New results on graph matching from degree preserving growth

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Hauptverfasser: Erdős, Péter L., Kharel, Shubha R., Mezei, Tamás Róbert, Toroczkai, Zoltán
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author Erdős, Péter L.
Kharel, Shubha R.
Mezei, Tamás Róbert
Toroczkai, Zoltán
author_facet Erdős, Péter L.
Kharel, Shubha R.
Mezei, Tamás Róbert
Toroczkai, Zoltán
contents The recently introduced \emph{Degree Preserving Growth} model (Nature Physics, \DOI{10.1038/s41567-021-01417-7}) uses matchings to insert new vertices of prescribed degrees into the current graph of an ever-growing graph sequence. The process depends both on the size of the largest available matchings, which is our focus here, as well as on the actual choice of the matching. First we show that the question whether a graphic degree sequence, extended with a new degree $2δ$ remains graphic is closely related to the available matchings in the realizations of the sequence. Namely we prove that the extension problem is equivalent to the existence of a realization of the original degree sequence with a matching of size $δ$. Second we present lower bounds for the \emph{forcible matching number} of degree sequences. This number is the size of the maximum matchings in any realization of the degree sequence. We then study bounds on the size of maximal matchings in \emph{some} realizations of the sequence, known as the \emph{potential matching number}. We also estimate the minimum size of both the maximal and the maximum matchings, as determined by the degree sequence, independently of graphical realizations. Along this line we answer a question raised by Biedl, Demaine \emph{et al.} (\DOI{10.1016/j.disc.2004.05.003}).
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spellingShingle New results on graph matching from degree preserving growth
Erdős, Péter L.
Kharel, Shubha R.
Mezei, Tamás Róbert
Toroczkai, Zoltán
Combinatorics
05C07, 05C70, 05C80, 05C85
G.2.1; G.2.2
The recently introduced \emph{Degree Preserving Growth} model (Nature Physics, \DOI{10.1038/s41567-021-01417-7}) uses matchings to insert new vertices of prescribed degrees into the current graph of an ever-growing graph sequence. The process depends both on the size of the largest available matchings, which is our focus here, as well as on the actual choice of the matching. First we show that the question whether a graphic degree sequence, extended with a new degree $2δ$ remains graphic is closely related to the available matchings in the realizations of the sequence. Namely we prove that the extension problem is equivalent to the existence of a realization of the original degree sequence with a matching of size $δ$. Second we present lower bounds for the \emph{forcible matching number} of degree sequences. This number is the size of the maximum matchings in any realization of the degree sequence. We then study bounds on the size of maximal matchings in \emph{some} realizations of the sequence, known as the \emph{potential matching number}. We also estimate the minimum size of both the maximal and the maximum matchings, as determined by the degree sequence, independently of graphical realizations. Along this line we answer a question raised by Biedl, Demaine \emph{et al.} (\DOI{10.1016/j.disc.2004.05.003}).
title New results on graph matching from degree preserving growth
topic Combinatorics
05C07, 05C70, 05C80, 05C85
G.2.1; G.2.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07423