A graph G on n vertices is Hamiltonian if it contains a cycle of length n and pancyclic if it contains cycles of length for all 3 ≤ ≤ n. Write α(G) for the independence numbe...
In this paper we present and describe an improved version of the Zero-Neighbors algorithm, which we call the Zero-Coverings algorithm. We also present a method for finding a small...
The forcing number of a perfect matching M of a graph G is the cardinality of the smallest subset of M that is contained in no other perfect matching of G. In this paper, we demon...
Given a k-uniform hypergraph, the Ek-Vertex-Cover problem is to find the smallest subset of vertices that intersects every hyperedge. We present a new multilayered PCP constructi...
We consider the following combinatorial problem: given a set of n objects (for example, disks in the plane, triangles), and an integer L ≥ 1, what is the size of the smallest su...