Key papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Pofolia’s corpus holds 62 papers from the Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics subfield (2012–2024). The list below starts with the most cited.

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  • Extremal Graph Theory

    Discrete mathematics and its applications · 2013 · FWCI 91.59 · 1,695 citations

    This volume offers a concise yet comprehensive treatment of extremal graph theory, featuring complete proofs for nearly all results and numerous exercises.

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  • Theory of Groups of Finite Order

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2012 · FWCI 15.49 · 1,071 citations

    This is a reissue of the 1911 second edition of William Burnside's foundational textbook on the theory of finite groups, which includes Frobenius's character theory.

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  • Combinatorial Enumeration

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2024 · FWCI 67.30 · 980 citations

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  • Modelling using Polynomial Regression

    Procedia Engineering · 2012 · 777 citations

    This paper applies polynomial regression to model the curvilinear relationship between strains and drilling depth, estimating parameters with a least squares method.

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  • Introduction to Random Graphs

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2015 · FWCI 5.50 · 582 citations

    This book offers a gentle introduction to the theory of random graphs, providing a framework for understanding the structure and development of complex networks.

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  • The Maximal Subgroups of the Low-Dimensional Finite Classical Groups

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2013 · FWCI 14.29 · 542 citations

    This book provides a comprehensive classification of maximal subgroups within low-dimensional finite classical and exceptional groups, presenting over 80 tables of previously unseen results.

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  • Combinatorics of Permutations

    2022 · FWCI 8.63 · 422 citations

    The third edition of 'Combinatorics of Permutations' updates a leading textbook with significant advancements in pattern avoidance and analytic combinatorics.

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  • Independent sets in hypergraphs

    Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 7.00 · FWCI 58.36 · 344 citations · Open access

    A new, distinct approach to proving extremal and structural results in sparse random hypergraphs is introduced, yielding 'counting' versions of these theorems.

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  • Convergent sequences of dense graphs II. Multiway cuts and statistical physics

    Annals of Mathematics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 9.00 · FWCI 28.30 · 317 citations · Open access

    This paper introduces and formalizes two new notions of graph convergence: 'left-convergence' and 'right-convergence', based on homomorphism densities into sequences of dense graphs.

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  • Topological Graph Theory

    Discrete mathematics and its applications · 2013 · FWCI 18.35 · 256 citations

    This paper proves that in a tournament with 799 teams where every pair plays once, there must exist two disjoint groups of 7 teams each (A and B) where every team in A defeated every team in B.

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  • The quantitative behaviour of polynomial orbits on nilmanifolds

    Annals of Mathematics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 9.00 · FWCI 26.15 · 217 citations · Open access

    This paper provides a quantitative description of how polynomial orbits on nilmanifolds become uniformly distributed, refining Leibman's theorem.

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  • Combinatorial Hopf algebras and generalized DehnSommerville relations

    2012 · 217 citations

    Researchers introduce the concept of a combinatorial Hopf algebra, a structure with a character mapping to a field, and demonstrate that the algebra of quasi-symmetric functions is the universal example.

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  • Unipotent and Nilpotent Classes in Simple Algebraic Groups and Lie Algebras

    Mathematical surveys and monographs · 2012 · FWCI 4.96 · 209 citations

    This book provides the first comprehensive compilation of information on class representatives and centralizers of unipotent and nilpotent elements in simple algebraic groups and Lie algebras across all field characteristics.

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  • Groups of Prime Power Order 4

    2015 · FWCI 3.21 · 209 citations

    This abstract describes the fourth volume of a comprehensive, elementary treatment of finite p-group theory, focusing on minimal nonabelian p-groups and their subgroup structures.

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  • Power graphs: A survey

    Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications · 2013 · Q2 · FWCI 20.07 · 196 citations · Open access

    This survey consolidates existing research on power graphs of groups and semigroups, presenting a comprehensive overview of the field.

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  • Combinatorial theorems in sparse random sets

    Annals of Mathematics · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 9.00 · FWCI 46.39 · 179 citations

    A new technique unifies proofs showing that major combinatorial theorems, like Turán's and Ramsey's, hold true in sparse random sets.

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  • An independent set degree condition for fractional critical deleted graphs

    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - S · 2018 · Q2 · FWCI 88.23 · 171 citations

    This paper establishes a new degree condition for a graph to be a fractional critical deleted graph, specifically when the maximum degree of any independent set of size $i$ meets a certain threshold.

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  • Positroid varieties: juggling and geometry

    Compositio Mathematica · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 29.73 · 170 citations · Open access

    Researchers introduce 'positroid varieties' by intersecting cyclic shifts of a single Bruhat decomposition, revealing hidden cyclic-invariance and connecting to geometric structures.

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  • On sets of vectors of a finite vector space in which every subset of basis size is a basis

    Journal of the European Mathematical Society · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 11.69 · 168 citations · Open access

    A finite vector space's maximum set size where any k vectors form a basis is proven to be at most q+1 (for k <= p) or q+k-p (for q >= k >= p+1 >= 4).

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  • On the Bogolyubov–Ruzsa lemma

    Analysis & PDE · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 20.79 · 159 citations · Open access

    A new bound shows that for any finite subset A of an abelian group, 2A 2A contains a structured set (a coset progression) of significant size, specifically at least exp(O(log(1/K)))|A|, where K relates to the size of A+A.

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  • Combinatorial Enumeration

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2024 · FWCI 67.30 · 980 citations

    A summary is not available for this content, and no preview was provided.

    Go to source

  • Combinatorics of Permutations

    2022 · FWCI 8.63 · 422 citations

    The third edition of 'Combinatorics of Permutations' updates a leading textbook with significant advancements in pattern avoidance and analytic combinatorics.

    Go to source

  • Artificial intelligence as a general-purpose technology: an historical perspective

    Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 2021 · Q2 · FWCI 43.84 · 137 citations

    Artificial intelligence (AI) may drive a Fourth Industrial Revolution by increasing the productivity of research and development, similar to how steam and electricity spurred previous industrial revolutions.

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  • Lorentzian polynomials

    Annals of Mathematics · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 9.00 · FWCI 33.82 · 123 citations

    A new class of polynomials, termed Lorentzian, is introduced, characterized by their Hessian having exactly one positive eigenvalue on the positive orthant, analogous to Hodge-Riemann relations.

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  • A survey of χ‐boundedness

    Journal of Graph Theory · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 43.76 · 140 citations

    This survey details recent progress on András Gyárfás's conjectures regarding the relationship between a graph's clique number, chromatic number, and its induced subgraphs.

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