Let G be a graph with vertex set V(G) and edge set E(G). A signed matching is a function x: E(G) → -1,1 satisfying ${\sum }_{e\in E_G\left(v\right)}x\left(e\right)\le 1$ for every v ∈ V(G), where $E_G\left(v\right)=uv\in E\left(G\right)\left|u\in V\right(G)$. The maximum of the values of ${\sum }_{e\in E\left(G\right)}x\left(e\right)$, taken over all signed matchings x, is called the signed matching number and is denoted by β’₁(G). In this paper, we study the complexity of the maximum signed matching problem. We show that a maximum signed matching can be found in strongly polynomial-time. We present sharp upper and lower bounds on β’₁(G) for general graphs....

Let S = (a₁, a₂, ...) be an infinite nondecreasing sequence of positive integers. An S-packing k-coloring of a graph G is a mapping from V(G) to 1,2,...,k such that vertices with color i have pairwise distance greater than $a_i$, and the S-packing chromatic number ${\chi }_S\left(G\right)$ of G is the smallest integer k such that G has an S-packing k-coloring. This concept generalizes the concept of proper coloring (when S = (1,1,1,...)) and broadcast coloring (when S = (1,2,3,4,...)). In this paper, we consider bounds on...

We prove several results about the structure of 2-factors in iterated line graphs. Specifically, we give degree conditions on G that ensure L²(G) contains a 2-factor with every possible number of cycles, and we give a sufficient condition for the existence of a 2-factor in L²(G) with all cycle lengths specified. We also give a characterization of the graphs G where $L^k\left(G\right)$ contains a 2-factor.

Several of the best known problems and conjectures in graph theory arise in studying the behavior of a graphical invariant on a graph product. Examples of this are Vizing's conjecture, Hedetniemi's conjecture and the calculation of the Shannon capacity of graphs, where the invariants are the domination number, the chromatic number and the independence number on the Cartesian, categorical and strong product, respectively. In this paper we begin an investigation of the total domination number on the...

The total edge-domatic number of a graph is introduced as an edge analogue of the total domatic number. Its values are studied for some special classes of graphs. The concept of totally edge-domatically full graph is introduced and investigated.

We examine constructions of non-symmetric trees with a flexible q-labeling or an α-like labeling, which allow factorization of $K_{2n}$ into spanning trees, arising from the trees with α-labelings.

A multigraph G is triangle decomposable if its edge set can be partitioned into subsets, each of which induces a triangle of G, and rationally triangle decomposable if its triangles can be assigned rational weights such that for each edge e of G, the sum of the weights of the triangles that contain e equals 1. We present a necessary and sufficient condition for a planar multigraph to be triangle decomposable. We also show that if a simple planar graph is rationally triangle decomposable, then it...

An additive hereditary graph property is a set of graphs, closed under isomorphism and under taking subgraphs and disjoint unions. Let ₁,...,ₙ be additive hereditary graph properties. A graph G has property (₁∘...∘ₙ) if there is a partition (V₁,...,Vₙ) of V(G) into n sets such that, for all i, the induced subgraph $G\left[V_i\right]$ is in ${}_i$. A property is reducible if there are properties , such that = ∘ ; otherwise it is irreducible. Mihók, Semanišin and Vasky [8] gave a factorisation for any additive hereditary...

A property of graphs is any class of graphs closed under isomorphism. A property of graphs is induced-hereditary and additive if it is closed under taking induced subgraphs and disjoint unions of graphs, respectively. Let ₁,₂, ...,ₙ be properties of graphs. A graph G is (₁,₂,...,ₙ)-partitionable (G has property ₁ º₂ º... ºₙ) if the vertex set V(G) of G can be partitioned into n sets V₁,V₂,..., Vₙ such that the subgraph $G\left[V_i\right]$ of G induced by Vi belongs to ${}_i$; i = 1,2,...,n. A property is said to be reducible...

Let ₁,...,ₙ be properties of graphs. A (₁,...,ₙ)-partition of a graph G is a partition of the vertex set V(G) into subsets V₁, ...,Vₙ such that the subgraph $G\left[V_i\right]$ induced by $V_i$ has property ${}_i$; i = 1,...,n. A graph G is said to be uniquely (₁, ...,ₙ)-partitionable if G has exactly one (₁,...,ₙ)-partition. A property is called hereditary if every subgraph of every graph with property also has property . If every graph that is a disjoint union of two graphs that have property also has property , then we...

Let ₁, ₂ be graph properties. A vertex (₁,₂)-partition of a graph G is a partition V₁,V₂ of V(G) such that for i = 1,2 the induced subgraph $G\left[V_i\right]$ has the property ${}_i$. A property ℜ = ₁∘₂ is defined to be the set of all graphs having a vertex (₁,₂)-partition. A graph G ∈ ₁∘₂ is said to be uniquely (₁,₂)-partitionable if G has exactly one vertex (₁,₂)-partition. In this note, we show the existence of uniquely partitionable planar graphs with respect to hereditary additive properties having a forbidden tree....