A graph $G$ is degree-continuous if the degrees of every two adjacent vertices of $G$ differ by at most 1. A finite nonempty set $S$ of integers is convex if $k\in S$ for every integer $k$ with $min\left(S\right)\le k\le max\left(S\right)$. It is shown that for all integers $r>0$ and $s\ge 0$ and a convex set $S$ with $min\left(S\right)=r$ and $max\left(S\right)=r+s$, there exists a connected degree-continuous graph $G$ with the degree set $S$ and diameter $2s+2$. The minimum order of a degree-continuous graph with a prescribed degree set is studied. Furthermore, it is shown that for every graph $G$ and convex set $S$ of...

The diameter of a graph $G$ is the maximal distance between two vertices of $G$. A graph $G$ is said to be diameter-edge-invariant, if $d(G-e)=d\left(G\right)$ for all its edges, diameter-vertex-invariant, if $d(G-v)=d\left(G\right)$ for all its vertices and diameter-adding-invariant if $d(G+e)=d\left(e\right)$ for all edges of the complement of the edge set of $G$. This paper describes some properties of such graphs and gives several existence results and bounds for parameters of diameter-invariant graphs.

A set of vertices D of a graph G is a distance 2-dominating set of G if the distance between each vertex u ∊ (V (G) − D) and D is at most two. Let γ2(G) denote the size of a smallest distance 2-dominating set of G. For any permutation π of the vertex set of G, the prism of G with respect to π is the graph πG obtained from G and a copy G′ of G by joining u ∊ V(G) with v′ ∊ V(G′) if and only if v′ = π(u). If γ2(πG) = γ2(G) for any permutation π of V(G), then G is called a universal γ2-fixer. In this...

Motivated by the frequency assignment problem we study the d-distant coloring of the vertices of an infinite plane hexagonal lattice H. Let d be a positive integer. A d-distant coloring of the lattice H is a coloring of the vertices of H such that each pair of vertices distance at most d apart have different colors. The d-distant chromatic number of H, denoted ${\chi }_d\left(H\right)$, is the minimum number of colors needed for a d-distant coloring of H. We give the exact value of ${\chi }_d\left(H\right)$ for any d odd and estimations for any...

For a spanning tree T in a nontrivial connected graph G and for vertices u and v in G, there exists a unique u-v path u = u₀, u₁, u₂,..., uₖ = v in T. A u-v T-path in G is a u- v path u = v₀, v₁,...,vₗ = v in G that is a subsequence of the sequence u = u₀, u₁, u₂,..., uₖ = v. A u-v T-path of minimum length is a u-v T-geodesic in G. The T-distance $d_{G|T}(u,v)$ from u to v in G is the length of a u-v T-geodesic. Let geo(G) and geo(G|T) be the set of geodesics and the set of T-geodesics respectively in G. Necessary...

A graph $G$ is stratified if its vertex set is partitioned into classes, called strata. If there are $k$ strata, then $G$ is $k$-stratified. These graphs were introduced to study problems in VLSI design. The strata in a stratified graph are also referred to as color classes. For a color $X$ in a stratified graph $G$, the $X$-eccentricity $e_X\left(v\right)$ of a vertex $v$ of $G$ is the distance between $v$ and an $X$-colored vertex furthest from $v$. The minimum $X$-eccentricity among the vertices of $G$ is the $X$-radius ${\mathrm{r}ad}_{X}G$ of $G$ and the maximum...

For a set D of positive integers, we define a vertex set S ⊆ V(G) to be D-independent if u, v ∈ S implies the distance d(u,v) ∉ D. The D-independence number ${\beta }_D\left(G\right)$ is the maximum cardinality of a D-independent set. In particular, the independence number $\beta \left(G\right)={\beta }_1\left(G\right)$. Along with general results we consider, in particular, the odd-independence number ${\beta }_{ODD}\left(G\right)$ where ODD = 1,3,5,....

For an integer k ≥ 1, we say that a (finite simple undirected) graph G is k-distance-locally disconnected, or simply k-locally disconnected if, for any x ∈ V (G), the set of vertices at distance at least 1 and at most k from x induces in G a disconnected graph. In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the number of edges of a k-locally disconnected graph on n vertices. For general graphs, we show that this number is Θ(n2) for any fixed value of k and, in the special case of regular graphs,...

A distance between finite partially ordered sets is studied. It is a certain measure of the difference of their structure.

Two types of a distance between isomorphism classes of graphs are adapted for rooted trees.