scholarly journals Directed Subgraph Complexes

10.37236/1828 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Hultman

Let $G$ be a directed graph, and let $\Delta^{ACY}_G$ be the simplicial complex whose simplices are the edge sets of acyclic subgraphs of $G$. Similarly, we define $\Delta^{NSC}_G$ to be the simplicial complex with the edge sets of not strongly connected subgraphs of $G$ as simplices. We show that $\Delta^{ACY}_G$ is homotopy equivalent to the $(n-1-k)$-dimensional sphere if $G$ is a disjoint union of $k$ strongly connected graphs. Otherwise, it is contractible. If $G$ belongs to a certain class of graphs, the homotopy type of $\Delta^{NSC}_G$ is shown to be a wedge of $(2n-4)$-dimensional spheres. The number of spheres can easily be read off the chromatic polynomial of a certain associated undirected graph. We also consider some consequences related to finite topologies and hyperplane arrangements.

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Robert Endre Tarjan

Many linear-time graph algorithms using depth-first search have been invented. We propose simplified versions of two such algorithms, for computing a bipolar orientation or st-numbering of an undirected graph and for finding all feedback vertices of a directed graph.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cihan Okay

AbstractIn this paper, we study the homotopy type of the partially ordered set of left cosets of abelian subgroups in an extraspecial p-group. We prove that the universal cover of its nerve is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of r-spheres where {2r\geq 4} is the rank of its Frattini quotient. This determines the homotopy type of the universal cover of the classifying space of transitionally commutative bundles as introduced in [2].


2008 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGORY LUPTON ◽  
SAMUEL BRUCE SMITH

AbstractWe give a general method that may be effectively applied to the question of whether two components of a function space map(X, Y) have the same homotopy type. We describe certain group-like actions on map(X, Y). Our basic results assert that if maps f, g: X → Y are in the same orbit under such an action, then the components of map(X, Y) that contain f and g have the same homotopy type.


Author(s):  
Gábor Kusper ◽  
Csaba Biró

In a previous paper we defined the Black-and-White SAT problem which has exactly two solutions, where each variable is either true or false. We showed that Black-and-White $2$-SAT problems represent strongly connected directed graphs. We presented also the strong model of communication graphs. In this work we introduce two new models, the weak model, and the Balatonbogl\'{a}r model of communication graphs. A communication graph is a directed graph, where no self loops are allowed. In this work we show that the weak model of a strongly connected communication graph is a Black-and-White SAT problem. We prove a powerful theorem, the so called Transitions Theorem. This theorem states that for any model which is between the strong and the weak model, we have that this model represents strongly connected communication graphs as Blask-and-White SAT problems. We show that the Balatonbogl\'{a}r model is between the strong and the weak model, and it generates $3$-SAT problems, so the Balatonbogl\'{a}r model represents strongly connected communication graphs as Black-and-White $3$-SAT problems. Our motivation to study these models is the following: The strong model generates a $2$-SAT problem from the input directed graph, so it does not give us a deep insight how to convert a general SAT problem into a directed graph. The weak model generates huge models, because it represents all cycles, even non-simple cycles, of the input directed graph. We need something between them to gain more experience. From the Balatonbogl\'{a}r model we learned that it is enough to have a subset of a clause, which represents a cycle in the weak model, to make the Balatonbogl\'{a}r model more compact. We still do not know how to represent a SAT problem as a directed graph, but this work gives a strong link between two prominent fields of formal methods: SAT problem and directed graphs.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennedy Courtney

Let Γ be a directed graph. The directed forest complex, DF(Γ), is a simplicial complex whose vertices are the edges of Γ and whose simplices are sets of edges that form a directed forest in Γ. We study the directed forest complex of Cayley graphs of finite groups. The homology of DF(Γ) contains information about the graph, Γ and about the group, G. The ultimate goal is to classify DF(Γ) up to homotopy, compute its homology, and interpret the findings in terms of properties of DF(Γ). In this thesis, we present progress made toward this goal.


Author(s):  
Samvel Darbinyan

Let D be a 2-strongly connected directed graph of order p ≥ 3. Suppose that d(x) ≥ p for every vertex x ∈ V (D) \ {x0}, where x0 is a vertex of D. In this paper, we show that if D is Hamiltonian or d(x0) > 2(p − 1)/5, then D contains a Hamiltonian path, in which the initial vertex dominates the terminal vertex.


1965 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 923-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence R. Alvarez

If (L, ≥) is a lattice or partial order we may think of its Hesse diagram as a directed graph, G, containing the single edge E(c, d) if and only if c covers d in (L, ≥). This graph we shall call the graph of (L, ≥). Strictly speaking it is the basis graph of (L, ≥) with the loops at each vertex removed; see (3, p. 170).We shall say that an undirected graph Gu can be realized as the graph of a (modular) (distributive) lattice if and only if there is some (modular) (distributive) lattice whose graph has Gu as its associated undirected graph.


Algorithmica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Khachiyan ◽  
Endre Boros ◽  
Khaled Elbassioni ◽  
Vladimir Gurvich

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inessa Levi ◽  
Steve Seif

AbstractLet $\tau$ be a partition of the positive integer $n$. A partition of the set $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$ is said to be of type $\tau$ if the sizes of its classes form the partition $\tau$ of $n$. It is known that the semigroup $S(\tau)$, generated by all the transformations with kernels of type $\tau$, is idempotent generated. When $\tau$ has a unique non-singleton class of size $d$, the difficult Middle Levels Conjecture of combinatorics obstructs the application of known techniques for determining the rank and idempotent rank of $S(\tau)$. We further develop existing techniques, associating with a subset $U$ of the set of all idempotents of $S(\tau)$ with kernels of type $\tau$ a directed graph $D(U)$; the directed graph $D(U)$ is strongly connected if and only if $U$ is a generating set for $S(\tau)$, a result which leads to a proof if the fact that the rank and the idempotent rank of $S(\tau)$ are both equal to$$ \max\biggl\{\binom{n}{d},\binom{n}{d+1}\biggr\}. $$AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 20M20; 05A18; 05A17; 05C20


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