Open-problem statements, with their sources attached.

WOWII Conjecture 194

For a simple connected graph G, if α(G) ≤ 1 + l_avg(G), then G has a Hamiltonian path. Here α(G) = G.indepNum is the independence number, and l_avg(G) = averageIndepNeighbors G is the average over all vertices of the independence number of the neighbourhood. A Hamiltonian path is a walk visiting every vertex exactly once.

WOWII Conjecture 198a

For a simple connected graph G, if b(G) ≤ 2 + ecc_avg(G), then G has a Hamiltonian path. Here b(G) is the number of vertices in a largest induced bipartite subgraph, and ecc_avg(G) is the average eccentricity of G. A Hamiltonian path is a walk visiting every vertex exactly once.

WOWII Conjecture 2

For a simple connected graph G, Ls(G) ≥ 2 · (l(G) - 1) where l(G) is the average independence number of the neighbourhoods of the vertices of G.

WOWII Conjecture 200

For a simple connected graph G, if tree(G) = ⌈1 + l_avg(G)⌉, then G has a Hamiltonian path. Here tree(G) is the number of vertices of a largest induced tree subgraph, and l_avg(G) = averageIndepNeighbors G is the average over all vertices of the independence number of the neighbourhood. A Hamiltonian path is a walk visiting every vertex exactly once.

WOWII Conjecture 217:

If $G$ is a finite simple connected graph on $n > 1$ vertices and $L_s(G) \le 4 \cdot \chi_{\mathrm{residue}=2}(G) + 2$, then $G$ has a Hamiltonian path. Here $L_s(G)$ is the maximum number of leaves over all spanning trees and $\chi_{\mathrm{residue}=2}(G)$ is the indicator of $\mathrm{residue}(G) = 2$.

WOWII Conjecture 291

For a simple connected graph $G$ with $n > 2$, $\gamma_t(G) \le k + \mathrm{frequency}(t_{\min}(v))$ where:

• $\gamma_t(G)$ is the total domination number,
• $k$ is the first step in which a zero appears in the Havel-Hakimi process,
• $\mathrm{frequency}(t_{\min}(v))$ is the number of vertices achieving the minimum triangle count.

WOWII Conjecture 314:

For every finite simple connected graph $G$ with $n > 1$ vertices, if $G$ is triangle-free and $\mathrm{path}(G) \le 4$, then $G$ is well totally dominated.

Here $\mathrm{path}(G) = \mathrm{largestInducedPathSize}\, G$ is the size of a largest induced path in $G$, defined locally above. Disambiguation.* Earlier revisions of this file used the SimpleGraph.path invariant, but that is the floor of the average distance, not the size of a largest induced path , a different quantity that makes Conjecture 314 vacuous in many cases.

WOWII Conjecture 316

Let G be a simple connected graph and let P denote the set of pendant vertices (vertices of degree 1). If |P| ≥ deg_avg(Gᶜ), then G is well totally dominated, where deg_avg(Gᶜ) is the average degree of the complement of G.

WOWII Conjecture 322

Let G be a simple connected graph on n ≥ 5 vertices. If the maximum over all vertices v of l(v) , the independence number of the neighborhood N(v) of v , is at most 1, then G is well totally dominated.

Here l(v) = α(G[N(v)]) is the independence number of the subgraph induced by the open neighborhood of v.

WOWII Conjecture 40

For a nontrivial connected graph G the size f(G) of a largest induced forest satisfies f(G) ≥ ceil((p(G) + b(G) + 1)/2) where p(G) is the path cover number and b(G) is the largest induced bipartite subgraph size.

WOWII Conjecture 59

For a simple connected graph $G$, the size $f(G)$ of a largest induced forest satisfies $f(G) \ge \lceil \sqrt{\mathrm{residue}(G) \cdot b(G)} \rceil$, where $\mathrm{residue}(G)$ is the Havel-Hakimi residue (the number of zeros remaining after applying the Havel-Hakimi algorithm to the degree sequence until termination) and $b(G)$ is the size of a largest induced bipartite subgraph.

See: Favaron, Mahéo, Saclé (1991) for the residue; DeLaVina's Graffiti.pc for the conjecture.

WOWII Conjecture 61

For a simple connected graph $G$, the size $f(G)$ of a largest induced forest satisfies $f(G) \ge \mathrm{residue}(G) + \lceil \mathrm{diam}(G) / 3 \rceil$, where $\mathrm{residue}(G)$ is the Havel-Hakimi residue and $\mathrm{diam}(G)$ is the diameter of $G$.

See: Favaron, Mahéo, Saclé (1991) for the residue; DeLaVina's Graffiti.pc for the conjecture.

WOWII Conjecture 65:

For a simple connected graph $G$, the size $f(G)$ of a largest induced forest satisfies $f(G) \ge \operatorname{dist\_min}(A) + \lceil \operatorname{dist\_min}(M) / 3 \rceil$, where $A$ is the set of minimum-degree vertices, $M$ is the set of maximum-degree vertices, and $\operatorname{dist\_min}(S) = \min_{v \notin S} \operatorname{dist}(v, S)$ (see distMin).