A $(0,2)$-graph is a connected graph, where each pair of vertices has either 0 or 2 common neighbours. These graphs constitute a subclass of $(0,\lambda )$-graphs introduced by Mulder in 1979. A rectagraph, well known in diagram geometry, is a triangle-free $(0,2)$-graph. $(0,2)$-graphs include hypercubes, folded cube graphs and some particular graphs such as icosahedral graph, Shrikhande graph, Klein graph, Gewirtz graph, etc. In this paper, we give some local properties of 4-cycles in $(0,\lambda )$-graphs and more specifically in $(0,2)$-graphs,...

Let D be a digraph, V (D) and A(D) will denote the sets of vertices and arcs of D, respectively. A digraph D is transitive if for every three distinct vertices u, v,w ∈ V (D), (u, v), (v,w) ∈ A(D) implies that (u,w) ∈ A(D). This concept can be generalized as follows: A digraph is k-transitive if for every u, v ∈ V (D), the existence of a uv-directed path of length k in D implies that (u, v) ∈ A(D). A very useful structural characterization of transitive digraphs has been known for a long time, and...

It is known that there are normal plane maps M5 with minimum degree 5 such that the minimum degree-sum w(S5) of 5-stars at 5-vertices is arbitrarily large. In 1940, Lebesgue showed that if an M5 has no 4-stars of cyclic type (5, 6, 6, 5) centered at 5-vertices, then w(S5) ≤ 68. We improve this bound of 68 to 55 and give a construction of a (5, 6, 6, 5)-free M5 with w(S5) = 48

We prove that for any two minor hereditary properties 𝓟₁ and 𝓟₂, such that 𝓟₂ covers 𝓟₁, and for any graph G ∈ 𝓟₂ there is a 𝓟₁-bipartition of G. Some remarks on minimal reducible bounds are also included.

Let us call a graph G(H;k) vertex stable if it contains a subgraph H after removing any of its k vertices. In this paper we are interested in finding the $(K_{n,n+1};1)$ (respectively $(K_{n,n};1)$) vertex stable graphs with minimum size.

Let us call a G (H,k) graph vertex stable if it contains a subgraph H ever after removing any of its k vertices. By Q(H,k) we will denote the minimum size of an (H,k) vertex stable graph. In this paper, we are interested in finding Q(₃,k), Q(₄,k), $Q(K_{1,p},k)$ and Q(Kₛ,k).

Let D = (V (D),A(D)) be a digraph and k ≥ 2 be an integer. A subset N of V (D) is k-independent if for every pair of vertices u, v ∈ N, we have d(u, v) ≥ k; it is l-absorbent if for every u ∈ V (D) − N, there exists v ∈ N such that d(u, v) ≤ l. A (k, l)-kernel of D is a k-independent and l-absorbent subset of V (D). A k-kernel is a (k, k − 1)-kernel. A digraph D is k-transitive if for any path x0x1 ・ ・ ・ xk of length k, x0 dominates xk. Hernández-Cruz [3-transitive digraphs, Discuss. Math. Graph...

Line digraphs can be obtained by sequences of state splittings, a particular kind of operation widely used in symbolic dynamics [12]. Properties of line digraphs inherited from the source have been studied, for instance in [7] Harminc showed that the cardinalities of the sets of kernels and solutions (kernel's dual definition) of a digraph and its line digraph coincide. We extend this for (k,l)-kernels in the context of state splittings and also look at (k,l)-semikernels, k-Grundy functions and...

In his 1930 paper, Kuratowski proves that a finite graph Γ is planar if and only if it does not contain a subgraph that is homeomorphic to K₅, the complete graph on five vertices, or $K_{3,3}$, the complete bipartite graph on six vertices. This result is also attributed to Pontryagin. In this paper we present an ℓ²-homological method for detecting non-planar graphs. More specifically, we view a graph Γ as the nerve of a related Coxeter system and construct the associated Davis complex, ${\Sigma }_{\Gamma }$. We then use a...

We give analogs of the complexity $p\left(n\right)$ and of Sturmian words which are called respectively the $*$-complexity $p_{*}\left(n\right)$ and $*$-Sturmian words. We show that the class of $*$-Sturmian words coincides with the class of words satisfying $p_{*}\left(n\right)\le n+1$, and we determine the structure of $*$-Sturmian words. For a class of words satisfying $p_{*}\left(n\right)=n+1$, we give a general formula and an upper bound for $p\left(n\right)$. Using this general formula, we give explicit formulae for $p\left(n\right)$ for some words belonging to this class. In general, $p\left(n\right)$ can take large values, namely,...