Combinatorics » Optimization

Ding's tau_r vs. tau conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Ding

Conjecture   Let $ r \ge 2 $ be an integer and let $ H $ be a minor minimal clutter with $ \frac{1}{r}\tau_r(H) < \tau(H) $. Then either $ H $ has a $ J_k $ minor for some $ k \ge 2 $ or $ H $ has Lehman's property.

Keywords: clutter; covering; MFMC property; packing

Posted by mdevos
updated November 11th, 2007
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Combinatorics » Matroid Theory

Equality in a matroidal circumference bound ★★

Author(s): Oxley; Royle

Question   Is the binary affine cube $ AG(3,2) $ the only 3-connected matroid for which equality holds in the bound $$E(M) \leq c(M) c(M^*) / 2$$ where $ c(M) $ is the circumference (i.e. largest circuit size) of $ M $?

Keywords: circumference

Posted by Gordon Royle
updated November 2nd, 2007
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Graph Theory » Infinite Graphs

Highly arc transitive two ended digraphs ★★

Author(s): Cameron; Praeger; Wormald

Conjecture   If $ G $ is a highly arc transitive digraph with two ends, then every tile of $ G $ is a disjoint union of complete bipartite graphs.

Keywords: arc transitive; digraph; infinite graph

Posted by mdevos
updated October 29th, 2007
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