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# Raziskovalni matematični seminar - Arhiv

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Datum in ura / Date and time: 11.1.21
(10:00 -- 11:00)
Predavalnica / Location: ZOOM (See link below)
Predavatelj / Lecturer: Petr Golovach (Bergen University, Norway)
Naslov / Title: Paths and Cycles Above Combinatorial Bounds
Vsebina / Abstract:

An undirected graph G d-degenerate if every subgraph of G has a vertex of degree at most d, and the degeneracy is the minimum d such that G is d-degenerate. By the classical theorem of Erdös and Gallai from 1959, every graph of degeneracy d>1 contains a cycle of length at least d+1. The proof of Erdös and Gallai is constructive and can be turned into a polynomial time algorithm constructing a cycle of length at least d+1. But can we decide in polynomial time whether a graph contains a cycle of length at least d+2? An easy reduction from Hamiltonian Cycle provides a negative answer to this question: Deciding whether a graph has a cycle of length at least d+2 is NP-complete.  Surprisingly, the complexity of the problem changes drastically when the input graph is 2-connected.  In this case we prove that    deciding whether G contains a cycle of length at least d+k can be done in time 2^{O(k)}|V(G)|^{O(1)}.  Further, we briefly consider similar problem arising from the classical result of Dirac from 1952 that every 2-connected n-vertex graph has a cycle with at least min{2\delta(G),n} vertices.

The talk is based on the joint work with Fedor V. Fomin, Daniel Lokshtanov, Fahad Panolan, Saket Saurabh, Meirav Zehavi, Danil Sagunov, and Kirill Simonov.

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Datum in ura / Date and time: 4.1.21
(10:00 -- 11:00)
Predavalnica / Location: ZOOM (See link below)
Predavatelj / Lecturer: Ted Dobson (UP FAMNIT, Slovenia)
Naslov / Title: Recognizing vertex-transitive digraphs which are wreath products, double coset digraphs, and generalized wreath products
Vsebina / Abstract:

It is known that a Cayley digraph $\Cay(A,S)$ of an abelian group $A$ is isomorphic to a nontrivial wreath product if and only if there is a proper nontrivial subgroup $B\le A$ such that $S\setminus B$ is a union of cosets of $B$ in $A$. We generalize this result to Cayley digraphs $\Cay(G,S)$ to nonabelian groups $G$ by showing that such a digraph is isomorphic to a nontrivial wreath product if and only if there is a proper nontrivial subgroup $H\le G$ such that $S\setminus H$ is a union of double cosets of $H$ in $G$. This result is proven in the more general situation of a double coset digraph (also known as a Sabidussi coset digraph.) We then give applications of this result which include showing the problem of determining automorphism groups of vertex-transitive digraphs is equivalent to the problem of determining automorphism groups of Cayley digraphs, and extending the definition of generalized wreath product digraphs to double coset digraphs of all groups $G$.

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Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.