scholarly journals Counting Trees in Graphs

10.37236/6084 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Verstraete ◽  
Dhruv Mubayi
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Convex Function ◽  
Disjoint Union ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Average Degree ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Counting Trees

Erdős and Simonovits proved that the number of paths of length $t$ in an $n$-vertex graph of average degree $d$ is at least $(1 - \delta) nd(d - 1) \cdots (d - t + 1)$, where $\delta = (\log d)^{-1/2 + o(1)}$ as $d \rightarrow \infty$. In this paper, we strengthen and generalize this result as follows. Let $T$ be a tree with $t$ edges. We prove that for any $n$-vertex graph $G$ of average degree $d$ and minimum degree greater than $t$, the number of labelled copies of $T$ in $G$ is at least \[(1 - \varepsilon) n d(d - 1) \cdots (d - t + 1)\] where $\varepsilon = O(d^{-2})$ as $d \rightarrow \infty$. This bound is tight except for the term $1 - \varepsilon$, as shown by a disjoint union of cliques. Our proof is obtained by first showing a lower bound that is a convex function of the degree sequence of $G$, and this answers a question of Dellamonica et. al.

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 $k=0$.

scholarly journals Cover time of a random graph with given degree sequence

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AM,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullah ◽  
Colin Cooper ◽  
Alan Frieze
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
High Probability ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Average Degree ◽  
Cover Time ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
International Audience

International audience In this paper we establish the cover time of a random graph $G(\textbf{d})$ chosen uniformly at random from the set of graphs with vertex set $[n]$ and degree sequence $\textbf{d}$. We show that under certain restrictions on $\textbf{d}$, the cover time of $G(\textbf{d})$ is with high probability asymptotic to $\frac{d-1}{ d-2} \frac{\theta}{ d}n \log n$. Here $\theta$ is the average degree and $d$ is the $\textit{effective minimum degree}$. The effective minimum degree is the first entry in the sorted degree sequence which occurs order $n$ times.

scholarly journals Lower Bounds for the Size of Random Maximal $H$-Free Graphs

10.37236/93 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Wolfovitz
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Random Process ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Random Permutation ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Vertex Graph

We consider the next random process for generating a maximal $H$-free graph: Given a fixed graph $H$ and an integer $n$, start by taking a uniformly random permutation of the edges of the complete $n$-vertex graph $K_n$. Then, traverse the edges of $K_n$ according to the order imposed by the permutation and add each traversed edge to an (initially empty) evolving $n$-vertex graph - unless its addition creates a copy of $H$. The result of this process is a maximal $H$-free graph ${\Bbb M}_n(H)$. Our main result is a new lower bound on the expected number of edges in ${\Bbb M}_n(H)$, for $H$ that is regular, strictly $2$-balanced. As a corollary, we obtain new lower bounds for Turán numbers of complete, balanced bipartite graphs. Namely, for fixed $r \ge 5$, we show that ex$(n, K_{r,r}) = \Omega(n^{2-2/(r+1)}(\ln\ln n)^{1/(r^2-1)})$. This improves an old lower bound of Erdős and Spencer. Our result relies on giving a non-trivial lower bound on the probability that a given edge is included in ${\Bbb M}_n(H)$, conditioned on the event that the edge is traversed relatively (but not trivially) early during the process.

scholarly journals Minimal Weight in Union-Closed Families

10.37236/582 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Falgas-Ravry
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Related Question ◽  
Average Degree ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Minimal Weight ◽  
Multiplicative Factor ◽  
Finite Set

Let $\Omega$ be a finite set and let $\mathcal{S} \subseteq \mathcal{P}(\Omega)$ be a set system on $\Omega$. For $x\in \Omega$, we denote by $d_{\mathcal{S}}(x)$ the number of members of $\mathcal{S}$ containing $x$. A long-standing conjecture of Frankl states that if $\mathcal{S}$ is union-closed then there is some $x\in \Omega$ with $d_{\mathcal{S}}(x)\geq \frac{1}{2}|\mathcal{S}|$. We consider a related question. Define the weight of a family $\mathcal{S}$ to be $w(\mathcal{S}) := \sum_{A \in \mathcal{S}} |A|$. Suppose $\mathcal{S}$ is union-closed. How small can $w(\mathcal{S})$ be? Reimer showed $$w(\mathcal{S}) \geq \frac{1}{2} |\mathcal{S}| \log_2 |\mathcal{S}|,$$ and that this inequality is tight. In this paper we show how Reimer's bound may be improved if we have some additional information about the domain $\Omega$ of $\mathcal{S}$: if $\mathcal{S}$ separates the points of its domain, then $$w(\mathcal{S})\geq \binom{|\Omega|}{2}.$$ This is stronger than Reimer's Theorem when $\vert \Omega \vert > \sqrt{|\mathcal{S}|\log_2 |\mathcal{S}|}$. In addition we construct a family of examples showing the combined bound on $w(\mathcal{S})$ is tight except in the region $|\Omega|=\Theta (\sqrt{|\mathcal{S}|\log_2 |\mathcal{S}|})$, where it may be off by a multiplicative factor of $2$. Our proof also gives a lower bound on the average degree: if $\mathcal{S}$ is a point-separating union-closed family on $\Omega$, then $$ \frac{1}{|\Omega|} \sum_{x \in \Omega} d_{\mathcal{S}}(x) \geq \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{|\mathcal{S}| \log_2 |\mathcal{S}|}+ O(1),$$ and this is best possible except for a multiplicative factor of $2$.

scholarly journals Lower bound for the cost of connecting tree with given vertex degree sequence

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Goubko ◽  
Alexander Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Heuristic Algorithms ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Inequality Constraints ◽  
Topology Design ◽  
Semidefinite Optimization ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Matrix Inequality ◽  
The Cost

Abstract The optimal connecting network problem generalizes many models of structure optimization known from the literature, including communication and transport network topology design, graph cut and graph clustering, etc. For the case of connecting trees with the given sequence of vertex degrees the cost of the optimal tree is shown to be bounded from below by the solution of a semidefinite optimization program with bilinear matrix inequality constraints, which is reduced to the solution of a series of convex programs with linear matrix inequality constraints. The proposed lower-bound estimate is used to construct several heuristic algorithms and to evaluate their quality on a variety of generated and real-life datasets.

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.

On the minimal length of the longest trail in a fixed edge-density graph

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vajk Szécsi
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Minimal Length ◽  
Average Degree ◽  
Edge Density ◽  
Sharp Lower Bound

AbstractA nearly sharp lower bound on the length of the longest trail in a graph on n vertices and average degree k is given provided the graph is dense enough (k ≥ 12.5).

scholarly journals Triangle-Tilings in Graphs Without Large Independent Sets

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÓZSEF BALOGH ◽  
ANDREW McDOWELL ◽  
THEODORE MOLLA ◽  
RICHARD MYCROFT
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Independence Number ◽  
Independent Sets ◽  
Vertex Graph ◽  
Additional Assumptions

We study the minimum degree necessary to guarantee the existence of perfect and almost-perfect triangle-tilings in an n-vertex graph G with sublinear independence number. In this setting, we show that if δ(G) ≥ n/3 + o(n), then G has a triangle-tiling covering all but at most four vertices. Also, for every r ≥ 5, we asymptotically determine the minimum degree threshold for a perfect triangle-tiling under the additional assumptions that G is Kr-free and n is divisible by 3.

scholarly journals A Degree Sequence Version of the Kühn–Osthus Tiling Theorem

10.37236/8986 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Hyde ◽  
Andrew Treglown
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Fundamental Result ◽  
Additive Constant ◽  
Perfect Graph

A fundamental result of Kühn and Osthus [The minimum degree threshold for perfect graph packings, Combinatorica, 2009] determines up to an additive constant the minimum degree threshold that forces a graph to contain a perfect $H$-tiling. We prove a degree sequence version of this result which allows for a significant number of vertices to have lower degree.

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