Unsolvability of word problem for 2-knot complements ★★★
Author(s): Gordon
Problem Does there exist a smooth/PL embedding of in such that the fundamental group of the complement has an unsolvable word problem?
Keywords: 2-knot; Computational Complexity; knot theory
Algorithm for graph homomorphisms ★★
Author(s): Fomin; Heggernes; Kratsch
Question
Is there an algorithm that decides, for input graphs and , whether there exists a homomorphism from to in time for some constant ?
Keywords: algorithm; Exponential-time algorithm; homomorphism
spanning trees ★★
Author(s):
Problem Prove or disprove: Let be a graph with the minimum vertex degree at least 2; that is, . Then there exists a spanning tree of such that for every support vertex in if , then .
Keywords: spanning trees
Transversal achievement game on a square grid ★★
Author(s): Erickson
Problem Two players alternately write O's (first player) and X's (second player) in the unoccupied cells of an grid. The first player (if any) to occupy a set of cells having no two cells in the same row or column is the winner. What is the outcome of the game given optimal play?
Keywords: game
Exact colorings of graphs ★★
Author(s): Erickson
Conjecture For , let be the statement that given any exact -coloring of the edges of a complete countably infinite graph (that is, a coloring with colors all of which must be used at least once), there exists an exactly -colored countably infinite complete subgraph. Then is true if and only if , , or .
Keywords: graph coloring; ramsey theory
Square achievement game on an n x n grid ★★
Author(s): Erickson
Problem Two players alternately write O's (first player) and X's (second player) in the unoccupied cells of an grid. The first player (if any) to occupy four cells at the vertices of a square with horizontal and vertical sides is the winner. What is the outcome of the game given optimal play? Note: Roland Bacher and Shalom Eliahou proved that every 15 x 15 binary matrix contains four equal entries (all 0's or all 1's) at the vertices of a square with horizontal and vertical sides. So the game must result in a winner (the first player) when n=15.
Keywords: game