Skip to content
Preprint

A Proof of the Imbalance Conjecture

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 5 references
Mathematics Computer Science

Abstract

For an edge $uv$ of a finite simple graph $G$, its imbalance is $|d_G(u)-d_G(v)|$, and the imbalance multiset $M_G$ consists of the imbalances of all edges of $G$. Kozerenko and Skochko conjectured that $M_G$ is graphic whenever every edge has positive imbalance. We prove this conjecture. The main ingredient is the following capacity bound: for every set $A$ of $k$ edges, \[ \sum_{e\in E(G)\setminus A}\min\{k,\operatorname{imb}_G(e)\} \ge k\max\{\Delta-k,0\}, \] where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of $G$. This bound yields all Erd\H{o}s--Gallai inequalities directly; a parity computation completes the proof.

View source

Similar papers

Preprint Sep 2026

A maximum matching based refinement of Brouwers conjecture

Let $G$ be a simple graph on $n$ vertices and $e(G)$ edges. Let $\mu_1\geq \cdots \geq \mu_{n-1}\geq \mu_n=0$ be the Laplacian eigenvalues of $G$. For $k=1, \ldots, n$, let $S_k(G)=\sum_{i=1}^{k}\mu_i$. Brouwers conjecture asserts that for any $k\in\{1,\ldots, n\}$, $S_k(G)\leq e(G)+\binom{k+1}{2}$. In [Bounding the su...

Tahir Shamsher · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

A disproof of a gap-one conjecture for the equitable chromatic number of block graphs

For a graph $G$, let $L(G)=\max\{\omega(G),\lceil (|V(G)|+1)/(\alpha_{\min}(G)+1)\rceil\}$, where $\omega(G)$ is the clique number and $\alpha_{\min}(G)$ is the minimum, over all vertices $v$, of the largest size of an independent set containing $v$. Dybizba\'nski, Furma\'nczyk, and Mkrtchyan (Discrete Appl. Math. 354...

Juho Lauri · 0 citations
Preprint Aug 2026

Counterexamples to two conjectures on modular edge colorings of graphs

For an integer $k\geq2$, let $\chi_k'(G)$ denote the minimum number of colors in an edge-coloring of a graph $G$ such that every nonzero degree in each color subgraph is congruent to $1\pmod{k}$. A graph is a $0_k$-graph if every vertex degree is divisible by $k$. We disprove a conjecture of Berthe et al.\ (On modular...

Chun-Qiang Guo, Baoyindureng Wu · 0 citations
Preprint Aug 2026

The Erd\H{o}s four-edge intersection problem

For an $n$-vertex graph $G$ and a permutation $\sigma$ of its vertex set, let $\sigma(G)$ denote the corresponding relabelling of $G$, and put \[ I_G(\sigma)=|E(G)\cap E(\sigma(G))|. \] Let $f(n,k)$ be the minimum number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph for which $I_G(\sigma)\geq k$ for every $\sigma$. In 1977 Erd\H{o}s...

Andrzej Żak · 0 citations
Preprint Sep 2026

A proof of the maximum Laplacian energy conjecture for connected graphs via a sharp eigenvalue-sum bound

Let $S_k(G)$ denote the sum of the $k$ largest Laplacian eigenvalues of a connected graph $G$ of order $n$ and size $m$. Write $\mathrm{PA}_{n,\omega}$ for the graph obtained from an $\omega$-vertex clique by attaching $n-\omega$ pendant vertices to one of its vertices, and set \[ M_{n,k}:=\binom{k+1}{2}+n-k-1, \] the...

S. A. Mojallal · 0 citations
Preprint Sep 2026

An extremal theorem for non-isomorphic spanning trees

For a graph $G$, let $\tau_{\mathrm{iso}}(G)$ denote the number of isomorphism classes of its spanning trees. For every fixed $d\ge3$ and all sufficiently large $n$, we prove that every connected $n$-vertex graph $G$ with $\delta(G)\ge d$ satisfies \[\tau_{\mathrm{iso}}(G)\ge \tau_{\mathrm{iso}}(K_{d,n-d})=A_dn^{d-1}+O...

Zhi-Fei Yan, Lu-Ming Zhang · 0 citations

We use cookies to run the site and, with your consent, for analytics and to show ads. See our Cookie Policy.