is_valid_degree_sequence_erdos_gallai¶
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is_valid_degree_sequence_erdos_gallai(deg_sequence)[source]¶ Returns True if deg_sequence can be realized by a simple graph.
The validation is done using the Erdős-Gallai theorem [EG1960].
Parameters: deg_sequence (list) – A list of integers Returns: valid – True if deg_sequence is graphical and False if not. Return type: bool Notes
This implementation uses an equivalent form of the Erdős-Gallai criterion. Worst-case run time is: O(n) where n is the length of the sequence.
Specifically, a sequence d is graphical if and only if the sum of the sequence is even and for all strong indices k in the sequence,
\[\sum_{i=1}^{k} d_i \leq k(k-1) + \sum_{j=k+1}^{n} \min(d_i,k) = k(n-1) - ( k \sum_{j=0}^{k-1} n_j - \sum_{j=0}^{k-1} j n_j )\]A strong index k is any index where \(d_k \geq k\) and the value \(n_j\) is the number of occurrences of j in d. The maximal strong index is called the Durfee index.
This particular rearrangement comes from the proof of Theorem 3 in [2].
The ZZ condition says that for the sequence d if
\[|d| >= \frac{(\max(d) + \min(d) + 1)^2}{4*\min(d)}\]then d is graphical. This was shown in Theorem 6 in [2].
References
[1] A. Tripathi and S. Vijay. “A note on a theorem of Erdős & Gallai”, Discrete Mathematics, 265, pp. 417-420 (2003). [2] (1, 2) I.E. Zverovich and V.E. Zverovich. “Contributions to the theory of graphic sequences”, Discrete Mathematics, 105, pp. 292-303 (1992).