Combinatorics » Matrices

The additive basis conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Jaeger; Linial; Payan; Tarsi

Conjecture   For every prime $ p $, there is a constant $ c(p) $ (possibly $ c(p)=p $) so that the union (as multisets) of any $ c(p) $ bases of the vector space $ ({\mathbb Z}_p)^n $ contains an additive basis.

Keywords: additive basis; matrix

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updated March 8th, 2007
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Combinatorics » Matrices

A nowhere-zero point in a linear mapping ★★★

Author(s): Jaeger

Conjecture   If $ {\mathbb F} $ is a finite field with at least 4 elements and $ A $ is an invertible $ n \times n $ matrix with entries in $ {\mathbb F} $, then there are column vectors $ x,y \in {\mathbb F}^n $ which have no coordinates equal to zero such that $ Ax=y $.

Keywords: invertible; nowhere-zero flow

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updated March 8th, 2007
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Graph Theory » Basic G.T. » Connectivity

Partitioning edge-connectivity ★★

Author(s): DeVos

Question   Let $ G $ be an $ (a+b+2) $-edge-connected graph. Does there exist a partition $ \{A,B\} $ of $ E(G) $ so that $ (V,A) $ is $ a $-edge-connected and $ (V,B) $ is $ b $-edge-connected?

Keywords: edge-coloring; edge-connectivity

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updated March 7th, 2007
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Graph Theory » Coloring » Edge coloring

Acyclic edge-colouring ★★

Author(s): Fiamcik

Conjecture   Every simple graph with maximum degree $ \Delta $ has a proper $ (\Delta+2) $-edge-colouring so that every cycle contains edges of at least three distinct colours.

Keywords: edge-coloring

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updated March 7th, 2007
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Graph Theory » Coloring » Edge coloring

Packing T-joins ★★

Author(s): DeVos

Conjecture   There exists a fixed constant $ c $ (probably $ c=1 $ suffices) so that every graft with minimum $ T $-cut size at least $ k $ contains a $ T $-join packing of size at least $ (2/3)k-c $.

Keywords: packing; T-join

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updated March 7th, 2007
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Graph Theory » Coloring » Edge coloring

Petersen coloring conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Jaeger

Conjecture   Let $ G $ be a cubic graph with no bridge. Then there is a coloring of the edges of $ G $ using the edges of the Petersen graph so that any three mutually adjacent edges of $ G $ map to three mutually adjancent edges in the Petersen graph.

Keywords: cubic; edge-coloring; Petersen graph

Posted by mdevos
updated November 24th, 2011
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Graph Theory » Basic G.T. » Matchings

The Berge-Fulkerson conjecture ★★★★

Author(s): Berge; Fulkerson

Conjecture   If $ G $ is a bridgeless cubic graph, then there exist 6 perfect matchings $ M_1,\ldots,M_6 $ of $ G $ with the property that every edge of $ G $ is contained in exactly two of $ M_1,\ldots,M_6 $.

Keywords: cubic; perfect matching

Posted by mdevos
updated November 23rd, 2011
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Graph Theory » Basic G.T. » Cycles

Decomposing eulerian graphs ★★★

Author(s):

Conjecture   If $ G $ is a 6-edge-connected Eulerian graph and $ P $ is a 2-transition system for $ G $, then $ (G,P) $ has a compaible decomposition.

Keywords: cover; cycle; Eulerian

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updated March 7th, 2007
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Graph Theory » Basic G.T. » Cycles

Faithful cycle covers ★★★

Author(s): Seymour

Conjecture   If $ G = (V,E) $ is a graph, $ p : E \rightarrow {\mathbb Z} $ is admissable, and $ p(e) $ is even for every $ e \in E(G) $, then $ (G,p) $ has a faithful cover.

Keywords: cover; cycle

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updated March 7th, 2007
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