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  text: "We show that a randomly perturbed digraph, where we start with a dense digraph
    Dα and add a small number of random edges to it, will typically contain a fixed
    orientation of a bounded-degree spanning tree. This answers a question posed by
    Araujo, Balogh, Krueger, Piga and Treglown and generalizes the corresponding result
    for randomly perturbed graphs by Krivelevich, Kwan and Sudakov. More specifically,
    we prove that there exists a constant c=c(α,Δ) such that if \r\nT is an oriented
    tree with maximum degree Δ and Dα is an n-vertex digraph with minimum semidegree
    αn, then the graph obtained by adding cn uniformly random edges to Dα will contain
    T with high probability."
acknowledgement: "We thank the anonymous referees for many helpful comments on an
  earlier version of this\r\narticle. Kalina Petrova was supported by grant no. CRSII5
  173721 of the Swiss National\r\nScience Foundation, and by the European Union’s
  Horizon 2020 research and innovation\r\nprogramme under the Marie Sk lodowska-Curie
  grant agreement No. 101034413"
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author:
- first_name: Patryk
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  last_name: Morawski
- first_name: Kalina H
  full_name: Petrova, Kalina H
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citation:
  ama: Morawski P, Petrova KH. Randomly perturbed digraphs also have bounded-degree
    spanning trees. <i>Electronic Journal of Combinatorics</i>. 2026;33(2). doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.37236/13316">10.37236/13316</a>
  apa: Morawski, P., &#38; Petrova, K. H. (2026). Randomly perturbed digraphs also
    have bounded-degree spanning trees. <i>Electronic Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. <a href="https://doi.org/10.37236/13316">https://doi.org/10.37236/13316</a>
  chicago: Morawski, Patryk, and Kalina H Petrova. “Randomly Perturbed Digraphs Also
    Have Bounded-Degree Spanning Trees.” <i>Electronic Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.37236/13316">https://doi.org/10.37236/13316</a>.
  ieee: P. Morawski and K. H. Petrova, “Randomly perturbed digraphs also have bounded-degree
    spanning trees,” <i>Electronic Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 33, no. 2. Electronic
    Journal of Combinatorics, 2026.
  ista: Morawski P, Petrova KH. 2026. Randomly perturbed digraphs also have bounded-degree
    spanning trees. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 33(2), P2.24.
  mla: Morawski, Patryk, and Kalina H. Petrova. “Randomly Perturbed Digraphs Also
    Have Bounded-Degree Spanning Trees.” <i>Electronic Journal of Combinatorics</i>,
    vol. 33, no. 2, P2.24, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.37236/13316">10.37236/13316</a>.
  short: P. Morawski, K.H. Petrova, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 33 (2026).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: "We show that if n is odd and p>=Clog n/n, then with high probability Hamilton
    cycles in G(n,p) span its cycle space. More generally, we show this holds for
    a class of graphs satisfying certain natural pseudorandom properties. The proof
    is based on a novel idea of parity-switchers, which can be thought of as analogues
    of absorbers in the context of cycle spaces. As another application of our method,
    we show that Hamilton cycles in a near-Dirac graph G, that is, a graph G with
    odd n vertices and minimum degree n/2+C for sufficiently large constant C, span
    its cycle space.\r\n"
acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon
  2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement
  No 101034413. Image 1 Part of this research was conducted while the author was at
  Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. This author was supported
  by grant no. CRSII5 173721 of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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author:
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  last_name: Christoph
- first_name: Rajko
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  last_name: Nenadov
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  full_name: Petrova, Kalina H
  id: 554ff4e4-f325-11ee-b0c4-a10dbd523381
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  ama: Christoph M, Nenadov R, Petrova KH. The Hamilton space of pseudorandom graphs.
    <i>Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B</i>. 2026;176:254-267. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002">10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002</a>
  apa: Christoph, M., Nenadov, R., &#38; Petrova, K. H. (2026). The Hamilton space
    of pseudorandom graphs. <i>Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002</a>
  chicago: Christoph, Micha, Rajko Nenadov, and Kalina H Petrova. “The Hamilton Space
    of Pseudorandom Graphs.” <i>Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B</i>. Elsevier,
    2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002</a>.
  ieee: M. Christoph, R. Nenadov, and K. H. Petrova, “The Hamilton space of pseudorandom
    graphs,” <i>Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B</i>, vol. 176. Elsevier,
    pp. 254–267, 2026.
  ista: Christoph M, Nenadov R, Petrova KH. 2026. The Hamilton space of pseudorandom
    graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 176, 254–267.
  mla: Christoph, Micha, et al. “The Hamilton Space of Pseudorandom Graphs.” <i>Journal
    of Combinatorial Theory Series B</i>, vol. 176, Elsevier, 2026, pp. 254–67, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002">10.1016/j.jctb.2025.09.002</a>.
  short: M. Christoph, R. Nenadov, K.H. Petrova, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series
    B 176 (2026) 254–267.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: 'In his study of graph codes, Alon introduced the concept of the odd-Ramsey
    number of a family of graphs H in Kn, defined as the minimum number of colours
    needed to colour the edges of K so that every copy of a graph H E H intersects
    some colour class in an odd number of edges. In this paper, we focus on complete
    bipartite graphs. First, we completely resolve the problem when H is the family
    of all spanning complete bipartite graphs on n vertices. We then focus on its
    subfamilies, that is, {Kt,n-t : t E T} for a fixed set of integers T c [[n/2]].
    We prove that the odd-Ramsey problem is equivalent to determining the maximum
    dimension of a linear binary code avoiding codewords of given weights, and leverage
    known results from coding theory to deduce asymptotically tight bounds in our
    setting. We conclude with bounds for the odd-Ramsey numbers of fixed (that is,
    non-spanning) complete bipartite subgraphs.'
acknowledgement: "The authors would like to thank Gilles Zémor for a helpful clarification
  on [3], Deepak Bal and Patrick Bennett for bringing [25] to their attention, and
  both referees for several helpful comments.\r\nS.B.: Most of this research was conducted
  while the author was at the School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,
  United Kingdom. The research leading to these results was supported by EPSRC, United
  Kingdom, grant no. EP/V048287/1 and by ERC Advanced Grants “GeoScape”, no. 882971
  and “ERMiD”, no. 101054936. There are no additional data beyond that contained within
  the main manuscript.\r\nS.D.: Research supported by Taiwan NSTC grants 111-2115-M-002-009-MY2
  and 113-2628-M-002-008-MY4.\r\nK.P.: This project has received funding from the
  European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie
  Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034413. Parts of this research was conducted
  while K.P. was at the Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, supported
  by Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland , grant no. CRSII5 173721."
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- first_name: Shagnik
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  last_name: Das
- first_name: Thomas
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    bipartite graphs. <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>. 2026;131. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235</a>
  apa: Boyadzhiyska, S., Das, S., Lesgourgues, T., &#38; Petrova, K. H. (2026). Odd-Ramsey
    numbers of complete bipartite graphs. <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235</a>
  chicago: Boyadzhiyska, Simona, Shagnik Das, Thomas Lesgourgues, and Kalina H Petrova.
    “Odd-Ramsey Numbers of Complete Bipartite Graphs.” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235</a>.
  ieee: S. Boyadzhiyska, S. Das, T. Lesgourgues, and K. H. Petrova, “Odd-Ramsey numbers
    of complete bipartite graphs,” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol.
    131. Elsevier, 2026.
  ista: Boyadzhiyska S, Das S, Lesgourgues T, Petrova KH. 2026. Odd-Ramsey numbers
    of complete bipartite graphs. European Journal of Combinatorics. 131, 104235.
  mla: Boyadzhiyska, Simona, et al. “Odd-Ramsey Numbers of Complete Bipartite Graphs.”
    <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 131, 104235, Elsevier, 2026, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104235</a>.
  short: S. Boyadzhiyska, S. Das, T. Lesgourgues, K.H. Petrova, European Journal of
    Combinatorics 131 (2026).
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  text: "One of the foundational theorems of extremal graph theory is Dirac’s theorem,
    which\r\nsays that if an n-vertex graph G has minimum degree at least n/2, then
    G has a\r\nHamilton cycle, and therefore a perfect matching (if n is even). Later
    work by Sárközy,\r\nSelkow and Szemerédi showed that in fact Dirac graphs have
    many Hamilton cycles\r\nand perfect matchings, culminating in a result of Cuckler
    and Kahn that gives a precise\r\ndescription of the numbers of Hamilton cycles
    and perfect matchings in a Dirac graph\r\nG (in terms of an entropy-like parameter
    of G). In this paper we extend Cuckler\r\nand Kahn’s result to perfect matchings
    in hypergraphs. For positive integers d < k,\r\nand for n divisible by k, let
    md (k, n) be the minimum d-degree that ensures the\r\nexistence of a perfect matching
    in an n-vertex k-uniform hypergraph. In general, it is\r\nan open question to
    determine (even asymptotically) the values of md (k, n), but we are\r\nnonetheless
    able to prove an analogue of the Cuckler–Kahn theorem, showing that if\r\nan n-vertex
    k-uniform hypergraph G has minimum d-degree at least (1+γ )md (k, n)\r\n(for any
    constantγ > 0), then the number of perfect matchings in G is controlled by\r\nan
    entropy-like parameter of G. This strengthens cruder estimates arising from work\r\nof
    Kang–Kelly–Kühn–Osthus–Pfenninger and Pham–Sah–Sawhney–Simkin."
acknowledgement: We would like to thank the referees for a number of helpful comments
  and suggestions, which have substantially improved the paper. Open access funding
  provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).
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    <i>Combinatorica</i>. 2026;46. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8">10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8</a>
  apa: Kwan, M. A., Safavi Hemami, R., &#38; Wang, Y. (2026). Counting perfect matchings
    in Dirac hypergraphs. <i>Combinatorica</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8</a>
  chicago: Kwan, Matthew Alan, Roodabeh Safavi Hemami, and Yiting Wang. “Counting
    Perfect Matchings in Dirac Hypergraphs.” <i>Combinatorica</i>. Springer Nature,
    2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8</a>.
  ieee: M. A. Kwan, R. Safavi Hemami, and Y. Wang, “Counting perfect matchings in
    Dirac hypergraphs,” <i>Combinatorica</i>, vol. 46. Springer Nature, 2026.
  ista: Kwan MA, Safavi Hemami R, Wang Y. 2026. Counting perfect matchings in Dirac
    hypergraphs. Combinatorica. 46, 5.
  mla: Kwan, Matthew Alan, et al. “Counting Perfect Matchings in Dirac Hypergraphs.”
    <i>Combinatorica</i>, vol. 46, 5, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8">10.1007/s00493-025-00194-8</a>.
  short: M.A. Kwan, R. Safavi Hemami, Y. Wang, Combinatorica 46 (2026).
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  text: "Consider a quadratic polynomial Q(ξ1, . . . , ξn) of independent Rademacher
    random variables ξ1, . . . , ξn. To what extent can Q(ξ1, . . . , ξn) concentrate
    on a single value? This quadratic version of the classical Littlewood–Offord problem
    was popularised by Costello, Tao and Vu in their study of symmetric random matrices.
    In this paper, we obtain an essentially optimal bound for this problem, as conjectured
    by Nguyen and Vu. Specifically, if Q(ξ1, . . . , ξn) ‘robustly depends on at least
    m of the ξi’ in the sense that there is no way to pin down the value of Q(ξ1,
    . . . , ξn) by fixing values for fewer than m of the variables ξi, then we have
    Pr[Q(ξ1, . . . , ξn) = 0] ≤ O(1/√m). This also implies a similar result in the
    case where ξ1, . . . , ξn have arbitrary distributions. Our proof combines a number
    of ideas that may be of independent interest, including an inductive decoupling
    scheme that reduces quadratic anticoncentration problems\r\nto high-dimensional
    linear anticoncentration problems. Also, one application of our main result is
    the resolution of a conjecture of Alon, Hefetz, Krivelevich and Tyomkyn related
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acknowledgement: We would like to thank the anonymous referee for a number of helpful
  comments and suggestions. Matthew Kwan was supported by ERC Starting Grant “RANDSTRUCT”
  No. 101076777. Lisa Sauermann was supported in part by NSF Award DMS-2100157 and
  a Sloan Research Fellowship, and in part by the DFG Heisenberg Program.
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  ama: Kwan MA, Sauermann L. Resolution of the quadratic Littlewood–Offord problem.
    <i>Compositio Mathematica</i>. 2025;161(12):3089-3139. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789">10.1112/S0010437X25102789</a>
  apa: Kwan, M. A., &#38; Sauermann, L. (2025). Resolution of the quadratic Littlewood–Offord
    problem. <i>Compositio Mathematica</i>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789">https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789</a>
  chicago: Kwan, Matthew Alan, and Lisa Sauermann. “Resolution of the Quadratic Littlewood–Offord
    Problem.” <i>Compositio Mathematica</i>. Cambridge University Press, 2025. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789">https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789</a>.
  ieee: M. A. Kwan and L. Sauermann, “Resolution of the quadratic Littlewood–Offord
    problem,” <i>Compositio Mathematica</i>, vol. 161, no. 12. Cambridge University
    Press, pp. 3089–3139, 2025.
  ista: Kwan MA, Sauermann L. 2025. Resolution of the quadratic Littlewood–Offord
    problem. Compositio Mathematica. 161(12), 3089–3139.
  mla: Kwan, Matthew Alan, and Lisa Sauermann. “Resolution of the Quadratic Littlewood–Offord
    Problem.” <i>Compositio Mathematica</i>, vol. 161, no. 12, Cambridge University
    Press, 2025, pp. 3089–139, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/S0010437X25102789">10.1112/S0010437X25102789</a>.
  short: M.A. Kwan, L. Sauermann, Compositio Mathematica 161 (2025) 3089–3139.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: The size-Ramsey number r^(H) of a graph H is the smallest number of edges
    a (host) graph G can have, such that for any red/blue colouring of G, there is
    a monochromatic copy of H in G. Recently, Conlon, Nenadov and Trujić showed that
    if H is a graph on n vertices and maximum degree three, then r^(H)=O(n8/5), improving
    upon the upper bound of n5/3+o(1) by Kohayakawa, Rödl, Schacht and Szemerédi.
    In this paper we show that r^(H)≤n3/2+o(1). While the previously used host graphs
    were vanilla binomial random graphs, we prove our result using a novel host graph
    construction. Our bound hits a natural barrier of the existing methods.
acknowledgement: 'We would like to thank Rajko Nenadov and Miloš Trujić for helpful
  comments and discussions, as well as the anonymous referees for their very useful
  feedback, which improved the paper considerably. This research was supported by
  SNSF Project 217926. Part of this research was conducted while Nemanja Draganić
  was at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and partially supported by SNSF Grant 200021_196965.
  This project has received funding from the European Union''s Horizon 2020 research
  and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement Number:
  101034413. Part of this research was conducted while Kalina Petrova was at the Department
  of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, supported by SNSF Grant CRSII5 173721.'
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    <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>. 2025;111(3). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116">10.1112/jlms.70116</a>
  apa: Draganić, N., &#38; Petrova, K. H. (2025). Size‐Ramsey numbers of graphs with
    maximum degree three. <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>. Wiley.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116">https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116</a>
  chicago: Draganić, Nemanja, and Kalina H Petrova. “Size‐Ramsey Numbers of Graphs
    with Maximum Degree Three.” <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>.
    Wiley, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116">https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116</a>.
  ieee: N. Draganić and K. H. Petrova, “Size‐Ramsey numbers of graphs with maximum
    degree three,” <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>, vol. 111, no.
    3. Wiley, 2025.
  ista: Draganić N, Petrova KH. 2025. Size‐Ramsey numbers of graphs with maximum degree
    three. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 111(3), e70116.
  mla: Draganić, Nemanja, and Kalina H. Petrova. “Size‐Ramsey Numbers of Graphs with
    Maximum Degree Three.” <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>, vol.
    111, no. 3, e70116, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70116">10.1112/jlms.70116</a>.
  short: N. Draganić, K.H. Petrova, Journal of the London Mathematical Society 111
    (2025).
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  text: An ordered r-matching is an r-uniform hypergraph matching equipped with an
    ordering on its vertices. These objects can be viewed as natural generalisations
    of r-dimensional orders. The theory of ordered 2-matchings is well developed and
    has connections and applications to extremal and enumerative combinatorics, probability
    and geometry. On the other hand, in the case  r≥3 much less is known, largely
    due to a lack of powerful bijective tools. Recently, Dudek, Grytczuk and Ruciński
    made some first steps towards a general theory of ordered r-matchings, and in
    this paper we substantially improve several of their results and introduce some
    new directions of study. Many intriguing open questions remain.
acknowledgement: We would like to thank Timo Seppäläinen for some illuminating discussion
  about random high-dimensional orders and for bringing our attention to [59]. We
  would also like to thank the referees for helpful feedback. Michael Anastos is supported
  by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the
  Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101034413. Matthew Kwan is supported
  by ERC Starting Grant ‘RANDSTRUCT’ No. 101076777, also funded by the European Union.
  Zhihan Jin and Benny Sudakov are supported by SNSF grant 200021-228014.
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- first_name: Zhihan
  full_name: Jin, Zhihan
  last_name: Jin
- first_name: Matthew Alan
  full_name: Kwan, Matthew Alan
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  last_name: Kwan
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  last_name: Sudakov
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  ama: Anastos M, Jin Z, Kwan MA, Sudakov B. Extremal, enumerative and probabilistic
    results on ordered hypergraph matchings. <i>Forum of Mathematics, Sigma</i>. 2025;13.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144">10.1017/fms.2024.144</a>
  apa: Anastos, M., Jin, Z., Kwan, M. A., &#38; Sudakov, B. (2025). Extremal, enumerative
    and probabilistic results on ordered hypergraph matchings. <i>Forum of Mathematics,
    Sigma</i>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144">https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144</a>
  chicago: Anastos, Michael, Zhihan Jin, Matthew Alan Kwan, and Benny Sudakov. “Extremal,
    Enumerative and Probabilistic Results on Ordered Hypergraph Matchings.” <i>Forum
    of Mathematics, Sigma</i>. Cambridge University Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144">https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144</a>.
  ieee: M. Anastos, Z. Jin, M. A. Kwan, and B. Sudakov, “Extremal, enumerative and
    probabilistic results on ordered hypergraph matchings,” <i>Forum of Mathematics,
    Sigma</i>, vol. 13. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
  ista: Anastos M, Jin Z, Kwan MA, Sudakov B. 2025. Extremal, enumerative and probabilistic
    results on ordered hypergraph matchings. Forum of Mathematics, Sigma. 13, e55.
  mla: Anastos, Michael, et al. “Extremal, Enumerative and Probabilistic Results on
    Ordered Hypergraph Matchings.” <i>Forum of Mathematics, Sigma</i>, vol. 13, e55,
    Cambridge University Press, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2024.144">10.1017/fms.2024.144</a>.
  short: M. Anastos, Z. Jin, M.A. Kwan, B. Sudakov, Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 13
    (2025).
corr_author: '1'
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date_updated: 2025-09-30T11:18:57Z
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- '510'
department:
- _id: MaKw
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  text: Let μ(G) denote the minimum number of edges whose addition to G results in
    a Hamiltonian graph, and let μ^(G) denote the minimum number of edges whose addition
    to G results in a pancyclic graph. We study the distributions of μ(G),μ^(G) in
    the context of binomial random graphs. Letting d=d(n):=n⋅p, we prove that there
    exists a function f:R+→[0,1] of order f(d)=12de−d+e−d+O(d6e−3d) such that, if
    G∼G(n,p) with 20≤d(n)≤0.4logn, then with high probability μ(G)=(1+o(1))⋅f(d)⋅n.
    Let ni(G) denote the number of degree i vertices in G. A trivial lower bound on
    μ(G) is given by the expression n0(G)+⌈12n1(G)⌉. In the denser regime of random
    graphs, we show that if np−13logn−2loglogn→∞ and G∼G(n,p) then, with high probability,
    μ(G)=n0(G)+⌈12n1(G)⌉. For completion to pancyclicity, we show that if G∼G(n,p)
    and np≥20 then, with high probability, μ^(G)=μ(G). Finally, we present a polynomial
    time algorithm such that, if G∼G(n,p) and np≥20, then, with high probability,
    the algorithm returns a set of edges of size μ(G) whose addition to G results
    in a pancyclic (and therefore also Hamiltonian) graph.
acknowledgement: The authors would like to express their thanks to the referees of
  the article for their valuable input towards improving the presentation of our result.
  This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research
  and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034413.
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  full_name: Anastos, Michael
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  ama: Alon Y, Anastos M. The completion numbers of hamiltonicity and pancyclicity
    in random graphs. <i>Random Structures and Algorithms</i>. 2025;66(2). doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286">10.1002/rsa.21286</a>
  apa: Alon, Y., &#38; Anastos, M. (2025). The completion numbers of hamiltonicity
    and pancyclicity in random graphs. <i>Random Structures and Algorithms</i>. Wiley.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286">https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286</a>
  chicago: Alon, Yahav, and Michael Anastos. “The Completion Numbers of Hamiltonicity
    and Pancyclicity in Random Graphs.” <i>Random Structures and Algorithms</i>. Wiley,
    2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286">https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286</a>.
  ieee: Y. Alon and M. Anastos, “The completion numbers of hamiltonicity and pancyclicity
    in random graphs,” <i>Random Structures and Algorithms</i>, vol. 66, no. 2. Wiley,
    2025.
  ista: Alon Y, Anastos M. 2025. The completion numbers of hamiltonicity and pancyclicity
    in random graphs. Random Structures and Algorithms. 66(2), e21286.
  mla: Alon, Yahav, and Michael Anastos. “The Completion Numbers of Hamiltonicity
    and Pancyclicity in Random Graphs.” <i>Random Structures and Algorithms</i>, vol.
    66, no. 2, e21286, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.21286">10.1002/rsa.21286</a>.
  short: Y. Alon, M. Anastos, Random Structures and Algorithms 66 (2025).
date_created: 2025-03-23T23:01:26Z
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  text: "A tantalizing open problem, posed independently by Stiebitz in 1995 and by
    Alon in 1996 and again in 2006, asks whether for every pair of integers  s,t≥1
    there exists a finite number  F(s,t)\r\nsuch that the vertex set of every digraph
    of minimum out-degree at least  F(s,t) can be partitioned into non-empty parts
    \ A  and  B  such that the subdigraphs induced on  A\r\n  and  B  have minimum
    out-degree at least  s  and  t , respectively.\r\nIn this short note, we prove
    that if  F(2,2)  exists, then all the numbers  F(s,t)  with  s,t≥1\r\n  exist
    and satisfy  F(s,t)=Θ(s+t) . In consequence, the problem of Alon and Stiebitz
    reduces to the case  s=t=2 . Moreover, the numbers  F(s,t)  with  s,t≥2  either
    all exist and grow linearly, or all of them do not exist."
acknowledgement: Funded by SNSF Ambizione grant No. 216071. This project has received
  funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
  under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No, 101034413. Funded by SNSF grant
  CRSII5, 173721.
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author:
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  full_name: Christoph, Micha
  last_name: Christoph
- first_name: Kalina H
  full_name: Petrova, Kalina H
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- first_name: Raphael
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  ama: Christoph M, Petrova KH, Steiner R. A note on digraph splitting. <i>Combinatorics
    Probability and Computing</i>. 2025;34(4):559-564. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045">10.1017/S0963548325000045</a>
  apa: Christoph, M., Petrova, K. H., &#38; Steiner, R. (2025). A note on digraph
    splitting. <i>Combinatorics Probability and Computing</i>. Cambridge University
    Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045</a>
  chicago: Christoph, Micha, Kalina H Petrova, and Raphael Steiner. “A Note on Digraph
    Splitting.” <i>Combinatorics Probability and Computing</i>. Cambridge University
    Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045</a>.
  ieee: M. Christoph, K. H. Petrova, and R. Steiner, “A note on digraph splitting,”
    <i>Combinatorics Probability and Computing</i>, vol. 34, no. 4. Cambridge University
    Press, pp. 559–564, 2025.
  ista: Christoph M, Petrova KH, Steiner R. 2025. A note on digraph splitting. Combinatorics
    Probability and Computing. 34(4), 559–564.
  mla: Christoph, Micha, et al. “A Note on Digraph Splitting.” <i>Combinatorics Probability
    and Computing</i>, vol. 34, no. 4, Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. 559–64,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548325000045">10.1017/S0963548325000045</a>.
  short: M. Christoph, K.H. Petrova, R. Steiner, Combinatorics Probability and Computing
    34 (2025) 559–564.
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  text: We consider random two-player zero-sum dynamic games with perfect information
    on a class of infinite directed graphs. Starting from a fixed vertex, the players
    take turns to move a token along the edges of the graph. Every vertex is assigned
    a payoff known in advance by both players. Every time the token visits a vertex,
    Player 2 pays Player 1 the corresponding payoff. We consider a distribution over
    such games by assigning i.i.d. payoffs to the vertices. On the one hand, for acyclic
    directed graphs of bounded degree and sub-exponential expansion, we show that,
    when the duration of the game tends to infinity, the value converges almost surely
    to a constant at an exponential rate dominated in terms of the expansion. On the
    other hand, for the infinite d-ary tree (that does not fall into the previous
    class of graphs), we show convergence at a double-exponential rate.
acknowledgement: Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology
  (IST Austria). This work was supported by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche
  (ANR) under references ANR-21-CE40-0020 (CONVERGENCE project) and ANR-20-CE40-0002
  (GrHyDy), by Fondecyt grant 1220174, by ANID Chile grant ACT210005, and by the ERC
  CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt) grant. This collaboration was mainly conducted during a
  1-year visit of Bruno Ziliotto to the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) at
  University of Chile in 2023, under the IRL program of CNRS. This work was supported
  by Fondation CFM pour la Recherche. This paper has also been funded by the Agence
  Nationale de la Recherche under grant ANR-17-EURE-0010 (Investissements d’Avenir
  program).
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  full_name: Attia, Luc
  last_name: Attia
- first_name: Lyuben
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  last_name: Lichev
- first_name: Dieter
  full_name: Mitsche, Dieter
  last_name: Mitsche
- first_name: Raimundo J
  full_name: Saona Urmeneta, Raimundo J
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  last_name: Saona Urmeneta
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  full_name: Ziliotto, Bruno
  last_name: Ziliotto
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  ama: Attia L, Lichev L, Mitsche D, Saona Urmeneta RJ, Ziliotto B. Random zero-sum
    dynamic games on infinite directed graphs. <i>Dynamic Games and Applications</i>.
    2025;15:1517-1535. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4">10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4</a>
  apa: Attia, L., Lichev, L., Mitsche, D., Saona Urmeneta, R. J., &#38; Ziliotto,
    B. (2025). Random zero-sum dynamic games on infinite directed graphs. <i>Dynamic
    Games and Applications</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4</a>
  chicago: Attia, Luc, Lyuben Lichev, Dieter Mitsche, Raimundo J Saona Urmeneta, and
    Bruno Ziliotto. “Random Zero-Sum Dynamic Games on Infinite Directed Graphs.” <i>Dynamic
    Games and Applications</i>. Springer Nature, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4</a>.
  ieee: L. Attia, L. Lichev, D. Mitsche, R. J. Saona Urmeneta, and B. Ziliotto, “Random
    zero-sum dynamic games on infinite directed graphs,” <i>Dynamic Games and Applications</i>,
    vol. 15. Springer Nature, pp. 1517–1535, 2025.
  ista: Attia L, Lichev L, Mitsche D, Saona Urmeneta RJ, Ziliotto B. 2025. Random
    zero-sum dynamic games on infinite directed graphs. Dynamic Games and Applications.
    15, 1517–1535.
  mla: Attia, Luc, et al. “Random Zero-Sum Dynamic Games on Infinite Directed Graphs.”
    <i>Dynamic Games and Applications</i>, vol. 15, Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 1517–35,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4">10.1007/s13235-025-00636-4</a>.
  short: L. Attia, L. Lichev, D. Mitsche, R.J. Saona Urmeneta, B. Ziliotto, Dynamic
    Games and Applications 15 (2025) 1517–1535.
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  text: 'In 1981, Karp and Sipser proved a law of large numbers for the matching number
    of a sparse Erdős–Rényi random graph, in an influential paper pioneering the so-called
    differential equation method for analysis of random graph processes. Strengthening
    this classical result, and answering a question of Aronson, Frieze and Pittel,
    we prove a central limit theorem in the same setting: the fluctuations in the
    matching number of a sparse random graph are asymptotically Gaussian. Our new
    contribution is to prove this central limit theorem in the subcritical and critical
    regimes, according to a celebrated algorithmic phase transition first observed
    by Karp and Sipser. Indeed, in the supercritical regime, a central limit theorem
    has recently been proved in the PhD thesis of Kreačić, using a stochastic generalisation
    of the differential equation method (comparing the so-called Karp–Sipser process
    to a system of stochastic differential equations). Our proof builds on these methods,
    and introduces new techniques to handle certain degeneracies present in the subcritical
    and critical cases. Curiously, our new techniques lead to a non-constructive result:
    we are able to characterise the fluctuations of the matching number around its
    mean, despite these fluctuations being much smaller than the error terms in our
    best estimates of the mean. We also prove a central limit theorem for the rank
    of the adjacency matrix of a sparse random graph.'
acknowledgement: "We would like to thank Christina Goldschmidt and Eleonora Kreačić
  for insightful discussions and clarifications about their work in the thesis [26].
  Matthew Kwan was supported by ERC Starting Grant ‘RANDSTRUCT’ No. 101076777. Ashwin
  Sah and Mehtaab Sawhney were supported by NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  DGE-2141064. Ashwin Sah was supported by the PD Soros Fellowship.\r\nOpen access
  funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology Austria/KEMÖ."
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author:
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- first_name: Matthew Alan
  full_name: Kwan, Matthew Alan
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  last_name: Sah
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  full_name: Sawhney, Mehtaab
  last_name: Sawhney
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  ama: Glasgow M, Kwan MA, Sah A, Sawhney M. A central limit theorem for the matching
    number of a sparse random graph. <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>.
    2025;111(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101">10.1112/jlms.70101</a>
  apa: Glasgow, M., Kwan, M. A., Sah, A., &#38; Sawhney, M. (2025). A central limit
    theorem for the matching number of a sparse random graph. <i>Journal of the London
    Mathematical Society</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101">https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101</a>
  chicago: Glasgow, Margalit, Matthew Alan Kwan, Ashwin Sah, and Mehtaab Sawhney.
    “A Central Limit Theorem for the Matching Number of a Sparse Random Graph.” <i>Journal
    of the London Mathematical Society</i>. Wiley, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101">https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101</a>.
  ieee: M. Glasgow, M. A. Kwan, A. Sah, and M. Sawhney, “A central limit theorem for
    the matching number of a sparse random graph,” <i>Journal of the London Mathematical
    Society</i>, vol. 111, no. 4. Wiley, 2025.
  ista: Glasgow M, Kwan MA, Sah A, Sawhney M. 2025. A central limit theorem for the
    matching number of a sparse random graph. Journal of the London Mathematical Society.
    111(4), e70101.
  mla: Glasgow, Margalit, et al. “A Central Limit Theorem for the Matching Number
    of a Sparse Random Graph.” <i>Journal of the London Mathematical Society</i>,
    vol. 111, no. 4, e70101, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/jlms.70101">10.1112/jlms.70101</a>.
  short: M. Glasgow, M.A. Kwan, A. Sah, M. Sawhney, Journal of the London Mathematical
    Society 111 (2025).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: "MaxCut is a classical NP-complete problem and a crucial building block in
    many\r\ncombinatorial algorithms. The famousEdwards-Erdös bound states that any
    connected\r\ngraph on n vertices with m edges contains a cut of size at least
    m/2 + n−1/4 . Crowston,\r\nJones and Mnich [Algorithmica, 2015] showed that the
    MaxCut problem on simple\r\nconnected graphs admits an FPT algorithm, where the
    parameter k is the difference\r\nbetween the desired cut size c and the lower
    bound given by the Edwards-Erdös\r\nbound. This was later improved by Etscheid
    and Mnich [Algorithmica, 2017] to run\r\nin parameterized linear time, i.e., f
    (k) · O(m). We improve upon this result in two\r\nways: Firstly, we extend the
    algorithm to work also for multigraphs (alternatively,\r\ngraphs with positive
    integer weights). Secondly, we change the parameter; instead of\r\nthe difference
    to the Edwards-Erdös bound, we use the difference to the Poljak-Turzík\r\nbound.
    The Poljak-Turzík bound states that any weighted graph G has a cut of weight\r\nat
    least w(G)/2 + wMSF (G)/4 , where w(G) denotes the total weight of G, and wMSF
    (G)\r\ndenotes the weight of its minimum spanning forest. In connected simple
    graphs the\r\ntwo bounds are equivalent, but for multigraphs the Poljak-Turzík
    bound can be larger\r\nand thus yield a smaller parameter k. Our algorithm also
    runs in parameterized linear\r\ntime, i.e., f (k) · O(m + n)."
acknowledgement: "Kalina Petrova is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation,
  grant no. CRSII5 173721, and also receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon
  2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement
  No 101034413. Simon Weber is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation
  under project no. 204320.\r\nOpen access funding provided by Swiss Federal Institute
  of Technology Zurich."
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- first_name: Jonas
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- first_name: Kalina H
  full_name: Petrova, Kalina H
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    above the Poljak-Turzík bound. <i>Algorithmica</i>. 2025;87:983-1007. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y">10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y</a>
  apa: Lill, J., Petrova, K. H., &#38; Weber, S. (2025). Linear-time MaxCut in multigraphs
    parameterized above the Poljak-Turzík bound. <i>Algorithmica</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y</a>
  chicago: Lill, Jonas, Kalina H Petrova, and Simon Weber. “Linear-Time MaxCut in
    Multigraphs Parameterized above the Poljak-Turzík Bound.” <i>Algorithmica</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y</a>.
  ieee: J. Lill, K. H. Petrova, and S. Weber, “Linear-time MaxCut in multigraphs parameterized
    above the Poljak-Turzík bound,” <i>Algorithmica</i>, vol. 87. Springer Nature,
    pp. 983–1007, 2025.
  ista: Lill J, Petrova KH, Weber S. 2025. Linear-time MaxCut in multigraphs parameterized
    above the Poljak-Turzík bound. Algorithmica. 87, 983–1007.
  mla: Lill, Jonas, et al. “Linear-Time MaxCut in Multigraphs Parameterized above
    the Poljak-Turzík Bound.” <i>Algorithmica</i>, vol. 87, Springer Nature, 2025,
    pp. 983–1007, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y">10.1007/s00453-025-01306-y</a>.
  short: J. Lill, K.H. Petrova, S. Weber, Algorithmica 87 (2025) 983–1007.
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  text: In an  n×n  array filled with symbols, a transversal is a collection of entries
    with distinct rows, columns and symbols. In this note we show that if no symbol
    appears more than  βn  times, the array contains a transversal of size  (1−β/4−o(1))n
    . In particular, if the array is filled with  n  symbols, each appearing  n  times
    (an equi- n  square), we get transversals of size  (3/4−o(1))n. Moreover, our
    proof gives a deterministic algorithm with polynomial running time, that finds
    these transversals.
acknowledgement: "We are very grateful to Matthew Kwan and Alp Müyesser with whom
  we had many interesting discussions leading to the results of this note. We also
  thank the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions improving the presentation of
  this note.\r\n\r\nMA was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [10.55776/ESP3863424]
  and by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under
  the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant—project number 101034413. PM was supported by the
  European Union's Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant RAND-COMB-DESIGN—project
  number 101106032."
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  ama: Anastos M, Morris P. A note on finding large transversals efficiently. <i>Journal
    of Combinatorial Designs</i>. 2025;33(9):338-342. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990">10.1002/jcd.21990</a>
  apa: Anastos, M., &#38; Morris, P. (2025). A note on finding large transversals
    efficiently. <i>Journal of Combinatorial Designs</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990">https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990</a>
  chicago: Anastos, Michael, and Patrick Morris. “A Note on Finding Large Transversals
    Efficiently.” <i>Journal of Combinatorial Designs</i>. Wiley, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990">https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990</a>.
  ieee: M. Anastos and P. Morris, “A note on finding large transversals efficiently,”
    <i>Journal of Combinatorial Designs</i>, vol. 33, no. 9. Wiley, pp. 338–342, 2025.
  ista: Anastos M, Morris P. 2025. A note on finding large transversals efficiently.
    Journal of Combinatorial Designs. 33(9), 338–342.
  mla: Anastos, Michael, and Patrick Morris. “A Note on Finding Large Transversals
    Efficiently.” <i>Journal of Combinatorial Designs</i>, vol. 33, no. 9, Wiley,
    2025, pp. 338–42, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21990">10.1002/jcd.21990</a>.
  short: M. Anastos, P. Morris, Journal of Combinatorial Designs 33 (2025) 338–342.
date_created: 2025-06-08T22:01:23Z
date_published: 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z
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- _id: MaKw
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title: A note on finding large transversals efficiently
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  text: "We consider a recently introduced model of color-avoiding percolation (abbreviated
    CA-percolation) defined as follows. Every edge in a graph G is colored in some
    of k>=2 colors. Two vertices u and v in G are said to be CA-connected if u and
    v may be connected using any subset of k-1 colors. CA-connectivity defines an
    equivalence relation on the vertex set of G whose classes are called CA-components.\r\nWe
    study the component structure of a randomly colored Erdős–Rényi random graph of
    constant average degree. We distinguish three regimes for the size of the largest
    component: a supercritical regime, a so-called intermediate regime, and a subcritical
    regime, in which the largest CA-component has respectively linear, logarithmic,
    and bounded size. Interestingly, in the subcritical regime, the bound is deterministic
    and given by the number of colors."
acknowledgement: "We thank Dieter Mitsche for enlightening discussions, Balázs Ráth
  for a number of comments\r\nand corrections on a first version of this paper, and
  an anonymous referee for several useful remarks."
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  ama: Lichev L, Schapira B. Color-avoiding percolation on the Erdős–Rényi random
    graph. <i>Annales Henri Lebesgue</i>. 2025;8:35-65. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228">10.5802/ahl.228</a>
  apa: Lichev, L., &#38; Schapira, B. (2025). Color-avoiding percolation on the Erdős–Rényi
    random graph. <i>Annales Henri Lebesgue</i>. École normale supérieure de Rennes.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228">https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228</a>
  chicago: Lichev, Lyuben, and Bruno Schapira. “Color-Avoiding Percolation on the
    Erdős–Rényi Random Graph.” <i>Annales Henri Lebesgue</i>. École normale supérieure
    de Rennes, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228">https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228</a>.
  ieee: L. Lichev and B. Schapira, “Color-avoiding percolation on the Erdős–Rényi
    random graph,” <i>Annales Henri Lebesgue</i>, vol. 8. École normale supérieure
    de Rennes, pp. 35–65, 2025.
  ista: Lichev L, Schapira B. 2025. Color-avoiding percolation on the Erdős–Rényi
    random graph. Annales Henri Lebesgue. 8, 35–65.
  mla: Lichev, Lyuben, and Bruno Schapira. “Color-Avoiding Percolation on the Erdős–Rényi
    Random Graph.” <i>Annales Henri Lebesgue</i>, vol. 8, École normale supérieure
    de Rennes, 2025, pp. 35–65, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5802/ahl.228">10.5802/ahl.228</a>.
  short: L. Lichev, B. Schapira, Annales Henri Lebesgue 8 (2025) 35–65.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: We consider the 4-precoloring extension problem in planar near-Eulerian- triangulations,
    i.e., plane graphs where all faces except possibly for the outer one have length
    three, all vertices not incident with the outer face have even degree, and exactly
    the vertices incident with the outer face are precolored. We give a necessary
    topological condition for the precoloring to extend, and give a complete characterization
    when the outer face has length at most five and when all vertices of the outer
    face have odd degree and are colored using only three colors.
acknowledgement: Supported by project 22-17398S (Flows and cycles in graphs on surfaces)
  of Czech Science Foundation. An extended abstract appeared in Proceedings of the
  12th European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications (EUROCOMB’23)
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    <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>. 2025;127. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138</a>
  apa: Dvořák, Z., Moore, B., Seifrtová, M., &#38; Šámal, R. (2025). Precoloring extension
    in planar near-Eulerian-triangulations. <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138</a>
  chicago: Dvořák, Zdeněk, Benjamin Moore, Michaela Seifrtová, and Robert Šámal. “Precoloring
    Extension in Planar Near-Eulerian-Triangulations.” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138</a>.
  ieee: Z. Dvořák, B. Moore, M. Seifrtová, and R. Šámal, “Precoloring extension in
    planar near-Eulerian-triangulations,” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>,
    vol. 127. Elsevier, 2025.
  ista: Dvořák Z, Moore B, Seifrtová M, Šámal R. 2025. Precoloring extension in planar
    near-Eulerian-triangulations. European Journal of Combinatorics. 127, 104138.
  mla: Dvořák, Zdeněk, et al. “Precoloring Extension in Planar Near-Eulerian-Triangulations.”
    <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 127, 104138, Elsevier, 2025, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104138</a>.
  short: Z. Dvořák, B. Moore, M. Seifrtová, R. Šámal, European Journal of Combinatorics
    127 (2025).
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abstract:
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  text: 'There is no known polynomial-time algorithm for graph isomorphism testing,
    but elementary combinatorial “refinement” algorithms seem to be very efficient
    in practice. Some philosophical justification for this phenomenon is provided
    by a classical theorem of Babai, Erdős and Selkow: an extremely simple polynomial-time
    combinatorial algorithm (variously known as “naïve refinement”, “naïve vertex
    classification”, “colour refinement” or the “1-dimensional Weisfeiler–Leman algorithm”)
    yields a so-called canonical labelling scheme for “almost all graphs”. More precisely,
    for a typical outcome of a random graph G(n,1/2), this simple combinatorial algorithm
    assigns labels to vertices in a way that easily permits isomorphism-testing against
    any other graph.'
acknowledgement: All authors were supported by ERC Starting Grant “RANDSTRUCT” No.
  101076777. Michael Anastos was also supported in part by the Austrian Science Fund
  (FWF)[10.55776/ESP3863424] and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
  innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101034413.
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  ama: 'Anastos M, Kwan MA, Moore B. Smoothed analysis for graph isomorphism. In:
    <i>Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing</i>. Association
    for Computing Machinery; 2025:2098-2106. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173">10.1145/3717823.3718173</a>'
  apa: 'Anastos, M., Kwan, M. A., &#38; Moore, B. (2025). Smoothed analysis for graph
    isomorphism. In <i>Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing</i>
    (pp. 2098–2106). Prague, Czechia: Association for Computing Machinery. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173">https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173</a>'
  chicago: Anastos, Michael, Matthew Alan Kwan, and Benjamin Moore. “Smoothed Analysis
    for Graph Isomorphism.” In <i>Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on
    Theory of Computing</i>, 2098–2106. Association for Computing Machinery, 2025.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173">https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173</a>.
  ieee: M. Anastos, M. A. Kwan, and B. Moore, “Smoothed analysis for graph isomorphism,”
    in <i>Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing</i>,
    Prague, Czechia, 2025, pp. 2098–2106.
  ista: 'Anastos M, Kwan MA, Moore B. 2025. Smoothed analysis for graph isomorphism.
    Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing. STOC: Symposium
    on Theory of Computing, 2098–2106.'
  mla: Anastos, Michael, et al. “Smoothed Analysis for Graph Isomorphism.” <i>Proceedings
    of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing</i>, Association for Computing
    Machinery, 2025, pp. 2098–106, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3717823.3718173">10.1145/3717823.3718173</a>.
  short: M. Anastos, M.A. Kwan, B. Moore, in:, Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM
    Symposium on Theory of Computing, Association for Computing Machinery, 2025, pp.
    2098–2106.
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doi: 10.1145/3717823.3718173
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  text: "The pseudoforest version of the Strong Nine Dragon Tree Conjecture states
    that if a graph G has maximum average degree mad(G) = 2 maxH⊆G e(H)/v(H) at most
    2(k + d/d+k+1), then it has a decomposition into k + 1 pseudoforests where in
    one pseudoforest F the components of F have at most d edges. This was proven in
    2020 in Grout and Moore (2020). We strengthen this\r\ntheorem by showing that
    we can find such a decomposition where additionally F is acyclic, the diameter
    of the components of F is at most 2ℓ + 2, where ℓ =⌊d−1/k+1⌋, and at most 2ℓ +
    1 if\r\nd ≡ 1 mod (k + 1). Furthermore, for any component K of F and any z ∈ N,
    we have diam(K) ≤ 2z if e(K) ≥ d − z(k − 1) + 1. We also show that both diameter
    bounds are best possible as an\r\nextension for both the Strong Nine Dragon Tree
    Conjecture for pseudoforests and its original conjecture for forests. In fact,
    they are still optimal even if we only enforce F to have any constant maximum
    degree, instead of enforcing every component of F to have at most d edges."
acknowledgement: This work was completed while Benjamin Moore was a postdoc at Charles
  University, supported by project 22-17398S (Flows and cycles in graphs on surfaces)
  of Czech Science Foundation, Czechia.
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  ama: Mies S, Moore B, Smith-Roberge E. Beyond the pseudoforest strong Nine Dragon
    Tree theorem. <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>. 2025;130(12). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214</a>
  apa: Mies, S., Moore, B., &#38; Smith-Roberge, E. (2025). Beyond the pseudoforest
    strong Nine Dragon Tree theorem. <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214</a>
  chicago: Mies, Sebastian, Benjamin Moore, and Evelyne Smith-Roberge. “Beyond the
    Pseudoforest Strong Nine Dragon Tree Theorem.” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214</a>.
  ieee: S. Mies, B. Moore, and E. Smith-Roberge, “Beyond the pseudoforest strong Nine
    Dragon Tree theorem,” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 130, no.
    12. Elsevier, 2025.
  ista: Mies S, Moore B, Smith-Roberge E. 2025. Beyond the pseudoforest strong Nine
    Dragon Tree theorem. European Journal of Combinatorics. 130(12), 104214.
  mla: Mies, Sebastian, et al. “Beyond the Pseudoforest Strong Nine Dragon Tree Theorem.”
    <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 130, no. 12, 104214, Elsevier,
    2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214">10.1016/j.ejc.2025.104214</a>.
  short: S. Mies, B. Moore, E. Smith-Roberge, European Journal of Combinatorics 130
    (2025).
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  text: "Interest in sliding block puzzles dates back to the 15-puzzle, seemingly
    invented by Noyes Chapman in 1874 (see [23] for an account of the fascinating
    history of the puzzle). The game consists of fifteen movable square blocks numbered
    \r\n and arranged within a \r\n square box, leaving one empty space (see Figure
    1). The task at hand is to start from a given configuration of the numbered blocks
    and reach the desired target configuration, where the only allowed move is to
    slide a numbered block into an adjacent empty space. This task seemed to be unpredictably
    either very easy to accomplish, or completely impossible, and the puzzle turned
    into a worldwide sensation in the spring of 1880. A particularly challenging instance,
    known as the 13-15-14 puzzle, consisted of initial and target configurations that
    differed by a single swap (historically this swap involved the blocks labeled
    14 and 15). The craze of this puzzle was such that it consistently made newspaper
    headlines in 1880, with an article in the New York Times lamenting that it was
    “threatening our free institutions” [23, p. 9]. Various prizes were offered for
    anyone who could solve this challenge, beginning with a $25 set of teeth and culminating
    with Sam Loyd’s famous $1,000 cash prize."
acknowledgement: Open access funding provided by Copenhagen University.
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  ama: 'Brunck FR, Kwan MA. Books, Hallways, and social butterflies: A note on sliding
    block puzzles. <i>Mathematical Intelligencer</i>. 2025;47:52-65. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x">10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x</a>'
  apa: 'Brunck, F. R., &#38; Kwan, M. A. (2025). Books, Hallways, and social butterflies:
    A note on sliding block puzzles. <i>Mathematical Intelligencer</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x</a>'
  chicago: 'Brunck, Florestan R, and Matthew Alan Kwan. “Books, Hallways, and Social
    Butterflies: A Note on Sliding Block Puzzles.” <i>Mathematical Intelligencer</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x</a>.'
  ieee: 'F. R. Brunck and M. A. Kwan, “Books, Hallways, and social butterflies: A
    note on sliding block puzzles,” <i>Mathematical Intelligencer</i>, vol. 47. Springer
    Nature, pp. 52–65, 2025.'
  ista: 'Brunck FR, Kwan MA. 2025. Books, Hallways, and social butterflies: A note
    on sliding block puzzles. Mathematical Intelligencer. 47, 52–65.'
  mla: 'Brunck, Florestan R., and Matthew Alan Kwan. “Books, Hallways, and Social
    Butterflies: A Note on Sliding Block Puzzles.” <i>Mathematical Intelligencer</i>,
    vol. 47, Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 52–65, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x">10.1007/s00283-024-10358-x</a>.'
  short: F.R. Brunck, M.A. Kwan, Mathematical Intelligencer 47 (2025) 52–65.
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  text: For a given graph G=(V,E), we define its \emph{nth subdivision} as the graph
    obtained from G by replacing every edge by a path of length n. We also define
    the \emph{mth power} of G as the graph on vertex set V where we connect every
    pair of vertices at distance at most m in G. In this paper, we study the chromatic
    number of powers of subdivisions of graphs and resolve the case m=n asymptotically.
    In particular, our result confirms a conjecture of Mozafari-Nia and Iradmusa in
    the case m=n=3 in a strong sense.
acknowledgement: "This work was initiated at the annual workshop of the Combinatorics
  and Graph Theory group of Freie Universität Berlin in Wilhelmsaue in September 2023.
  The authors would like to thank the institution for enabling this research. Finally,
  the fourth author would like to thank Tibor Szabó and the Combinatorics and Graph
  Theory group at Freie Universität Berlin for their hospitality during the research
  visit. Additionally, we thank Moharram Iradmusa for bringing the papers [5], [7]
  to our attention. Finally, we thank the anonymous referees for their suggestions
  on the manuscript, which have improved the quality of the document.\r\nM.A.: This
  project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
  innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034413
  .\r\nS.B.: The research leading to these results was supported by EPSRC, UK, grant
  no. EP/V048287/1. There are no additional data beyond that contained within the
  main manuscript.\r\nS.R.: Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German
  Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – The Berlin Mathematics
  Research Center MATH+ (EXC-2046/1, project ID: 390685689).\r\nJ.R. acknowledges
  the support of the Grant PID2020-113082GB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033,
  Spain, and the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu Program for Centers and Units of
  Excellence in R&D, Spain (CEX2020-001084-M)."
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- first_name: Silas
  full_name: Rathke, Silas
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  ama: Anastos M, Boyadzhiyska S, Rathke S, Rué J. On the chromatic number of powers
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    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002">10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002</a>
  apa: Anastos, M., Boyadzhiyska, S., Rathke, S., &#38; Rué, J. (2025). On the chromatic
    number of powers of subdivisions of graphs. <i>Discrete Applied Mathematics</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002</a>
  chicago: Anastos, Michael, Simona Boyadzhiyska, Silas Rathke, and Juanjo Rué. “On
    the Chromatic Number of Powers of Subdivisions of Graphs.” <i>Discrete Applied
    Mathematics</i>. Elsevier, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002</a>.
  ieee: M. Anastos, S. Boyadzhiyska, S. Rathke, and J. Rué, “On the chromatic number
    of powers of subdivisions of graphs,” <i>Discrete Applied Mathematics</i>, vol.
    360. Elsevier, pp. 506–511, 2025.
  ista: Anastos M, Boyadzhiyska S, Rathke S, Rué J. 2025. On the chromatic number
    of powers of subdivisions of graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 360, 506–511.
  mla: Anastos, Michael, et al. “On the Chromatic Number of Powers of Subdivisions
    of Graphs.” <i>Discrete Applied Mathematics</i>, vol. 360, Elsevier, 2025, pp.
    506–11, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002">10.1016/j.dam.2024.10.002</a>.
  short: M. Anastos, S. Boyadzhiyska, S. Rathke, J. Rué, Discrete Applied Mathematics
    360 (2025) 506–511.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: "We continue a line of research which studies which hereditary families of
    digraphs have bounded dichromatic number. For a class of digraphs  C, a hero in
    \ C  is any digraph  H\r\n  such that  H -free digraphs in  C  have bounded dichromatic
    number. We show that if  F\r\n  is an oriented star of degree at least five, the
    only heroes for the class of  F -free digraphs are transitive tournaments. For
    oriented stars  F  of degree exactly four, we show the only heroes in  F -free
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    Aboulker et al. characterized the set of heroes of  {H,K1+P2→} -free digraphs
    almost completely, and we show the same characterization for the class of  {H,rK1+P3→}
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    brooms, then every transitive tournament is a hero for this class of digraphs."
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  helped improve the presentation of this paper. We also thank one of the anonymous
  referees for pointing out our construction implies Theorem 1.7!\r\nBenjamin Moore
  finished this project while a postdoctoral researcher at Charles University, and
  was supported by project 22-17398S (Flows and cycles in graphs on surfaces) of the
  Czech Science Foundation. Benjamin Moore is currently funded by RANDSTRUCT No. 101076777,
  and appreciates the gracious support. We acknowledge the support of the Natural
  Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), [funding reference
  number RGPIN-2020-03912]. Cette recherche a été financée par le Conseil de recherches
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    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104</a>
  chicago: Carbonero, Alvaro, Hidde Koerts, Benjamin Moore, and Sophie Spirkl. “On
    Heroes in Digraphs with Forbidden Induced Forests.” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>.
    Elsevier, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104</a>.
  ieee: A. Carbonero, H. Koerts, B. Moore, and S. Spirkl, “On heroes in digraphs with
    forbidden induced forests,” <i>European Journal of Combinatorics</i>, vol. 125.
    Elsevier, 2025.
  ista: Carbonero A, Koerts H, Moore B, Spirkl S. 2025. On heroes in digraphs with
    forbidden induced forests. European Journal of Combinatorics. 125, 104104.
  mla: Carbonero, Alvaro, et al. “On Heroes in Digraphs with Forbidden Induced Forests.”
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    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104">10.1016/j.ejc.2024.104104</a>.
  short: A. Carbonero, H. Koerts, B. Moore, S. Spirkl, European Journal of Combinatorics
    125 (2025).
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