List Coloring of Random and Pseudo-Random Graphs

choice number of a graph G is the minimum integer k such that for every assignment of a set S(v) of k colors to every vertex v of G, there is a proper coloring of G that assigns to each vertex v a color from S(v). It is shown that the choice number of the random graph G(n, p(n)) is almost surely whenever . A related result for pseudo-random graphs is proved as well. By a special case of this result, the choice number (as well as the chromatic number) of any graph on n vertices with minimum degree at least in which no two distinct vertices have more than common neighbors is at most . Received: October 13, 1997     

An exposá of the mullin-rota theory of polynomials of binomial type

The basic theorems of the Mullin-Rota theory of polynomials of binomial type are rederived here by a combination of the classical theory of generating functions and Rota's operator theoretical methods. As a result a certain number of new identities are obtained.     

An exposá of the mullin-rota theory of polynomials of binomial type

The basic theorems of the Mullin-Rota theory of polynomials of binomial type are rederived here by a combination of the classical theory of generating functions and Rota's operator theoretical methods. As a result a certain number of new identities are obtained.     

The Structure of Hereditary Properties and Colourings of Random Graphs

in the probability space ? Second, does there exist a constant such that the -chromatic number of the random graph is almost surely ? The second question was posed by Scheinerman (SIAM J. Discrete Math. 5 (1992) 74–80). The two questions are closely related and, in the case p=1/2, have already been answered. Pr?mel and Steger (Contemporary Mathematics 147, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, 1993, pp. 167-178), Alekseev (Discrete Math. Appl. 3 (1993) 191-199) and the authors ( Algorithms and Combinatorics 14 Springer-Verlag (1997) 70–78) provided an approximation which was used by the authors (Random Structures and Algorithms 6 (1995) 353–356) to answer the -chromatic question for p=1/2. However, the approximating properties that work well for p=1/2 fail completely for . In this paper we describe a class of properties that do approximate in , in the following sense: for any desired accuracy of approximation, there is a property in our class that approximates to this level of accuracy. As may be expected, our class includes the simple properties used in the case p=1/2. The main difficulty in answering the second of our two questions, that concerning the -chromatic number of , is that the number of small -graphs in has, in general, large variance. The variance is smaller if we replace by a simple approximation, but it is still not small enough. We overcome this by considering instead a very rigid non-hereditary subproperty of the approximating property; the variance of the number of small -graphs is small enough for our purpose, and the structure of is sufficiently restricted to enable us to show this by a fine analysis. Received April 20, 1999     

On the least eigenvalue of a unicyclic mixed graph

Using the result on Fiedler vectors of a simple graph, we obtain a property on the structure of the eigenvectors of a nonsingular unicyclic mixed graph corresponding to its least eigenvalue. With the property, we get some results on minimizing and maximizing the least eigenvalue over all nonsingular unicyclic mixed graphs on n vertices with fixed girth. In particular, the graphs which minimize and maximize, respectively, the least eigenvalue are given over all such graphs with girth 3.     

The concentration of the chromatic number of random graphs

We prove that for every constant >0 the chromatic number of the random graphG(n, p) withp=n ^–1/2– is asymptotically almost surely concentrated in two consecutive values. This implies that for any <1/2 and any integer valued functionr(n)O(n ) there exists a functionp(n) such that the chromatic number ofG(n,p(n)) is preciselyr(n) asymptotically almost surely.Research supported in part by a USA Israeli BSF grant and by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation.Research supported in part by a Charles Clore Fellowship.     

Large families of laplacian isospectral graphs

Two graphs are isomorphic only if they are Laplacian isospectral, that is, their Laplacian matrices share the same multiset of eigenvalues. Large families of nonisomorphic Laplacian isospectral graphs are exhibited for which the common multiset of eigenvalues consists entirely of integers.     

Large families of laplacian isospectral graphs

Two graphs are isomorphic only if they are Laplacian isospectral, that is, their Laplacian matrices share the same multiset of eigenvalues. Large families of nonisomorphic Laplacian isospectral graphs are exhibited for which the common multiset of eigenvalues consists entirely of integers.     

关于图P_n~k的均匀染色

对简单图G=〈V,E〉及自然数k,令V(Gk) =V(G) ,E(Gk) =E(G)∪{uv|d(u,v) =k},其中d(u,v)表示G中u,v的距离,称图Gk为G的k方图.本文讨论了路的k方图Pkn的均匀点染色、均匀边染色和均匀邻强边染色,利用图的色数的基本性质和构造染色函数的方法,得到相应的色数χev(Pkn) ,χ′ee(Pkn) ,χ′eas(Pkn) .并证明猜想“若图G有m -EASC,则一定有m +1 -EASC”对Pkn是正确的.     

Signature preserving linear maps of Hermitian matrices

The structure of a unital linear map on hermitian matrices with the property that it preserves the set of invertible hermitian matrices with fixed indefinite inertia is examined. It turns out that such a map is either a unitary similarity or a unitary similarity followed by a transposition (the case when the fixed inertia has equal number of positive and negative eigenvalues is excluded).     

On quasi-strongly regular graphs

We study the quasi-strongly regular graphs, which are a combinatorial generalization of the strongly regular and the distance regular graphs. Our main focus is on quasi-strongly regular graphs of grade 2. We prove a “spectral gap”-type result for them which generalizes Seidel's well-known formula for the eigenvalues of a strongly regular graph. We also obtain a number of necessary conditions for the feasibility of parameter sets and some structural results. We propose the heuristic principle that the quasi-strongly regular graphs can be viewed as a “lower-order approximation” to the distance regular graphs. This idea is illustrated by extending a known result from the distance-regular case to the quasi-strongly regular case. Along these lines, we propose a number of conjectures and open problems. Finally, we list the all the proper connected quasi-strongly graphs of grade 2 with up to 12 vertices.     

On The Span Of A Random Channel Assignment Problem

In the radio channel assignment problems considered here, we must assign a ‘channel’ from the set 1,2,... of positive integers to each of n transmitters, and we wish to minimise the span of channels used, subject to the assignment leading to an acceptable level of interference. A standard form of this problem is the ‘constraint matrix’ model. The simplest case of this model (the 0, 1 case) is essentially graph colouring. We consider here a random model for the next simplest case (with lengths 0, 1 or 2), and determine the asymptotic behaviour of the span of channels needed as n→∞. We find that there is a ‘phase change’ in this behaviour, depending on the probabilities for the different lengths.     

On the minimal number of edges in color-critical graphs

A graphG isk-critical if it has chromatic numberk, but every proper subgraph of it is (k?1)-colorable. This paper is devoted to investigating the following question: for givenk andn, what is the minimal number of edges in ak-critical graph onn vertices, with possibly some additional restrictions imposed? Our main result is that for everyk≥4 andn>k this number is at least $\left( {\frac{{k - 1}}{2} + \frac{{k - 3}}{{2(k^2 - 2k - 1)}}} \right)n$ , thus improving a result of Gallai from 1963. We discuss also the upper bounds on the minimal number of edges ink-critical graphs and provide some constructions of sparsek-critical graphs. A few applications of the results to Ramsey-type problems and problems about random graphs are described.     

Random Minimum Length Spanning Trees in Regular Graphs

r -regular n-vertex graph G with random independent edge lengths, each uniformly distributed on (0, 1). Let mst(G) be the expected length of a minimum spanning tree. We show that mst(G) can be estimated quite accurately under two distinct circumstances. Firstly, if r is large and G has a modest edge expansion property then , where . Secondly, if G has large girth then there exists an explicitly defined constant such that . We find in particular that . Received: Februray 9, 1998     

NOTE The Johnson Graphs Satisfy a Distance Extension Property

G has property if whenever F and H are connected graphs with and |H|=|F|+1, and and are isometric embeddings, then there is an isometric embedding such that . It is easy to construct an infinite graph with for all k, and holds in almost all finite graphs. Prior to this work, it was not known whether there exist any finite graphs with . We show that the Johnson graphs J(n,3) satisfy whenever , and that J(6,3) is the smallest graph satisfying . We also construct finite graphs satisfying and local versions of the extension axioms studied in connection with the Rado universal graph. Received June 9, 1998     

Vertex Covers by Edge Disjoint Cliques

Dedicated to the memory of Paul Erdős Let H be a simple graph having no isolated vertices. An (H,k)-vertex-cover of a simple graph G = (V,E) is a collection of subgraphs of G satisfying 1.  , for all i = 1, ..., r, 2.  , 3.  , for all , and 4.  each is in at most k of the . We consider the existence of such vertex covers when H is a complete graph, , in the context of extremal and random graphs. Received October 31, 1999 RID="*" ID="*" Supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9627408. RID="†" ID="†" Supported in part by NSF grant CCR-9530974. RID="‡" ID="‡" Supported in part by OTKA Grants T 030059 and T 29074, FKFP 0607/1999 and by the Bolyai Foundation. RID="§" ID="§" Supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9970622.