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GT-002
Open

Reconstruction Conjecture

Every finite simple graph on at least 3 vertices is uniquely determined by its vertex-deleted subgraphs....

L3
Graph Theory
GT-003
Open

The Graceful Tree Conjecture

Every tree can be gracefully labeled: vertices can be assigned distinct labels from $\{0, 1, \ldots, |E|\}$ such that edge labels (absolute difference...

L3
Graph Theory
GT-008
Open

Cereceda's Conjecture

For any $k$-chromatic graph, can its $k$-colorings be transformed into each other by recoloring one vertex at a time, staying within $k$ colors, in po...

L3
Graph Theory
GT-010
Open

The Total Coloring Conjecture

Can every graph be totally colored with at most $\Delta + 2$ colors, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-002
Open

Eternal Domination vs Domination Number

Does there exist a graph where the dominating number equals the eternal dominating number and both are less than the clique covering number?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-005
Open

Graph Coloring Game Monotonicity

If Alice has a winning strategy for the vertex coloring game with k colors, does she have one for k+1 colors?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-009
Open

Earth-Moon Problem

What is the maximum chromatic number of biplanar graphs?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-016
Open

Conway's Thrackle Conjecture

Does every thrackle have at most as many edges as vertices?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-035
Open

Cubic Graph Pathwidth

What is the maximum pathwidth of an n-vertex cubic graph?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-036
Open

Snake-in-the-Box Problem

What is the longest induced path in an n-dimensional hypercube graph?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-043
Open

Word-Representable Graphs: Letter Copies Bound

Are there graphs on n vertices requiring more than floor(n/2) copies of each letter for word-representation?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-047
Open

Representation Number 3 Classification

Classify graphs with representation number exactly 3....

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-048
Open

Crown Graphs and Longest Word-Representants

Among bipartite graphs, do crown graphs require the longest word-representants?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-051
Open

Imbalance Conjecture

If every edge has imbalance ≥1, is the multiset of edge imbalances always graphic?...

L3
Graph Theory
GRAPH-055
Open

Teschner's Bondage Number Conjecture

Is the bondage number of a graph always ≤ 3Δ/2, where Δ is the maximum degree?...

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-658
Open

Reconstruction conjecture

The deck of a graph $G$ is the multiset consisting of all unlabelled subgraphs obtained from $G$ by deleting a vertex in all possible ways (counted ac...

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-137
Open

Cycle double cover conjecture

Conjecture For every graph with no bridge, there is a list of cycles so that every edge is contained in exactly two....

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-142
Open

The Berge-Fulkerson conjecture

Conjecture If $G$ is a bridgeless cubic graph, then there exist 6 perfect matchings $M_1,\ldots,M_6$ of $G$ with the property that every edge of $G$ i...

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-126
Open

5-flow conjecture

Conjecture Every bridgeless graph has a nowhere-zero 5-flow....

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-46385
Open

Caccetta-Häggkvist Conjecture

Conjecture Every simple digraph of order $n$ with minimum outdegree at least $r$ has a cycle with length at most $\lceil n/r\rceil$...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0006
Open

Some Questions — Question 6

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Can the sequence of metric balls in an infinite Cayley graph form a family of expanders?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0013
Open

Some Questions — Question 13

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For a graph sequence $(G_n)$ define $e((G_n))=\liminf |E(G_n)|/|V(G_n)|$, and define its combinatorial cost as the infimum of $e((H_n))$ over graph se...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0014
Open

Some Questions — Question 14

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Compactness implies that for every $\varepsilon>0$ there is $K>0$ such that every finite graph can be approximated within error $\varepsilon$ by a fin...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0016
Open

Some Questions — Question 16

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Which probability measures can occur as eigenvalue distributions of finite $d$-regular graphs? Find natural restrictions....

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0019
Open

Some Questions — Question 19

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Do uniformly random $d$-regular graphs converge, in local-global convergence, to the weak closure of independent identically distributed processes?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0020
Open

Some Questions — Question 20

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Is the i.i.d. action of the free group $F_2$ a local-global limit of finite actions of $F_2$?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0022
Open

Some Questions — Question 22

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Can every ergodic unimodular random network that is almost surely an infinite tree be obtained as the limit of an expander family?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0023
Open

Some Questions — Question 23

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Let $G$ be an infinite vertex-transitive graph, let $A$ be a finite vertex set, let $b$ be a vertex, and let $\partial A$ be the set of vertices at di...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0024
Open

Some Questions — Question 24

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Define the first $L^2$ Betti number of a vertex-transitive graph $G$ from the expected degree of a free spanning forest. Do $G$ and its square $G^2$ h...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0028
Open

Some Questions — Question 28

v1.3 research notes

Does every infinite Cayley graph, or every infinite vertex-transitive graph, have a spanning tree without leaves?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0029
Open

Some Questions — Question 29

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In every infinite Cayley graph, does the density of dead ends tend to zero?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0030
Open

Some Questions — Question 30

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Are factors of i.i.d. on the $3$-regular tree closed in the weak topology? In particular, is the weak limit of majority functions on $n$-balls a facto...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0033
Open

Some Questions — Question 33

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For every $k>1$, does there exist $C(k)<1$ such that the return probability of every transient $k$-regular Cayley graph is at most $C(k)$?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0036
Open

Some Questions — Question 36

v1.3 research notes

Let $(G_n)$ and $(H_n)$ converge to the same graph limit, and let $(T_n)$ be a convergent sequence with each $T_n$ a spanning tree of $G_n$. Do there ...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-011-0037
Open

Some Questions — Question 37

v1.3 research notes

Let $G$ be a bounded-degree expander, or strongly ergodic, graphing that can be properly colored by $C$ colors with arbitrarily small error. Can it be...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-027-0203
Open

10 Lectures and 42 Open Problems — The planted clique problem

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Is there a polynomial time algorithm that is able to find the largest clique of $G$ (with high probability) for $\omega \ll \sqrt{n}$ ? For example, f...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-054-0046
Open

3D Minimum-Bend Orthogonal Graph Drawings

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Does every simple graph with maximum vertex degree $\Delta \leq 6$ have a 3D orthogonal point-drawing with no more than two bends per edge? A 3D ortho...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-073-0001
Open

Babai's problem

v1.3 research notes

Babai's problem: which groups are Babai invariant groups?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0002
Open

O3 — Finding a prime above a bound

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Given $n\in\mathbb{N}$, can a prime $p>n$ be found in deterministic polynomial time?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0003
Open

O4 — Finding a prime in an arithmetic progression

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Given coprime $a,n\in\mathbb{N}$, can a prime $p\equiv a\pmod n$ be found in deterministic polynomial time?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0004
Open

O5a — Deterministic polynomial-time integer factorization

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Is complete integer factorization $C_5$ in deterministic polynomial time $P$?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0005
Open

O5b — Randomized polynomial-time integer factorization

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Is complete integer factorization $C_5$ in randomized polynomial time $R$?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0006
Open

O6 — Factoring a positive-density set of integers

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Does there exist a set $S\subset\mathbb{N}$ of positive lower asymptotic density for which complete factorization of every input $n\in S$ is in determ...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0007
Open

O7a — Computing the squarefree part

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Given $n$, can one find $r,s\in\mathbb{N}$ with $n=r^2s$ and $s$ squarefree in deterministic polynomial time?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0008
Open

O7b — Factoring from a squarefree-part oracle

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Is complete integer factorization randomized polynomial-time reducible to computation of the squarefree part?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0010
Open

O9 — Counting distinct prime factors

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Can $\omega(n)$, the number of distinct prime factors of $n$, be computed in deterministic polynomial time?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0012
Open

O11a — Quadratic residuosity modulo a composite

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Can one decide in deterministic polynomial time whether a coprime integer $a$ is a square modulo a composite $n$?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0013
Open

O11b — Factoring from composite quadratic residuosity

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Is complete integer factorization randomized polynomial-time reducible to deciding quadratic residuosity modulo a composite?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0014
Open

O12 — Finding a quadratic nonresidue

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Given a prime $p$, can a quadratic nonresidue modulo $p$ be found in deterministic polynomial time?...

L3
Graph Theory
AMR-083-0015
Open

O13 — Realizing a prescribed quadratic signature

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Given a sign vector $\varepsilon\in\{-1,1\}^k$, can the least prime $p$ satisfying $(p_i/p)=\varepsilon_i$ for every $i\le k$ be found in deterministi...

L3
Graph Theory
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