Geometric Graphs with Few Disjoint Edges

A geometric graph is a graph drawn in the plane so that the vertices are represented by points in general position, the edges are represented by straight line segments connecting the corresponding points. Improving a result of Pach and T?rőcsik, we show that a geometric graph on n vertices with no k+1 pairwise disjoint edges has at most k ³ (n+1) edges. On the other hand, we construct geometric graphs with n vertices and approximately (3/2)(k-1)n edges, containing no k+1 pairwise disjoint edges. We also improve both the lower and upper bounds of Goddard, Katchalski, and Kleitman on the maximum number of edges in a geometric graph with no four pairwise disjoint edges. Received May 7, 1998, and in revised form March 24, 1999.     

Geometric Graphs with No Three Disjoint Edges

A geometric graph is a graph drawn in the plane so that the vertices are represented by points in general position and edges are represented by straight line segments. We show that a geometric graph on n vertices with no three pairwise disjoint edges has at most 2.5n edges. This result is tight up to an additive constant.     

On Geometric Graphs with No k Pairwise Parallel Edges

A geometric graph is a graph G=(V,E) drawn in the plane so that the vertex set V consists of points in general position and the edge set E consists of straight-line segments between points of V . Two edges of a geometric graph are said to be parallel if they are opposite sides of a convex quadrilateral. In this paper we show that, for any fixed k ≥ 3 , any geometric graph on n vertices with no k pairwise parallel edges contains at most O(n) edges, and any geometric graph on n vertices with no k pairwise crossing edges contains at most O(n log n) edges. We also prove a conjecture by Kupitz that any geometric graph on n vertices with no pair of parallel edges contains at most 2n-2 edges. <lsiheader> <onlinepub>26 June, 1998 <editor>Editors-in-Chief: &lsilt;a href=../edboard.html#chiefs&lsigt;Jacob E. Goodman, Richard Pollack&lsilt;/a&lsigt; <pdfname>19n3p461.pdf <pdfexist>yes <htmlexist>no <htmlfexist>no <texexist>yes <sectionname> </lsiheader> Received January 27, 1997, and in revised form March 4, 1997, and June 16, 1997.     

On Geometric Graphs with No Two Edges in Convex Position

A geometric graph is a graph G=G(V,E) drawn in the plane, where its vertex set V is a set of points in general position and its edge set E consists of straight segments whose endpoints belong to V . Two edges of a geometric graph are in convex position if they are disjoint edges of a convex quadrilateral. It is proved here that a geometric graph with n vertices and no edges in convex position contains at most 2n-1 edges. This almost solves a conjecture of Kupitz. The proof relies on a projection method (which may have other applications) and on a simple result of Davenport—Schinzel sequences of order 2. <lsiheader> <onlinepub>26 June, 1998 <editor>Editors-in-Chief: &lsilt;a href=../edboard.html#chiefs&lsigt;Jacob E. Goodman, Richard Pollack&lsilt;/a&lsigt; <pdfname>19n3p399.pdf <pdfexist>yes <htmlexist>no <htmlfexist>no <texexist>yes <sectionname> </lsiheader> Received December 18, 1995, and in revised form June 17, 1997.     

On the Maximum Number of Edges in Topological Graphs with no Four Pairwise Crossing Edges

A topological graph is called k -quasi-planar if it does not contain k pairwise crossing edges. It is conjectured that for every fixed k, the maximum number of edges in a k-quasi-planar graph on n vertices is O(n). We provide an affirmative answer to the case k=4.     

The Maximum Number of Edges in Geometric Graphs with Pairwise Virtually Avoiding Edges

Let G be a geometric graph on n vertices that are not necessarily in general position. Assume that no line passing through one edge of G meets the relative interior of another edge. We show that in this case the number of edges in G is at most 2n?3.     

On the Number of Edges in Geometric Graphs Without Empty Triangles

In this paper we study the extremal type problem arising from the question: What is the maximum number ET(S) of edges that a geometric graph G on a planar point set S can have such that it does not contain empty triangles? We prove: ${{n \choose 2} - O(n \log n) \leq ET(n) \leq {n \choose 2} - \left(n - 2 + \left\lfloor \frac{n}{8} \right\rfloor \right)}$ .     

Sharp Bounds on Geometric Permutations of Pairwise Disjoint Balls in R d

We prove that the maximum number of geometric permutations, induced by line transversals to a collection of n pairwise disjoint balls in \R ^d , is Θ (n ^d-1 ) . This improves substantially the upper bound of O(n ^2d-2 ) known for general convex sets [9]. We show that the maximum number of geometric permutations of a sufficiently large collection of pairwise disjoint unit disks in the plane is two, improving the previous upper bound of three given in [5]. Received September 21, 1998, and in revised form March 14, 1999.     

LR Characterization of Chirotopes of Finite Planar Families of Pairwise Disjoint Convex bodies

We extend the classical LR characterization of chirotopes of finite planar families of points to chirotopes of finite planar families of pairwise disjoint convex bodies: a map $\chi $ χ on the set of 3-subsets of a finite set $I$ I is a chirotope of finite planar families of pairwise disjoint convex bodies if and only if for every 3-, 4-, and 5-subset $J$ J of $I$ I the restriction of $\chi $ χ to the set of 3-subsets of $J$ J is a chirotope of finite planar families of pairwise disjoint convex bodies. Our main tool is the polarity map, i.e., the map that assigns to a convex body the set of lines missing its interior, from which we derive the key notion of arrangements of double pseudolines, introduced for the first time in this paper.     

On Spanning Disjoint Paths in Line Graphs

Spanning connectivity of graphs has been intensively investigated in the study of interconnection networks (Hsu and Lin, Graph Theory and Interconnection Networks, 2009). For a graph G and an integer s > 0 and for ${u, v \in V(G)}$ with u ≠ v, an (s; u, v)-path-system of G is a subgraph H consisting of s internally disjoint (u,v)-paths. A graph G is spanning s-connected if for any ${u, v \in V(G)}$ with u ≠ v, G has a spanning (s; u, v)-path-system. The spanning connectivity κ*(G) of a graph G is the largest integer s such that G has a spanning (k; u, v)-path-system, for any integer k with 1 ≤ k ≤ s, and for any ${u, v \in V(G)}$ with u ≠ v. An edge counter-part of κ*(G), defined as the supereulerian width of a graph G, has been investigated in Chen et al. (Supereulerian graphs with width s and s-collapsible graphs, 2012). In Catlin and Lai (Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Applications, vol. 1, pp. 207–222, 1991) proved that if a graph G has 2 edge-disjoint spanning trees, and if L(G) is the line graph of G, then κ*(L(G)) ≥ 2 if and only if κ(L(G)) ≥ 3. In this paper, we extend this result and prove that for any integer k ≥ 2, if G ₀, the core of G, has k edge-disjoint spanning trees, then κ*(L(G)) ≥ k if and only if κ(L(G)) ≥ max{3, k}.     

On Locally Gabriel Geometric Graphs

Let \(P\) be a set of \(n\) points in the plane. A geometric graph \(G\) on \(P\) is said to be locally Gabriel if for every edge \((u,v)\) in \(G\), the Euclidean disk with the segment joining \(u\) and \(v\) as diameter does not contain any points of \(P\) that are neighbors of \(u\) or \(v\) in \(G\). A locally Gabriel graph(LGG) is a generalization of Gabriel graph and is motivated by applications in wireless networks. Unlike a Gabriel graph, there is no unique LGG on a given point set since no edge in a LGG is necessarily included or excluded. Thus the edge set of the graph can be customized to optimize certain network parameters depending on the application. The unit distance graph(UDG), introduced by Erdos, is also a LGG. In this paper, we show the following combinatorial bounds on edge complexity and independent sets of LGG: (i) For any \(n\), there exists LGG with \(\Omega (n^{5/4})\) edges. This improves upon the previous best bound of \(\Omega (n^{1+\frac{1}{\log \log n}})\). (ii) For various subclasses of convex point sets, we show tight linear bounds on the maximum edge complexity of LGG. (iii) For any LGG on any \(n\) point set, there exists an independent set of size \(\Omega (\sqrt{n}\log n)\).     

On the Extremal Zagreb Indices of Graphs with Cut Edges

For a (molecular) graph, the first Zagreb index M ₁ is equal to the sum of squares of the vertex degrees, and the second Zagreb index M ₂ is equal to the sum of products of degrees of pairs of adjacent vertices. In this paper, we show that all connected graphs with n vertices and k cut edges, the maximum (resp. minimum) M ₁- and M ₂-value are obtained, respectively, and uniquely, at K _n ^k (resp. P _n ^k ), where K _n ^k is a graph obtained by joining k independent vertices to one vertex of K _n?k and P _n ^k is a graph obtained by connecting a pendent path P _k+1 to one vertex of C _n?k.     

凸函数的几何特征与分类

由凸函数的充要条件,证明关于凸函数的三个命题,据以讨论凸函数的几何特征,给出凸函数的三种分类以及其对应图形,由此得出关于凸函数的几个结论.     

凸几何经典不等式的蕴含关系

该文指出了凸几何分析中几个具有较高应用价值的经典不等式之间的蕴涵关系.     

The Least Eigenvalue of Graphs with Cut Edges

In this paper we characterize the unique graph whose least eigenvalue attains the minimum among all connected graphs of fixed order and given number of cut edges.     

On the Number of Edges in Colour-Critical Graphs and Hypergraphs

A (hyper)graph G is called k-critical if it has chromatic number k, but every proper sub(hyper)graph of it is (k-1)-colourable. We prove that for sufficiently large k, every k-critical triangle-free graph on n vertices has at least (k-o(k))n edges. Furthermore, we show that every (k+1)-critical hypergraph on n vertices and without graph edges has at least (k-3/³?{k}) n(k-3/\sqrt[3]{k}) n edges. Both bounds differ from the best possible bounds by o(kn) even for graphs or hypergraphs of arbitrary girth.     

The 3-Connected Graphs with Exactly k Non-Essential Edges

Let G be a simple 3-connected graph. An edge e of G is essential if neither the deletion G\ e nor the contraction G/e is both simple and 3-connected. In this study, we show that all 3-connected graphs with k(k ≥ 2) non-essential edges can be obtained from a wheel by three kinds of operations which defined in the paper.