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Perfect Matchings in Claw-free Cubic Graphs
Lovasz and Plummer conjectured that there exists a fixed positive constant c
such that every cubic n-vertex graph with no cutedge has at least 2^(cn)
perfect matchings. Their conjecture has been verified for bipartite graphs by
Voorhoeve and planar graphs by Chudnovsky and Seymour. We prove that every
claw-free cubic n-vertex graph with no cutedge has more than 2^(n/12) perfect
matchings, thus verifying the conjecture for claw-free graphs.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
On some intriguing problems in Hamiltonian graph theory -- A survey
We survey results and open problems in Hamiltonian graph theory centred around three themes: regular graphs, -tough graphs, and claw-free graphs
Regularity of Edge Ideals and Their Powers
We survey recent studies on the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of edge ideals
of graphs and their powers. Our focus is on bounds and exact values of and the asymptotic linear function , for in terms of combinatorial data of the given graph Comment: 31 pages, 15 figure
Minimum Weight Perfect Matching via Blossom Belief Propagation
Max-product Belief Propagation (BP) is a popular message-passing algorithm
for computing a Maximum-A-Posteriori (MAP) assignment over a distribution
represented by a Graphical Model (GM). It has been shown that BP can solve a
number of combinatorial optimization problems including minimum weight
matching, shortest path, network flow and vertex cover under the following
common assumption: the respective Linear Programming (LP) relaxation is tight,
i.e., no integrality gap is present. However, when LP shows an integrality gap,
no model has been known which can be solved systematically via sequential
applications of BP. In this paper, we develop the first such algorithm, coined
Blossom-BP, for solving the minimum weight matching problem over arbitrary
graphs. Each step of the sequential algorithm requires applying BP over a
modified graph constructed by contractions and expansions of blossoms, i.e.,
odd sets of vertices. Our scheme guarantees termination in O(n^2) of BP runs,
where n is the number of vertices in the original graph. In essence, the
Blossom-BP offers a distributed version of the celebrated Edmonds' Blossom
algorithm by jumping at once over many sub-steps with a single BP. Moreover,
our result provides an interpretation of the Edmonds' algorithm as a sequence
of LPs
Extremal Infinite Graph Theory
We survey various aspects of infinite extremal graph theory and prove several
new results. The lead role play the parameters connectivity and degree. This
includes the end degree. Many open problems are suggested.Comment: 41 pages, 16 figure
Regularity of squarefree monomial ideals
We survey a number of recent studies of the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of
squarefree monomial ideals. Our focus is on bounds and exact values for the
regularity in terms of combinatorial data from associated simplicial complexes
and/or hypergraphs.Comment: 23 pages; survey paper; minor changes in V.
Partitioning the power set of into -free parts
We show that for , in any partition of ,
the set of all subsets of , into parts, some
part must contain a triangle --- three different subsets
such that , , and have distinct representatives.
This is sharp, since by placing two complementary pairs of sets into each
partition class, we have a partition into triangle-free parts. We
also address a more general Ramsey-type problem: for a given graph , find
(estimate) , the smallest number of colors needed for a coloring of
, such that no color class contains a Berge- subhypergraph.
We give an upper bound for for any connected graph which is
asymptotically sharp (for fixed ) when , a cycle, path, or
star with edges. Additional bounds are given for and .Comment: 12 page
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