Connectivity in bicircular matroids

Tutte has defined n-connection for matroids and proved a connected graph is n-connected if and only if its polygon matroid is n-connected. In this paper we introduce a new notion of connection in graphs, called n-biconnection, and prove an analogous theorem for graphs and their bicircular matroids. Results concerning 3-biconnected graphs are also presented.     

Bounds for the Least Laplacian Eigenvalue of a Signed Graph

A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each edge. This paper extends some fundamental concepts of the Laplacian matrices from graphs to signed graphs. In particular, the relationships between the least Laplacian eigenvalue and the unbalancedness of a signed graph are investigated.     

Enumeration of weak isomorphism classes of signed graphs

A signed graph is a graph in which each line has a plus or minus sign. Two signed graphs are said to be weakly isomorphic if their underlying graphs are isomorphic through a mapping under which signs of cycles are preserved, the sign of a cycle being the product of the signs of its lines. Some enumeration problems implied by such a definition, including the problem of self-dual configurations, are solved here for complete signed graphs by methods of linear algebra over the two-element field. It is also shown that weak isomorphism classes of complete signed graphs are equal in number to other configurations: unlabeled even graphs, two-graphs and switching classes.     

On Tutt's Characterization of graphic matroids—a graphic proof

In this paper we present a relatively simple proof of Tutt's characterization of graphic matroids. The proof uses the notion of ‘signed graph’ and it is ‘graphic’ in the sense that it can be presented almost entirely by drawing (signed) graphs. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Decompositions of signed-graphic matroids

We give a decomposition theorem for signed graphs whose frame matroids are binary and a decomposition theorem for signed graphs whose frame matroids are quaternary.     

On the Laplacian Eigenvalues of Signed Graphs

A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each edge. This article extends some fundamental concepts of the Laplacian matrices from graphs to signed graphs. In particular, the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of a signed graph is investigated, which generalizes the corresponding results on the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph.     

Torsion formulas for signed graphs

Following our recent exposition on the algebraic foundations of signed graphs, we introduce bond (circuit) basis matrices for the tension (flow) lattices of signed graphs, and compute the torsions of such matrices and Laplacians. We present closed formulas for the torsions of the incidence matrix, the Laplacian, bond basis matrices, and circuit basis matrices. These formulas show that the torsions of all such matrices are powers of 2, and so imply that the matroids of signed graphs are representable over any field of characteristic not 2. A notable feature of using torsion is that the Matrix-Tree formula for ordinary graphs and Zaslavsky’s formula for unbalanced signed graphs are unified into one Matrix-Basis formula in terms of the torsion of its Laplacian matrix, rather than in terms of its determinant, which vanishes for an ordinary graph unless one row is deleted from the incidence matrix.     

Generation of Oriented Matroids—A Graph Theoretical Approach

We discuss methods for the generation of oriented matroids and of isomorphism classes of oriented matroids. Our methods are based on single element extensions and graph theoretical representations of oriented matroids, and all these methods work in general rank and for non-uniform and uniform oriented matroids as well. We consider two types of graphs, cocircuit graphs and tope graphs, and discuss the single element extensions in terms of localizations which can be viewed as partitions of the vertex sets of the graphs. Whereas localizations of the cocircuit graph are well characterized, there is no graph theoretical characterization known for localizations of the tope graph. In this paper we prove a connectedness property for tope graph localizations and use this for the design of algorithms for the generation of single element extensions by use of tope graphs. Furthermore, we discuss similar algorithms which use the cocircuit graph. The characterization of localizations of cocircuit graphs finally leads to a backtracking algorithm which is a simple and efficient method for the generation of single element extensions. We compare this method with a recent algorithm of Bokowski and Guedes de Oliveira for uniform oriented matroids. Received November 1, 2000, and in revised form May 11, 2001. Online publication November 7, 2001.     

Graph theoretic approach to parallel gene assembly

We study parallel complexity of signed graphs motivated by the highly complex genetic recombination processes in ciliates. The molecular gene assembly operations have been modeled by operations of signed graphs, i.e., graphs where the vertices have a sign + or −. In the optimization problem for signed graphs one wishes to find the parallel complexity by which the graphs can be reduced to the empty graph. We relate parallel complexity to matchings in graphs for some natural graph classes, especially bipartite graphs. It is shown, for instance, that a bipartite graph G has parallel complexity one if and only if G has a unique perfect matching. We also formulate some open problems of this research topic.     

Signed graph coloring

Coloring a signed graph by signed colors, one has a chromatic polynomial with the same enumerative and algebraic properties as for ordinary graphs. New phenomena are the interpretability only of odd arguments and the existence of a second chromatic polynomial counting zero-free colorings. The generalization to voltage graphs is outlined.     

A characterization of projective-planar signed graphs

A signed graph has a plus or minus sign on each edge. A simple cycle is positive or negative depending on whether it contains an even or odd number of negative edges, respectively. We consider embeddings of a signed graph in the projective plane for which a simple cycle is essential if and only if it is negative. We characterize those signed graphs that have such a projective-planar embedding. Our characterization is in terms of a related signed graph formed by considering the theta subgraphs in the given graph.     

On the unimodality of the independent set numbers of a class of matroids

It is shown that the independent set numbers of polygon matroids of outerplanar graphs are log concave.     

The signed-graphic representations of wheels and whirls

We characterize all of the ways to represent the wheel matroids and whirl matroids using frame matroids of signed graphs. The characterization of wheels is in terms of topological duality in the projective plane and the characterization of whirls is in terms of topological duality in the annulus.     

Excluding a bipartite circle graph from line graphs

We prove that, for a fixed bipartite circle graph H, all line graphs with sufficiently large rank‐width (or clique‐width) must have a pivot‐minor isomorphic to H. To prove this, we introduce graphic delta‐matroids. Graphic delta‐matroids are minors of delta‐matroids of line graphs and they generalize graphic and cographic matroids. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 60: 183–203, 2009     

平衡子欧拉符号图及符号线图

符号图$S=(S^u,\sigma)$是以$S^u$作为底图并且满足$\sigma: E(S^u)\rightarrow\{+,-\}$. 设$E^-(S)$表示$S$的负边集. 如果$S^u$是欧拉的(或者分别是子欧拉的, 欧拉的且$|E^-(S)|$是偶数, 则$S$是欧拉符号图(或者分别是子欧拉符号图, 平衡欧拉符号图). 如果存在平衡欧拉符号图$S''$使得$S''$由$S$生成, 则$S$是平衡子欧拉符号图. 符号图$S$的线图$L(S)$也是一个符号图, 使得$L(S)$的点是$S$中的边, 其中$e_ie_j$是$L(S)$中的边当且仅当$e_i$和$e_j$在$S$中相邻,并且$e_ie_j$是$L(S)$中的负边当且仅当$e_i$和$e_j$在$S$中都是负边. 本文给出了两个符号图族$S$和$S''$,它们应用于刻画平衡子欧拉符号图和平衡子欧拉符号线图. 特别地, 本文证明了符号图$S$是平衡子欧拉的当且仅当$\not\in S$, $S$的符号线图是平衡子欧拉的当且仅当$S\not\in S''$.     

符号圈拼接图的零度

令$\eta(\Gamma)$和$c(\Gamma)$是符号图$\Gamma$的零度和基本圈数. 一个符号圈拼接图是指每个块都是圈的连通符号图. 本文证明了对任意符号拼接图$\eta(\Gamma)\le c(\Gamma)+1$成立, 并且刻画了等号成立的极图, 推广了王登银等人(2022)在简单圈拼接图上的结果. 此外, 我们证明了任意的符号拼接图$\eta(\Gamma)\neq c(\Gamma)$, 给出了满足$\eta(\Gamma)=c(\Gamma)-1$的符号拼接图的一些性质并刻画处$\eta(\Gamma)=c(\Gamma)-1$的二部符号拼接图.     

Oriented hypergraphs: Balanceability

An oriented hypergraph is an oriented incidence structure that extends the concepts of signed graphs, balanced hypergraphs, and balanced matrices. We introduce hypergraphic structures and techniques that generalize the circuit classification of the signed graphic frame matroid to any oriented hypergraphic incidence matrix via its locally-signed-graphic substructure. To achieve this, Camion's algorithm is applied to oriented hypergraphs to provide a generalization of reorientation sets and frustration that is only well-defined on balanceable oriented hypergraphs. A simple partial characterization of unbalanceable circuits extends the applications to representable matroids demonstrating that the difference between the Fano and non-Fano matroids is one of balance.     

Flow-contractible configurations and group connectivity of signed graphs

Jaeger, Linial, Payan and Tarsi (JCTB, 1992) introduced the concept of group connectivity as a generalization of nowhere-zero flow for graphs. In this paper, we introduce group connectivity for signed graphs and establish some fundamental properties. For a finite abelian group $A$, it is proved that an $A$-connected signed graph is a contractible configuration for $A$-flow problem of signed graphs. In addition, we give sufficient edge connectivity conditions for signed graphs to be $A$-connected and study the group connectivity of some families of signed graphs.     

图的符号星k控制数

引入了图的符号星k控制的概念.设G=（V,E）是一个图,一个函数f：E→{-1,＋1},如果∑e∈E[v]f（e）≥1对于至少k个顶点v∈V（G）成立,则称f为图G的一个符号星k控制函数,其中E（v）表示G中与v点相关联的边集.图G的符号星k控制数定义为γkss（G）=min{∑e∈Ef（e）｜f为图G的符号星k控制函数}.在本文中,我们主要给出了一般图的符号星k控制数的若干下界,推广了关于符号星控制的一个结果,并确定路和圈的符号星k控制数.     

Matroid representation of clique complexes

In this paper, we approach the quality of a greedy algorithm for the maximum weighted clique problem from the viewpoint of matroid theory. More precisely, we consider the clique complex of a graph (the collection of all cliques of the graph) which is also called a flag complex, and investigate the minimum number k such that the clique complex of a given graph can be represented as the intersection of k matroids. This number k can be regarded as a measure of “how complex a graph is with respect to the maximum weighted clique problem” since a greedy algorithm is a k-approximation algorithm for this problem. For any k>0, we characterize graphs whose clique complexes can be represented as the intersection of k matroids. As a consequence, we can see that the class of clique complexes is the same as the class of the intersections of partition matroids. Moreover, we determine how many matroids are necessary and sufficient for the representation of all graphs with n vertices. This number turns out to be n-1. Other related investigations are also given.