Unsolved Problems

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OPG-47285
Open

Every prism over a 3-connected planar graph is hamiltonian.

Conjecture If $G$ is a $3$-connected planar graph, then $G\square K_2$ has a Hamilton cycle....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-47294
Open

4-connected graphs are not uniquely hamiltonian

Conjecture Every $4$-connected graph with a Hamilton cycle has a second Hamilton cycle....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-47356
Open

Hamilton decomposition of prisms over 3-connected cubic planar graphs

Conjecture Every prism over a $3$-connected cubic planar graph can be decomposed into two Hamilton cycles....

L1
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-543
Open

The intersection of two perfect matchings

Conjecture Every bridgeless cubic graph has two perfect matchings $M_1$, $M_2$ so that $M_1 \cap M_2$ does not contain an odd edge-cut....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-600
Open

Matchings extend to Hamiltonian cycles in hypercubes

Question Does every matching of hypercube extend to a Hamiltonian cycle?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-743
Open

Random stable roommates

Conjecture The probability that a random instance of the stable roommates problem on $n \in 2{\mathbb N}$ people admits a solution is $\Theta( n ^{-1/...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-153
Open

Highly connected graphs with no K_n minor

Problem Is it true for all $n \ge 0$, that every sufficiently large $n$-connected graph without a $K_n$ minor has a set of $n-5$ vertices whose deleti...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-154
Open

Jorgensen's Conjecture

Conjecture Every 6-connected graph without a $K_6$ minor is apex (planar plus one vertex)....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-729
Open

Seagull problem

Conjecture Every $n$ vertex graph with no independent set of size $3$ has a complete graph on $\ge \frac{n}{2}$ vertices as a minor....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-37379
Open

Forcing a $K_6$-minor

Conjecture Every graph with minimum degree at least 7 contains a $K_6$-minor. Conjecture Every 7-connected graph contains a $K_6$-minor....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-59911
Open

Forcing a 2-regular minor

Conjecture Every graph with average degree at least $\frac{4}{3}t-2$ contains every 2-regular graph on $t$ vertices as a minor....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-46583
Open

Decomposing a connected graph into paths.

Conjecture Every simple connected graph on $n$ vertices can be decomposed into at most $\frac{1}{2}(n+1)$ paths....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-46613
Open

Partition of a cubic 3-connected graphs into paths of length 2.

Problem Does every $3$-connected cubic graph on $3k$ vertices admit a partition into $k$ paths of length $2$?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-170
Open

Linial-Berge path partition duality

Conjecture The minimum $k$-norm of a path partition on a directed graph $D$ is no more than the maximal size of an induced $k$-colorable subgraph....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-562
Open

Three-chromatic (0,2)-graphs

Question Are there any (0,2)-graphs with chromatic number exactly three?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-815
Open

Total Colouring Conjecture

Conjecture A total coloring of a graph $G = (V,E)$ is an assignment of colors to the vertices and the edges of $G$ such that every pair of adjacent ve...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-830
Open

4-regular 4-chromatic graphs of high girth

Problem Do there exist 4-regular 4-chromatic graphs of arbitrarily high girth?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-46533
Open

Coloring the union of degenerate graphs

Conjecture The union of a $1$-degenerate graph (a forest) and a $2$-degenerate graph is $5$-colourable....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-56449
Open

List Total Colouring Conjecture

Conjecture If $G$ is the total graph of a multigraph, then $\chi_\ell(G)=\chi(G)$....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-143
Open

Petersen coloring conjecture

Conjecture Let $G$ be a cubic graph with no bridge. Then there is a coloring of the edges of $G$ using the edges of the Petersen graph so that any thr...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-144
Open

Packing T-joins

Conjecture There exists a fixed constant $c$ (probably $c=1$ suffices) so that every graft with minimum $T$-cut size at least $k$ contains a $T$-join ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-145
Open

Acyclic edge-colouring

Conjecture Every simple graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ has a proper $(\Delta+2)$-edge-colouring so that every cycle contains edges of at least thr...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-182
Open

A generalization of Vizing's Theorem?

Conjecture Let $H$ be a simple $d$-uniform hypergraph, and assume that every set of $d-1$ points is contained in at most $r$ edges. Then there exists ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-388
Open

List colorings of edge-critical graphs

Conjecture Suppose that $G$ is a $\Delta$-edge-critical graph. Suppose that for each edge $e$ of $G$, there is a list $L(e)$ of $\Delta$ colors. Then ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-624
Open

Universal Steiner triple systems

Problem Which Steiner triple systems are universal?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-2110
Open

Edge list coloring conjecture

Conjecture Let $G$ be a loopless multigraph. Then the edge chromatic number of $G$ equals the list edge chromatic number of $G$....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-2226
Open

Seymour's r-graph conjecture

An $r$-graph is an $r$-regular graph $G$ with the property that $|\delta(X)| \ge r$ for every $X \subseteq V(G)$ with odd size. Conjecture $\chi'(G) ...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-2242
Open

Goldberg's conjecture

The overfull parameter is defined as follows: $$ w(G) = \max_{H \subseteq G} \left\lceil \frac{ |E(H)| }{ \lfloor \tfrac{1}{2} |V(H)| \rfloor} \right\...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-46475
Open

Strong edge colouring conjecture

A strong edge-colouring of a graph $G$ is a edge-colouring in which every colour class is an induced matching; that is, any two vertices belonging to ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-125
Open

Cores of Cayley graphs

Conjecture Let $M$ be an abelian group. Is the core of a Cayley graph (on some power of $M$ ) a Cayley graph (on some power of $M$ )?...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-167
Open

Pentagon problem

Question Let $G$ be a 3-regular graph that contains no cycle of length shorter than $g$. Is it true that for large enough~ $g$ there is a homomorphism...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-412
Open

Mapping planar graphs to odd cycles

Conjecture Every planar graph of girth $\ge 4k$ has a homomorphism to $C_{2k+1}$....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-434
Open

Weak pentagon problem

Conjecture If $G$ is a cubic graph not containing a triangle, then it is possible to color the edges of $G$ by five colors, so that the complement of ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-37232
Open

Algorithm for graph homomorphisms

Question Is there an algorithm that decides, for input graphs $G$ and $H$, whether there exists a homomorphism from $G$ to $H$ in time $O(c^{|V(G)|+|...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-37619
Open

Circular choosability of planar graphs

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a graph. If $p$ and $q$ are two integers, a $(p,q)$-colouring of $G$ is a function $c$ from $V$ to $\{0,\dots,p-1\}$ such that $q ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-439
Open

Graceful Tree Conjecture

Conjecture All trees are graceful...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-37323
Open

Good Edge Labelings

Question What is the maximum edge density of a graph which has a good edge labeling? We say that a graph is good-edge-labeling critical, if it has no...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-126
Open

5-flow conjecture

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

L3
Graph Theory
OPG-127
Open

4-flow conjecture

Conjecture Every bridgeless graph with no Petersen minor has a nowhere-zero 4-flow....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-128
Open

3-flow conjecture

Conjecture Every 4-edge-connected graph has a nowhere-zero 3-flow....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-130
Open

Jaeger's modular orientation conjecture

Conjecture Every $4k$-edge-connected graph can be oriented so that ${\mathit indegree}(v) - {\mathit outdegree}(v) \cong 0$ (mod $2k+1$ ) for every ve...

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-131
Open

Bouchet's 6-flow conjecture

Conjecture Every bidirected graph with a nowhere-zero $k$-flow for some $k$, has a nowhere-zero $6$-flow....

L2
Graph Theory
OPG-132
Open

The three 4-flows conjecture

Conjecture For every graph $G$ with no bridge, there exist three disjoint sets $A_1,A_2,A_3 \subseteq E(G)$ with $A_1 \cup A_2 \cup A_3 = E(G)$ so tha...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-134
Open

A homomorphism problem for flows

Conjecture Let $M,M'$ be abelian groups and let $B \subseteq M$ and $B' \subseteq M'$ satisfy $B=-B$ and $B' = -B'$. If there is a homomorphism from $...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-135
Open

Real roots of the flow polynomial

Conjecture All real roots of nonzero flow polynomials are at most 4....

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-136
Open

Unit vector flows

Conjecture For every graph $G$ without a bridge, there is a flow $\phi: E(G) \rightarrow S^2 = \{ x \in {\mathbb R}^3: |x| = 1 \}$. Conjecture There ...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-323
Open

Antichains in the cycle continuous order

If $G$, $H$ are graphs, a function $f: E(G) \rightarrow E(H)$ is called cycle-continuous if the pre-image of every element of the (binary) cycle space...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-59994
Open

Circular flow number of regular class 1 graphs

A nowhere-zero $r$-flow $(D(G),\phi)$ on $G$ is an orientation $D$ of $G$ together with a function $\phi$ from the edge set of $G$ into the real numbe...

L1
Graph Theory
OPG-171
Open

Strong colorability

Let $r$ be a positive integer. We say that a graph $G$ is strongly $r$-colorable if for every partition of the vertices to sets of size at most $r$ th...

L2
Graph Theory