scholarly journals The number of planar graphs and properties of random planar graphs

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AD,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Gimenez ◽  
Marc Noy
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Asymptotic Estimate ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Limit Laws ◽  
International Audience

International audience We show an asymptotic estimate for the number of labelled planar graphs on $n$ vertices. We also find limit laws for the number of edges, the number of connected components, and other parameters in random planar graphs.

scholarly journals A Complete Grammar for Decomposing a Family of Graphs into 3-Connected Components

10.37236/872 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Chapuy ◽  
Éric Fusy ◽  
Mihyun Kang ◽  
Bilyana Shoilekova
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Equation System ◽  
Canonical Decomposition ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Asymptotic Enumeration ◽  
Important Ingredient ◽  
Limit Laws ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Analytic Expression ◽  
Planar Maps

Tutte has described in the book "Connectivity in graphs" a canonical decomposition of any graph into 3-connected components. In this article we translate (using the language of symbolic combinatorics) Tutte's decomposition into a general grammar expressing any family ${\cal G}$ of graphs (with some stability conditions) in terms of the subfamily ${\cal G}_3$ of graphs in ${\cal G}$ that are 3-connected (until now, such a general grammar was only known for the decomposition into $2$-connected components). As a byproduct, our grammar yields an explicit system of equations to express the series counting a (labelled) family of graphs in terms of the series counting the subfamily of $3$-connected graphs. A key ingredient we use is an extension of the so-called dissymmetry theorem, which yields negative signs in the grammar and associated equation system, but has the considerable advantage of avoiding the difficult integration steps that appear with other approaches, in particular in recent work by Giménez and Noy on counting planar graphs. As a main application we recover in a purely combinatorial way the analytic expression found by Giménez and Noy for the series counting labelled planar graphs (such an expression is crucial to do asymptotic enumeration and to obtain limit laws of various parameters on random planar graphs). Besides the grammar, an important ingredient of our method is a recent bijective construction of planar maps by Bouttier, Di Francesco and Guitter. Finally, our grammar applies also to the case of unlabelled structures, since the dissymetry theorem takes symmetries into account. Even if there are still difficulties in counting unlabelled 3-connected planar graphs, we think that our grammar is a promising tool toward the asymptotic enumeration of unlabelled planar graphs, since it circumvents some difficult integral calculations.

scholarly journals Congruence successions in compositions

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 1 (Combinatorics) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toufik Mansour ◽  
Mark Shattuck ◽  
Mark Wilson
Keyword(s):  
General Formula ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Asymptotic Estimate ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Positive Integers

Combinatorics International audience A composition is a sequence of positive integers, called parts, having a fixed sum. By an m-congruence succession, we will mean a pair of adjacent parts x and y within a composition such that x=y(modm). Here, we consider the problem of counting the compositions of size n according to the number of m-congruence successions, extending recent results concerning successions on subsets and permutations. A general formula is obtained, which reduces in the limiting case to the known generating function formula for the number of Carlitz compositions. Special attention is paid to the case m=2, where further enumerative results may be obtained by means of combinatorial arguments. Finally, an asymptotic estimate is provided for the number of compositions of size n having no m-congruence successions.

scholarly journals FROM PLANAR GRAPHS TO EMBEDDED GRAPHS - A NEW APPROACH TO KAUFFMAN AND VOGEL'S POLYNOMIAL

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (08) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUI PEDRO CARPENTIER
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Direct Proof ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Embedded Graphs ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Graphical Calculus ◽  
Embedded Graph

In [4] Kauffman and Vogel constructed a rigid vertex regular isotopy invariant for unoriented four-valent graphs embedded in three dimensional space. It assigns to each embedded graph G a polynomial, denoted [G], in three variables, A, B and a, satisfying the skein relations: [Formula: see text] and is defined in terms of a state-sum and the Dubrovnik polynomial for links. Using the graphical calculus of [4] it is shown that the polynomial of a planar graph can be calculated recursively from that of planar graphs with less vertices, which also allows the polynomial of an embedded graph to be calculated without resorting to links. The same approach is used to give a direct proof of uniqueness of the (normalized) polynomial restricted to planar graphs. In the case B=A-1 and a=A, it is proved that for a planar graph G we have [G]=2c-1(-A-A-1)v, where c is the number of connected components of G and v is the number of vertices of G. As a corollary, a necessary, but not sufficient, condition is obtained for an embedded graph to be ambient isotopic to a planar graph. In an appendix it is shown that, given a polynomial for planar graphs satisfying the graphical calculus, and imposing the first skein relation above, the polynomial extends to a rigid vertex regular isotopy invariant for embedded graphs, satisfying the remaining skein relations. Thus, when existence of the planar polynomial is guaranteed, this provides a direct way, not depending on results for the Dubrovnik polynomial, to show consistency of the polynomial for embedded graphs.

scholarly journals On the bialgebra of functional graphs and differential algebras

1997 ◽  
Vol Vol. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice Ginocchio
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Discrete Dynamical Systems ◽  
Rooted Trees ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Differential Algebras ◽  
Noncommutative Polynomials ◽  
International Audience

International audience We develop the bialgebraic structure based on the set of functional graphs, which generalize the case of the forests of rooted trees. We use noncommutative polynomials as generating monomials of the functional graphs, and we introduce circular and arborescent brackets in accordance with the decomposition in connected components of the graph of a mapping of \1, 2, \ldots, n\ in itself as in the frame of the discrete dynamical systems. We give applications fordifferential algebras and algebras of differential operators.

scholarly journals Strong Oriented Chromatic Number of Planar Graphs without Short Cycles

2008 ◽  
Vol Vol. 10 no. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickael Montassier ◽  
Pascal Ochem ◽  
Alexandre Pinlou
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Oriented Graph ◽  
Minimal Order ◽  
Outerplanar Graphs ◽  
International Audience

International audience Let M be an additive abelian group. An M-strong-oriented coloring of an oriented graph G is a mapping f from V(G) to M such that f(u) <> j(v) whenever uv is an arc in G and f(v)−f(u) <> −(f(t)−f(z)) whenever uv and zt are two arcs in G. The strong oriented chromatic number of an oriented graph is the minimal order of a group M such that G has an M-strong-oriented coloring. This notion was introduced by Nesetril and Raspaud [Ann. Inst. Fourier, 49(3):1037-1056, 1999]. We prove that the strong oriented chromatic number of oriented planar graphs without cycles of lengths 4 to 12 (resp. 4 or 6) is at most 7 (resp. 19). Moreover, for all i ≥ 4, we construct outerplanar graphs without cycles of lengths 4 to i whose oriented chromatic number is 7.

scholarly journals On the k-restricted structure ratio in planar and outerplanar graphs

2008 ◽  
Vol Vol. 10 no. 3 (Graph and Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gruia Călinescu ◽  
Cristina G. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Approximation Algorithms ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Rates Of Convergence ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Maximum Weight ◽  
Outerplanar Graphs ◽  
Weighted Version ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Unweighted Case

Graphs and Algorithms International audience A planar k-restricted structure is a simple graph whose blocks are planar and each has at most k vertices. Planar k-restricted structures are used by approximation algorithms for Maximum Weight Planar Subgraph, which motivates this work. The planar k-restricted ratio is the infimum, over simple planar graphs H, of the ratio of the number of edges in a maximum k-restricted structure subgraph of H to the number edges of H. We prove that, as k tends to infinity, the planar k-restricted ratio tends to 1 = 2. The same result holds for the weighted version. Our results are based on analyzing the analogous ratios for outerplanar and weighted outerplanar graphs. Here both ratios tend to 1 as k goes to infinity, and we provide good estimates of the rates of convergence, showing that they differ in the weighted from the unweighted case.

scholarly journals An improved bound on the largest induced forests for triangle-free planar graphs

2010 ◽  
Vol Vol. 12 no. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukasz Kowalik ◽  
Borut Luzar ◽  
Riste Skrekovski
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
International Audience

International audience We proved that every planar triangle-free graph of order n has a subset of vertices that induces a forest of size at least (71n + 72)/128. This improves the earlier work of Salavatipour (2006). We also pose some questions regarding planar graphs of higher girth.

scholarly journals Annihilating random walks and perfect matchings of planar graphs

2003 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AC,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Mattera
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Perfect Matchings ◽  
Statistical Mechanical Model ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Statistical Mechanical ◽  
Annihilating Random Walks

International audience We study annihilating random walks on $\mathbb{Z}$ using techniques of P.W. Kasteleyn and $R$. Kenyonon perfect matchings of planar graphs. We obtain the asymptotic of the density of remaining particles and the partition function of the underlying statistical mechanical model.

scholarly journals Percolation on a non-homogeneous Poisson blob process

2003 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AC,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio P. Machado
Keyword(s):  
Connected Components ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
International Audience

International audience We present the main results of a study for the existence of vacant and occupied unbounded connected components in a non-homogeneous Poisson blob process. The method used in the proofs is a multi-scale percolation comparison.

scholarly journals Planar graphs with $\Delta \geq 7$ and no triangle adjacent to a $C_4$ are minimally edge and total choosable

2016 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthe Bonamy ◽  
Benjamin Lévêque ◽  
Alexandre Pinlou
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Total Coloring ◽  
List Total Coloring ◽  
List Edge Coloring ◽  
International Audience

International audience For planar graphs, we consider the problems of <i>list edge coloring</i> and <i>list total coloring</i>. Edge coloring is the problem of coloring the edges while ensuring that two edges that are adjacent receive different colors. Total coloring is the problem of coloring the edges and the vertices while ensuring that two edges that are adjacent, two vertices that are adjacent, or a vertex and an edge that are incident receive different colors. In their list extensions, instead of having the same set of colors for the whole graph, every vertex or edge is assigned some set of colors and has to be colored from it. A graph is minimally edge or total choosable if it is list $\Delta$-edge-colorable or list $(\Delta +1)$-total-colorable, respectively, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree in the graph. It is already known that planar graphs with $\Delta \geq 8$ and no triangle adjacent to a $C_4$ are minimally edge and total choosable (Li Xu 2011), and that planar graphs with $\Delta \geq 7$ and no triangle sharing a vertex with a $C_4$ or no triangle adjacent to a $C_k (\forall 3 \leq k \leq 6)$ are minimally total colorable (Wang Wu 2011). We strengthen here these results and prove that planar graphs with $\Delta \geq 7$ and no triangle adjacent to a $C_4$ are minimally edge and total choosable.

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