -cycle
if divides . The remaining values of form an interesting
open question.Comment: 18 pages. Accepted for publication in Random Structures & Algorithm
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