Smaller Extended Formulations for Spanning Tree Polytopes in Minor-closed Classes and Beyond

Let $G$ be a connected $n$-vertex graph in a proper minor-closed class $\mathcal G$. We prove that the extension complexity of the spanning tree polytope of $G$ is $O(n^{3/2})$. This improves on the $O(n^2)$ bounds following from the work of Wong (1980) and Martin (1991). It also extends a result of Fiorini, Huynh, Joret, and Pashkovich (2017), who obtained a $O(n^{3/2})$ bound for graphs embedded in a fixed surface. Our proof works more generally for all graph classes admitting strongly sublinear balanced separators: We prove that for every constant $\beta$ with $0<\beta<1$, if $\mathcal G$ is a graph class closed under induced subgraphs such that all $n$-vertex graphs in $\mathcal G$ have balanced separators of size $O(n^\beta)$, then the extension complexity of the spanning tree polytope of every connected $n$-vertex graph in $\mathcal{G}$ is $O(n^{1+\beta})$. We in fact give two proofs of this result, one is a direct construction of the extended formulation, the other is via communication protocols. Using the latter approach we also give a short proof of the $O(n)$ bound for planar graphs due to Williams (2002).

Counting Induced Subgraphs: An Algebraic Approach to #W[1]-Hardness

We study the problem $$\#\textsc {IndSub}(\varPhi )$$ # I N D S U B ( Φ ) of counting all induced subgraphs of size k in a graph G that satisfy the property $$\varPhi $$ Φ . It is shown that, given any graph property $$\varPhi $$ Φ that distinguishes independent sets from bicliques, $$\#\textsc {IndSub}(\varPhi )$$ # I N D S U B ( Φ ) is hard for the class $$\#\mathsf {W[1]}$$ # W [ 1 ] , i.e., the parameterized counting equivalent of $${{\mathsf {N}}}{{\mathsf {P}}}$$ N P . Under additional suitable density conditions on $$\varPhi $$ Φ , satisfied e.g. by non-trivial monotone properties on bipartite graphs, we strengthen $$\#\mathsf {W[1]}$$ # W [ 1 ] -hardness by establishing that $$\#\textsc {IndSub}(\varPhi )$$ # I N D S U B ( Φ ) cannot be solved in time $$f(k)\cdot n^{o(k)}$$ f ( k ) · n o ( k ) for any computable function f, unless the Exponential Time Hypothesis fails. Finally, we observe that our results remain true even if the input graph G is restricted to be bipartite and counting is done modulo a fixed prime.

Domination in the entire nilpotent element graph of a module over a commutative ring

Let R be a commutative ring with unity and M be a unitary R module. Let Nil(M) be the set of all nilpotent elements of M. The entire nilpotent element graph of M over R is an undirected graph E(G(M)) with vertex set as M and any two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if x + y ∈ Nil(M). In this paper we attempt to study the domination in the graph E(G(M)) and investigate the domination number as well as bondage number of E(G(M)) and its induced subgraphs N(G(M)) and Non(G(M)). Some domination parameters of E(G(M)) are also studied. It has been showed that E(G(M)) is excellent, domatically full and well covered under certain conditions.

Perfect Codes Over Induced Subgraphs of Unit Graphs of Ring of Integers Modulo n

The induced subgraph of a unit graph with vertex set as the idempotent elements of a ring R is a graph which is obtained by deleting all non idempotent elements of R. Let C be a subset of the vertex set in a graph Γ. Then C is called a perfect code if for any x, y ∈ C the union of the closed neighbourhoods of x and y gives the the vertex set and the intersection of the closed neighbourhoods of x and y gives the empty set. In this paper, the perfect codes in induced subgraphs of the unit graphs associated with the ring of integer modulo n, Zn that has the vertex set as idempotent elements of Zn are determined. The rings of integer modulo n are classified according to their induced subgraphs of the unit graphs that accept a subset of a ring Zn of different sizes as the perfect codes