Given graphs G and H, a mapping f:V(G) → V(H) is a homomorphism if (f(u),f(v)) is an edge of H for every edge (u,v) of G. In this paper, we initiate the study of computational complexity of locally injective homomorphisms called partial covers of graphs. We motivate the study of partial covers by showing a correspondence to generalized (2,1)-colorings of graphs, the notion stemming from a practical problem of assigning frequencies to transmitters without interference. We compare the problems of...

In this paper we describe a natural extension of the well-known ρ-labeling of graphs (also known as rosy labeling). The labeling, called product rosy labeling, labels vertices with elements of products of additive groups. We illustrate the usefulness of this labeling by presenting a recursive construction of infinite families of trees decomposing complete graphs.

A radio antipodal coloring of a connected graph $G$ with diameter $d$ is an assignment of positive integers to the vertices of $G$, with $x\in V\left(G\right)$ assigned $c\left(x\right)$, such that $$d(u,v)+\left|c\right(u)-c(v\left)\right|\ge d$$ for every two distinct vertices $u$, $v$ of $G$, where $d(u,v)$ is the distance between $u$ and $v$ in $G$. The radio antipodal coloring number $\mathrm{a}c\left(c\right)$ of a radio antipodal coloring $c$ of $G$ is the maximum color assigned to a vertex of $G$. The radio antipodal chromatic number $\mathrm{a}c\left(G\right)$ of $G$ is $min\left\{\mathrm{a}c\right(c\left)\right\}$ over all radio antipodal colorings $c$ of $G$. Radio antipodal chromatic numbers of paths...

For k ∈ ℤ+ and G a simple, connected graph, a k-radio labeling f : V (G) → ℤ+ of G requires all pairs of distinct vertices u and v to satisfy |f(u) − f(v)| ≥ k + 1 − d(u, v). We consider k-radio labelings of G when k = diam(G). In this setting, f is injective; if f is also surjective onto {1, 2, . . . , |V (G)|}, then f is a consecutive radio labeling. Graphs that can be labeled with such a labeling are called radio graceful. In this paper, we give two results on the existence of radio graceful...

For a connected graph G of diameter d and an integer k with 1 ≤ k ≤ d, a radio k-coloring of G is an assignment c of colors (positive integers) to the vertices of G such that d(u,v) + |c(u)- c(v)| ≥ 1 + k for every two distinct vertices u and v of G, where d(u,v) is the distance between u and v. The value rcₖ(c) of a radio k-coloring c of G is the maximum color assigned to a vertex of G. The radio k-chromatic number rcₖ(G) of G is the minimum value of rcₖ(c) taken over all radio k-colorings c of...

Frequency planning consists in allocating frequencies to the transmitters of a cellular network so as to ensure that no pair of transmitters interfere. We study the problem of reducing interference by modeling this by a radio k-labeling problem on graphs: For a graph G and an integer k ≥ 1, a radio k-labeling of G is an assignment f of non negative integers to the vertices of G such that $|f\left(x\right)-f\left(y\right)|\ge k+1-d_G(x,y)$, for any two vertices x and y, where $d_G(x,y)$ is the distance between x and y in G. The radio k-chromatic number is...

For a graph G and any two vertices u and v in G, let d(u,v) denote the distance between u and v and let diam(G) be the diameter of G. A multilevel distance labeling (or radio labeling) for G is a function f that assigns to each vertex of G a positive integer such that for any two distinct vertices u and v, d(u,v) + |f(u) - f(v)| ≥ diam(G) + 1. The largest integer in the range of f is called the span of f and is denoted span(f). The radio number of G, denoted rn(G), is the minimum span of any radio...

A radio labeling is an assignment c:V(G) → N such that every distinct pair of vertices u,v satisfies the inequality d(u,v) + |c(u)-c(v)| ≥ diam(G) + 1. The span of a radio labeling is the maximum value. The radio number of G, rn(G), is the minimum span over all radio labelings of G. Generalized prism graphs, denoted $Z_{n,s}$, s ≥ 1, n ≥ s, have vertex set (i,j) | i = 1,2 and j = 1,...,n and edge set ((i,j),(i,j ±1)) ∪ ((1,i),(2,i+σ)) | σ = -⌊(s-1)/2⌋...,0,...,⌊s/2⌋. In this paper we determine the radio...

A ranking on a graph is an assignment of positive integers to its vertices such that any path between two vertices with the same label contains a vertex with a larger label. The rank number of a graph is the fewest number of labels that can be used in a ranking. The rank number of a graph is known for many families, including the ladder graph P2 × Pn. We consider how ”bending” a ladder affects the rank number. We prove that in certain cases the rank number does not change, and in others the rank...

We solve the last missing case of a “two delegation negotiation” version of the Oberwolfach problem, which can be stated as follows. Suppose we have two negotiating delegations with n=mk members each and we have a seating arrangement such that every day the negotiators sit at m tables with k people of the same delegation at one side of each table. Every person can effectively communicate just with three nearest persons across the table. Our goal is to guarantee that over the course of several days,...

For any nontrivial connected graph $F$ and any graph $G$, the $F$-degree of a vertex $v$ in $G$ is the number of copies of $F$ in $G$ containing $v$. $G$ is called $F$-continuous if and only if the $F$-degrees of any two adjacent vertices in $G$ differ by at most 1; $G$ is $F$-regular if the $F$-degrees of all vertices in $G$ are the same. This paper classifies all $P_4$-continuous graphs with girth greater than 3. We show that for any nontrivial connected graph $F$ other than the star $K_{1,k}$, $k\ge 1$, there exists a regular graph that is not...

We observe that a lobster with diameter at least five has a unique path $H=x_0,x_1,...,x_m$ with the property that besides the adjacencies in $H$ both $x_0$ and $x_m$ are adjacent to the centers of at least one $K_{1,s}$, where $s>0$, and each $x_i$, $1\le i\le m-1$, is adjacent at most to the centers of some $K_{1,s}$, where $s\ge 0$. This path $H$ is called the central path of the lobster. We call $K_{1,s}$ an even branch if $s$ is nonzero even, an odd branch if $s$ is odd and a pendant branch if $s=0$. In the existing literature only some specific classes of lobsters have been found...

In this paper we define total magic cordial (TMC) and total sequential cordial (TSC) labellings which are weaker versions of magic and simply sequential labellings of graphs. Based on these definitions we have given several results on TMC and TSC graphs.

The bandwidth minimization problem is of significance in network communication and related areas. Let G be a graph of n vertices. The two-dimensional bandwidth B2(G) of G is the minimum value of the maximum distance between adjacent vertices when G is embedded into an n × n grid in the plane. As a discrete optimization problem, determining B2(G) is NP-hard in general. However, exact results for this parameter can be derived for some special classes of graphs. This paper studies the “square-root...