Discrete Mathematics Group at URI

The faculty of our group is interested in a wide range of areas in discrete mathematics both pure and applied: graph theory, network theory, extremal and probabilistic methods, analytic methods, finite model theory, combinatorial games, combinatorial optimization, bioinformatics applications.

Seminar  Our seminar is held Fridays 1-2pm in Lippitt 205. Seminar archive.

 Speaker Mathias Schacht, Yale University and Universitaet Hamburg Title Homomorphism threshold for graphs Time Friday November 9, 2018, 1-2pm, Lippitt 205 Abstract The interplay of minimum degree and 'structural properties' of large graphs with a given forbidden subgraph is a central topic in extremal graph theory. For a given graph $F$ we define the homomorphism threshold as the infimum $\alpha$ such that every $n$-vertex $F$-free graph $G$ with minimum degree $>\alpha n$ has a homomorphic image $H$ of bounded size (independent of $n$), which is $F$-free as well. Without the restriction of $H$ being $F$-free we recover the definition of the chromatic threshold, which was determined for every graph $F$ by Allen et al. The homomorphism threshold is less understood and we present recent joint work with O. Ebsen on the homomorphism threshold for odd cycles. Host: Jie Han

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Faculty and their research
Michael Barrus, graph theory
Nancy Eaton, Associate Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences, graph theory
Jie Han, extremal and probabilistic combinatorics
Barbara Kaskosz, analysis and its applications to discrete mathematics
William Kinnersley, graph theory and combinatorial games
Lubos Thoma, extremal and probabilistic combinatorics

Doctoral students
Jean Guillaume
John Jones
Benjamin Lantz
Eric Peterson
Nikolas Townsend

Graduate courses   MTH547 Combinatorics, MTH548 Graph Theory, MTH515/516 Algebra, MTH550 Probability and Stochastic Processes, MTH581 Optimization Methods, MTH656 Probability on Discrete Structures, CSC541 Advanced Topics in Algorithms, CSC542 Mathematical Analysis of Algorithms, CSC544 Theory of Computation, Special topics courses in Extremal Graph Theory, Ramsey Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics.

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