We show that if an n-vertex 5-connected graph has at least 4n-10 edges, then for any choice of five of its vertices, we can contract disjoint connected subgraphs containing these vertices to obtain $K_5$ as a minor. The bound on the number of edges is the best possible.
A family of paths strongly separates the edges of a graph if every two distinct edges are separated in both directions by paths in the family. Bonamy, Botler, Dross, Naia, and Skokan proved that every $n$-vertex graph admits such a family of at most $19n$ paths. We improve this bound to $10n-o(n)$.
We prove that, for every integer $k\ge 2$, there exists a constant $c_k>0$ such that every graph on $n\ge R(k,k)$ vertices with maximum degree $\Delta$ contains an induced subgraph on at least $n-c_k\sqrt{\Delta}$ vertices whose maximum degree is attained by at least $k$ vertices. This confirms a conjecture of Caro and...
We prove that every $n$-point set in the plane has a two-coloring with discrepancy $O(n^{1/4})$ for all triangles. This improves the previous bound $O(n^{1/4}\sqrt{\log n})$ and matches the classical lower bound.
We show that there is a fixed planar graph $H$, namely the $5 \times 5$ grid, such that Max Independent Set remains NP-hard in $H$-induced-minor-free graphs. This refutes the Dallard--Milani\v{c}--\v{S}torgel conjecture and a weakening of it by Gartland and Lokshtanov, and by Korhonen.
Let $G$ be the line graph of a finite simple graph, with $n\geq1$ vertices and maximum degree $\Delta$. We prove that single-site Glauber dynamics for uniform proper $q$-colorings mixes in $O_\Delta(n\log(n/\varepsilon))$ steps for every integer $q\geq\Delta+5$. Our proof uses the Bochner framework of Chen and Liu (202...
For a graph $H$, its $k$-colour vertex Ramsey class is the set of all graphs $G$ such that any colouring of the vertices of $G$ in $k$ colours results in a monochromatic (induced) copy of $H$. We prove that for any $k$, Ramsey classes of any non-isomorphic graphs are distinct.
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