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A new embedding tool for degenerate graphs of small bandwidth is used to extend two known graph theorems and advance a Burr–Erdős Ramsey conjecture.
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What the paper says, word for word
“As an application, we extend the blow-up lemma to degenerate graphs of small bandwidth, the bandwidth theorem to degenerate graphs, and make progress on a conjecture of Burr and Erdős on Ramsey number of degenerate graphs.”
From Lee (2015), arXiv 1501.05350. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 16 Oct 2026.
degenerate graph:
A graph in which every subgraph has a vertex with only a few connections, so the graph is sparse in a structured way.
bandwidth:
A measure of how well a graph's vertices can be lined up in order so that every edge joins vertices that are close together in that order.
Ramsey number:
The smallest size of a complete network that guarantees any two-colouring of its edges contains a single-coloured copy of a given graph.
The paper develops a tool for embedding almost spanning degenerate graphs of small bandwidth, and uses it to extend the blow-up lemma and the bandwidth theorem and to progress on a Ramsey conjecture.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 16 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
The blow-up lemma and the bandwidth theorem are results about fitting one graph inside another. The claim says they are widened here from the cases they originally covered to degenerate graphs, which are sparse in a particular sense. The paper also says it makes progress on the Burr–Erdős conjecture about Ramsey numbers of degenerate graphs. If it holds, the same embedding method would cover a broader family of graphs and bring a long-standing Ramsey question somewhat closer to resolution.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 16 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
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What the authors did
The author develops a mathematical tool for embedding almost spanning degenerate graphs of small bandwidth into larger graphs, then applies it to several known results in graph theory. The abstract gives no further detail.
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What they found
The paper develops a tool for embedding almost spanning degenerate graphs of small bandwidth.
It extends the blow-up lemma to degenerate graphs of small bandwidth.
It extends the bandwidth theorem to degenerate graphs and makes progress on the Burr–Erdős conjecture on Ramsey numbers of degenerate graphs.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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"As an application, we extend the blow-up lemma to degenerate graphs of small bandwidth, the bandwidth theorem to degenerate graphs, and make progress on a conjecture of Burr and Erdős on Ramsey number of degenerate graphs."
(Lee, arXiv (Cornell University), 2015)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): A new embedding tool for degenerate graphs of small bandwidth is used to extend two known graph theorems and advance a Burr–Erdős Ramsey conjecture.
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