scholarly journals The Bandwidth Theorem in sparse graphs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Allen ◽  
Julia Böttcher ◽  
Julia Ehrenmüller ◽  
Anusch Taraz
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Spanning Subgraphs ◽  
Dense Graphs ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
First Results ◽  
Delta G

One of the first results in graph theory was Dirac's theorem which claims that if the minimum degree in a graph is at least half of the number of vertices, then it contains a Hamiltonian cycle. This result has inspired countless other results all stating that in dense graphs we can find sparse spanning subgraphs. Along these lines, one of the most far-reaching results is the celebrated _Bandwidth Theorem_, proved around 10 years ago by Böttcher, Schacht, and Taraz. It states, rougly speaking, that every $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree at least $\left( \frac{r-1}{r} + o(1)\right) n$ contains a copy of all $n$-vertex graphs $H$ such that $\chi(H) \leq r$, $\Delta (H) = O(1)$, and the bandwidth of $H$ is $o(n)$. This was conjectured earlier by Bollobás and Komlós. The proof is using the Regularity method based on the Regularity Lemma and the Blow-up Lemma. Ever since the Bandwith Theorem came out, it has been open whether one could prove a similar statement for sparse random graphs. In this remarkable, deep paper the authors do just that, they establish sparse random analogues of the Bandwidth Theorem. In particular, the authors show that, for every positive integer $\Delta$, if $p \gg \left(\frac{\log{n}}{n}\right)^{1/\Delta}$, then asymptotically almost surely, every subgraph $G\subseteq G(n, p)$ with $\delta(G) \geq \left( \frac{r-1}{r} + o(1)\right) np$ contains a copy of every $r$-colourable spanning (i.e., $n$-vertex) graph $H$ with maximum degree at most $\Delta$ and bandwidth $o(n)$, provided that $H$ contains at least $C p^{-2}$ vertices that do not lie on a triangle (of $H$). (The requirement about vertices not lying on triangles is necessary, as pointed out by Huang, Lee, and Sudakov.) The main tool used in the proof is the recent monumental sparse Blow-up Lemma due to Allen, Böttcher, Hàn, Kohayakawa, and Person.

scholarly journals The bandwidth theorem for locally dense graphs

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Staden ◽  
Andrew Treglown
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Bounded Degree ◽  
Dense Graphs ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Delta G

Abstract The bandwidth theorem of Böttcher, Schacht, and Taraz [Proof of the bandwidth conjecture of Bollobás andKomlós, Mathematische Annalen, 2009] gives a condition on the minimum degree of an n-vertex graph G that ensures G contains every r-chromatic graph H on n vertices of bounded degree and of bandwidth $o(n)$ , thereby proving a conjecture of Bollobás and Komlós [The Blow-up Lemma, Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing, 1999]. In this paper, we prove a version of the bandwidth theorem for locally dense graphs. Indeed, we prove that every locally dense n-vertex graph G with $\delta (G)> (1/2+o(1))n$ contains as a subgraph any given (spanning) H with bounded maximum degree and sublinear bandwidth.

scholarly journals Local Resilience for Squares of Almost Spanning Cycles in Sparse Random Graphs

10.37236/6281 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Noever ◽  
Angelika Steger
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Single Vertex ◽  
Long Cycle ◽  
Local Resilience ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Spanning Cycles

In 1962, Pósa conjectured that a graph $G=(V, E)$ contains a square of a Hamiltonian cycle if $\delta(G)\ge 2n/3$. Only more than thirty years later Komlós, Sárkőzy, and Szemerédi proved this conjecture using the so-called Blow-Up Lemma. Here we extend their result to a random graph setting. We show that for every $\epsilon > 0$ and $p=n^{-1/2+\epsilon}$ a.a.s. every subgraph of $G_{n,p}$ with minimum degree at least $(2/3+\epsilon)np$ contains the square of a cycle on $(1-o(1))n$ vertices. This is almost best possible in three ways: (1) for $p\ll n^{-1/2}$ the random graph will not contain any square of a long cycle (2) one cannot hope for a resilience version for the square of a spanning cycle (as deleting all edges in the neighborhood of single vertex destroys this property) and (3) for $c<2/3$ a.a.s. $G_{n,p}$ contains a subgraph with minimum degree at least $cnp$ which does not contain the square of a path on $(1/3+c)n$ vertices.

Independent dominating sets in graphs of girth five

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ararat Harutyunyan ◽  
Paul Horn ◽  
Jacques Verstraete
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Regularity Conditions ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
First Results ◽  
Complete Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Independent Dominating Set

Abstract Let $\gamma(G)$ and $${\gamma _ \circ }(G)$$ denote the sizes of a smallest dominating set and smallest independent dominating set in a graph G, respectively. One of the first results in probabilistic combinatorics is that if G is an n-vertex graph of minimum degree at least d, then $$\begin{equation}\gamma(G) \leq \frac{n}{d}(\log d + 1).\end{equation}$$ In this paper the main result is that if G is any n-vertex d-regular graph of girth at least five, then $$\begin{equation}\gamma_(G) \leq \frac{n}{d}(\log d + c)\end{equation}$$ for some constant c independent of d. This result is sharp in the sense that as $d \rightarrow \infty$ , almost all d-regular n-vertex graphs G of girth at least five have $$\begin{equation}\gamma_(G) \sim \frac{n}{d}\log d.\end{equation}$$ Furthermore, if G is a disjoint union of ${n}/{(2d)}$ complete bipartite graphs $K_{d,d}$ , then ${\gamma_\circ}(G) = \frac{n}{2}$ . We also prove that there are n-vertex graphs G of minimum degree d and whose maximum degree grows not much faster than d log d such that ${\gamma_\circ}(G) \sim {n}/{2}$ as $d \rightarrow \infty$ . Therefore both the girth and regularity conditions are required for the main result.

scholarly journals Rainbow Pancyclicity in Graph Systems

10.37236/9033 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangyang Cheng ◽  
Guanghui Wang ◽  
Yi Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Absorption Technique

 Let $G_1,\ldots,G_n$ be graphs on the same vertex set of size $n$, each graph with minimum degree $\delta(G_i)\ge n/2$. A recent conjecture of Aharoni asserts that there exists a rainbow Hamiltonian cycle i.e. a cycle with edge set $\{e_1,\ldots,e_n\}$ such that $e_i\in E(G_i)$ for $1\leq i \leq n$. This can be viewed as a rainbow version of the well-known Dirac theorem. In this paper, we prove this conjecture asymptotically by showing that for every $\varepsilon>0$, there exists an integer $N>0$, such that when $n>N$ for any graphs $G_1,\ldots,G_n$ on the same vertex set of size $n$ with $\delta(G_i)\ge (\frac{1}{2}+\varepsilon)n$, there exists a rainbow Hamiltonian cycle. Our main tool is the absorption technique. Additionally, we prove that with $\delta(G_i)\geq \frac{n+1}{2}$ for each $i$, one can find rainbow cycles of length $3,\ldots,n-1$.

Monochromatic paths and cycles in 2-edge-coloured graphs with large minimum degree

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
József Balogh ◽  
Alexandr Kostochka ◽  
Mikhail Lavrov ◽  
Xujun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Complete Graph ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dense Subgraph ◽  
Degree Condition ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Edge Colouring ◽  
Monochromatic Copy

Abstract A graph G arrows a graph H if in every 2-edge-colouring of G there exists a monochromatic copy of H. Schelp had the idea that if the complete graph $K_n$ arrows a small graph H, then every ‘dense’ subgraph of $K_n$ also arrows H, and he outlined some problems in this direction. Our main result is in this spirit. We prove that for every sufficiently large n, if $n = 3t+r$ where $r \in \{0,1,2\}$ and G is an n-vertex graph with $\delta(G) \ge (3n-1)/4$ , then for every 2-edge-colouring of G, either there are cycles of every length $\{3, 4, 5, \dots, 2t+r\}$ of the same colour, or there are cycles of every even length $\{4, 6, 8, \dots, 2t+2\}$ of the samecolour. Our result is tight in the sense that no longer cycles (of length $>2t+r$ ) can be guaranteed and the minimum degree condition cannot be reduced. It also implies the conjecture of Schelp that for every sufficiently large n, every $(3t-1)$ -vertex graph G with minimum degree larger than $3|V(G)|/4$ arrows the path $P_{2n}$ with 2n vertices. Moreover, it implies for sufficiently large n the conjecture by Benevides, Łuczak, Scott, Skokan and White that for $n=3t+r$ where $r \in \{0,1,2\}$ and every n-vertex graph G with $\delta(G) \ge 3n/4$ , in each 2-edge-colouring of G there exists a monochromatic cycle of length at least $2t+r$ .

scholarly journals Maximum Planar Subgraphs in Dense Graphs

10.37236/3041 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Allen ◽  
Jozef Skokan ◽  
Andreas Würfl
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Large N ◽  
Dense Graphs ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Planar Subgraphs

Kühn, Osthus and Taraz showed that for each $\gamma>0$ there exists $C$ such that any $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $\gamma n$ contains a planar subgraph with at least $2n-C$ edges. We find the optimum value of $C$ for all $\gamma< 1/2$ and sufficiently large $n$.

scholarly journals On Perfect Packings in Dense Graphs

10.37236/3173 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
József Balogh ◽  
Alexandr Kostochka ◽  
Andrew Treglown
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Edge Density ◽  
Structural Result ◽  
Dense Graphs ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Vertex Disjoint ◽  
Density Threshold

We say that a graph $G$ has a perfect $H$-packing if there exists a set of vertex-disjoint copies of $H$ which cover all the vertices in $G$. We consider various problems concerning perfect $H$-packings: Given $n, r , D \in \mathbb N$, we characterise the edge density threshold that ensures a perfect $K_r$-packing in any graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and with minimum degree $\delta (G) \geq D$. We also give two conjectures concerning degree sequence conditions which force a graph to contain a perfect $H$-packing. Other related embedding problems are also considered. Indeed, we give a structural result concerning $K_r$-free graphs that satisfy a certain degree sequence condition.

scholarly journals On degree-sequence characterization and the extremal number of edges for various Hamiltonian properties under fault tolerance

2016 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Yan Chen ◽  
Shin-Shin Kao ◽  
Hsun Su
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Sequence Characterization ◽  
Hamiltonian Connected ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Hamiltonian Connectivity ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Hamiltonian Properties

International audience Assume that $n, \delta ,k$ are integers with $0 \leq k < \delta < n$. Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with $|V|=n$. The symbol $G-F, F \subseteq V$, denotes the graph with $V(G-F)=V-F$, and $E(G-F)$ obtained by $E$ after deleting the edges with at least one endvertex in $F$. $G$ is called <i>$k$-vertex fault traceable</i>, <i>$k$-vertex fault Hamiltonian</i>, or <i>$k$-vertex fault Hamiltonian-connected</i> if $G-F$ remains traceable, Hamiltonian, and Hamiltonian-connected for all $F$ with $0 \leq |F| \leq k$, respectively. The notations $h_1(n, \delta ,k)$, $h_2(n, \delta ,k)$, and $h_3(n, \delta ,k)$ denote the minimum number of edges required to guarantee an $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $\delta (G) \geq \delta$ to be $k$-vertex fault traceable, $k$-vertex fault Hamiltonian, and $k$-vertex fault Hamiltonian-connected, respectively. In this paper, we establish a theorem which uses the degree sequence of a given graph to characterize the $k$-vertex fault traceability/hamiltonicity/Hamiltonian-connectivity, respectively. Then we use this theorem to obtain the formulas for $h_i(n, \delta ,k)$ for $1 \leq i \leq 3$, which improves and extends the known results for $k=0$.

The Blow-up Lemma

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÁNOS KOMLÓS
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Extremal Graph ◽  
Extremal Graph Theory ◽  
Regularity Lemma ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Dense Graphs ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Szemeredi's Regularity Lemma

Extremal graph theory has a great number of conjectures concerning the embedding of large sparse graphs into dense graphs. Szemerédi's Regularity Lemma is a valuable tool in finding embeddings of small graphs. The Blow-up Lemma, proved recently by Komlós, Sárközy and Szemerédi, can be applied to obtain approximate versions of many of the embedding conjectures. In this paper we review recent developments in the area.

scholarly journals Ore-degree threshold for the square of a Hamiltonian cycle

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis DeBiasio ◽  
Safi Faizullah ◽  
Imdadullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Independent Interest ◽  
Regularity Lemma ◽  
Degree Condition ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Classic Theorem

Graph Theory International audience A classic theorem of Dirac from 1952 states that every graph with minimum degree at least n=2 contains a Hamiltonian cycle. In 1963, P´osa conjectured that every graph with minimum degree at least 2n=3 contains the square of a Hamiltonian cycle. In 1960, Ore relaxed the degree condition in the Dirac’s theorem by proving that every graph with deg(u) + deg(v) ≥ n for every uv =2 E(G) contains a Hamiltonian cycle. Recently, Chˆau proved an Ore-type version of P´osa’s conjecture for graphs on n ≥ n0 vertices using the regularity–blow-up method; consequently the n0 is very large (involving a tower function). Here we present another proof that avoids the use of the regularity lemma. Aside from the fact that our proof holds for much smaller n0, we believe that our method of proof will be of independent interest.

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