On traceability and 2-factors in claw-free graphs

Dalibor Fronček; Zdeněk Ryjáček; Zdzisław Skupień

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On graphs G for which both g and G̅ are claw-free

Shinya Fujita (2005)

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Let G be a graph with |V(G)| ≥ 10. We prove that if both G and G̅ are claw-free, then minΔ(G), Δ(G̅) ≤ 2. As a generalization of this result in the case where |V(G)| is sufficiently large, we also prove that if both G and G̅ are $K_{1, t}$ -free, then minΔ(G),Δ(G̅) ≤ r(t- 1,t)-1 where r(t-1,t) is the Ramsey number.

2-factors in claw-free graphs

Guantao Chen, Jill R. Faudree, Ronald J. Gould, Akira Saito (2000)

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We consider the question of the range of the number of cycles possible in a 2-factor of a 2-connected claw-free graph with sufficiently high minimum degree. (By claw-free we mean the graph has no induced $K_{1, 3}$ .) In particular, we show that for such a graph G of order n ≥ 51 with δ(G) ≥ (n-2)/3, G contains a 2-factor with exactly k cycles, for 1 ≤ k ≤ (n-24)/3. We also show that this result is sharp in the sense that if we lower δ(G), we cannot obtain the full range of values for k. ...

Stable sets for $(P ₆, K_{2, 3})$ -free graphs

Raffaele Mosca (2012)

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The Maximum Stable Set (MS) problem is a well known NP-hard problem. However different graph classes for which MS can be efficiently solved have been detected and the augmenting graph technique seems to be a fruitful tool to this aim. In this paper we apply a recent characterization of minimal augmenting graphs [22] to prove that MS can be solved for $(P ₆, K_{2, 3})$ -free graphs in polynomial time, extending some known results.

Factors and circuits in $K_{1, 3}$ -free graphs

Zdeněk Ryjáček (1989)

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Variations on a sufficient condition for Hamiltonian graphs

Ahmed Ainouche, Serge Lapiquonne (2007)

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Given a 2-connected graph G on n vertices, let G* be its partially square graph, obtained by adding edges uv whenever the vertices u,v have a common neighbor x satisfying the condition $N_{G} (x) \subseteq N_{G} [u] \cup N_{G} [v]$ , where $N_{G} [x] = N_{G} (x) \cup x$ . In particular, this condition is satisfied if x does not center a claw (an induced $K_{1, 3}$ ). Clearly G ⊆ G* ⊆ G², where G² is the square of G. For any independent triple X = x,y,z we define σ̅(X) = d(x) + d(y) + d(z) - |N(x) ∩ N(y) ∩ N(z)|. Flandrin et al. proved that a 2-connected graph G is hamiltonian...

On hereditary properties of composition graphs

Vadim E. Levit, Eugen Mandrescu (1998)

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The composition graph of a family of n+1 disjoint graphs $H_{i} : 0 \leq i \leq n$ is the graph H obtained by substituting the n vertices of H₀ respectively by the graphs H₁,H₂,...,Hₙ. If H has some hereditary property P, then necessarily all its factors enjoy the same property. For some sort of graphs it is sufficient that all factors $H_{i} : 0 \leq i \leq n$ have a certain common P to endow H with this P. For instance, it is known that the composition graph of a family of perfect graphs is also a perfect graph (B. Bollobas, 1978),...

Potential forbidden triples implying hamiltonicity: for sufficiently large graphs

Ralph J. Faudree, Ronald J. Gould, Michael S. Jacobson (2005)

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In [1], Brousek characterizes all triples of connected graphs, G₁,G₂,G₃, with $G_{i} = K_{1, 3}$ for some i = 1,2, or 3, such that all G₁G₂ G₃-free graphs contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [8], Faudree, Gould, Jacobson and Lesniak consider the problem of finding triples of graphs G₁,G₂,G₃, none of which is a $K_{1, s}$ , s ≥ 3 such that G₁G₂G₃-free graphs of sufficiently large order contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [6], a characterization was given of all triples G₁,G₂,G₃ with none being $K_{1, 3}$ , such that all G₁G₂G₃-free...

Remarks on partially square graphs, hamiltonicity and circumference

Hamamache Kheddouci (2001)

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Given a graph G, its partially square graph G* is a graph obtained by adding an edge (u,v) for each pair u, v of vertices of G at distance 2 whenever the vertices u and v have a common neighbor x satisfying the condition $N_{G} (x) \subseteq N_{G} [u] \cup N_{G} [v]$ , where $N_{G} [x] = N_{G} (x) \cup x$ . In the case where G is a claw-free graph, G* is equal to G². We define $σ ° ₜ = m i n \sum_{x \in S} d_{G} (x) : S i s a n i n d e p e n d e n t s e t i n G * a n d | S | = t$ . We give for hamiltonicity and circumference new sufficient conditions depending on σ° and we improve some known results.

Forbidden triples implying Hamiltonicity: for all graphs

Ralph J. Faudree, Ronald J. Gould, Michael S. Jacobson (2004)

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In [2], Brousek characterizes all triples of graphs, G₁, G₂, G₃, with $G_{i} = K_{1, 3}$ for some i = 1, 2, or 3, such that all G₁G₂G₃-free graphs contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [6], Faudree, Gould, Jacobson and Lesniak consider the problem of finding triples of graphs G₁, G₂, G₃, none of which is a $K_{1, s}$ , s ≥ 3 such that G₁, G₂, G₃-free graphs of sufficiently large order contain a hamiltonian cycle. In this paper, a characterization will be given of all triples G₁, G₂, G₃ with none being $K_{1, 3}$ , such that all...

On 2-periodic graphs of a certain graph operator

Ivan Havel, Bohdan Zelinka (2001)

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We deal with the graph operator $\bar{P o w ₂}$ defined to be the complement of the square of a graph: $\bar{P o w ₂} (G) = \bar{P o w ₂ (G)}$ . Motivated by one of many open problems formulated in [6] we look for graphs that are 2-periodic with respect to this operator. We describe a class of bipartite graphs possessing the above mentioned property and prove that for any m,n ≥ 6, the complete bipartite graph $K_{m, n}$ can be decomposed in two edge-disjoint factors from . We further show that all the incidence graphs of Desarguesian finite projective...

On well-covered graphs of odd girth 7 or greater

Bert Randerath, Preben Dahl Vestergaard (2002)

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A maximum independent set of vertices in a graph is a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of largest cardinality α. Plummer [14] defined a graph to be well-covered, if every independent set is contained in a maximum independent set of G. One of the most challenging problems in this area, posed in the survey of Plummer [15], is to find a good characterization of well-covered graphs of girth 4. We examine several subclasses of well-covered graphs of girth ≥ 4 with respect to the odd girth...

Colouring graphs with prescribed induced cycle lengths

Bert Randerath, Ingo Schiermeyer (2001)

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In this paper we study the chromatic number of graphs with two prescribed induced cycle lengths. It is due to Sumner that triangle-free and P₅-free or triangle-free, P₆-free and C₆-free graphs are 3-colourable. A canonical extension of these graph classes is $^{I} (4, 5)$ , the class of all graphs whose induced cycle lengths are 4 or 5. Our main result states that all graphs of $^{I} (4, 5)$ are 3-colourable. Moreover, we present polynomial time algorithms to 3-colour all triangle-free graphs G of this kind,...

Extremal problems for forbidden pairs that imply hamiltonicity

Ralph Faudree, András Gyárfás (1999)

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Let C denote the claw $K_{1, 3}$ , N the net (a graph obtained from a K₃ by attaching a disjoint edge to each vertex of the K₃), W the wounded (a graph obtained from a K₃ by attaching an edge to one vertex and a disjoint path P₃ to a second vertex), and $Z_{i}$ the graph consisting of a K₃ with a path of length i attached to one vertex. For k a fixed positive integer and n a sufficiently large integer, the minimal number of edges and the smallest clique in a k-connected graph G of order n that is CY-free...

Rotation and jump distances between graphs

Gary Chartrand, Heather Gavlas, Héctor Hevia, Mark A. Johnson (1997)

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A graph H is obtained from a graph G by an edge rotation if G contains three distinct vertices u,v, and w such that uv ∈ E(G), uw ∉ E(G), and H = G-uv+uw. A graph H is obtained from a graph G by an edge jump if G contains four distinct vertices u,v,w, and x such that uv ∈ E(G), wx∉ E(G), and H = G-uv+wx. If a graph H is obtained from a graph G by a sequence of edge jumps, then G is said to be j-transformed into H. It is shown that for every two graphs G and H of the same order (at least...

4-cycle properties for characterizing rectagraphs and hypercubes

Khadra Bouanane, Abdelhafid Berrachedi (2017)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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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 $(0, λ)$ -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 $(0, λ)$ -graphs and more specifically...

Extension of several sufficient conditions for Hamiltonian graphs

Ahmed Ainouche (2006)

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Let G be a 2-connected graph of order n. Suppose that for all 3-independent sets X in G, there exists a vertex u in X such that |N(X∖u)|+d(u) ≥ n-1. Using the concept of dual closure, we prove that 1. G is hamiltonian if and only if its 0-dual closure is either complete or the cycle C₇ 2. G is nonhamiltonian if and only if its 0-dual closure is either the graph $(K_{r} \cup K ₛ \cup K ₜ) \lor K ₂$ , 1 ≤ r ≤ s ≤ t or the graph $((n + 1) / 2) K ₁ \lor K_{(n - 1) / 2}$ . It follows that it takes a polynomial time to check the hamiltonicity or the nonhamiltonicity...

Uniquely partitionable graphs

Jozef Bucko, Marietjie Frick, Peter Mihók, Roman Vasky (1997)

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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 $G [V_{i}]$ 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...

Defective choosability of graphs in surfaces

Douglas R. Woodall (2011)

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It is known that if G is a graph that can be drawn without edges crossing in a surface with Euler characteristic ε, and k and d are positive integers such that k ≥ 3 and d is sufficiently large in terms of k and ε, then G is (k,d)*-colorable; that is, the vertices of G can be colored with k colors so that each vertex has at most d neighbors with the same color as itself. In this paper, the known lower bound on d that suffices for this is reduced, and an analogous result is proved for...

On the minus domination number of graphs

Hailong Liu, Liang Sun (2004)

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Let $G = (V, E)$ be a simple graph. A $3$ -valued function $f V (G) \to {- 1, 0, 1}$ is said to be a minus dominating function if for every vertex $v \in V$ , $f (N [v]) = \sum_{u \in N [v]} f (u) \geq 1$ , where $N [v]$ is the closed neighborhood of $v$ . The weight of a minus dominating function $f$ on $G$ is $f (V) = \sum_{v \in V} f (v)$ . The minus domination number of a graph $G$ , denoted by $γ^{-} (G)$ , equals the minimum weight of a minus dominating function on $G$ . In this paper, the following two results are obtained. (1) If $G$ is a bipartite graph of order $n$ , then $γ^{-} (G) \geq 4 (\sqrt{n + 1} - 1) - n .$ (2) For any negative integer $k$ and any positive integer...

Difference labelling of cacti

Martin Sonntag (2003)

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A graph G is a difference graph iff there exists S ⊂ IN⁺ such that G is isomorphic to the graph DG(S) = (V,E), where V = S and E = i,j:i,j ∈ V ∧ |i-j| ∈ V. It is known that trees, cycles, complete graphs, the complete bipartite graphs $K_{n, n}$ and $K_{n, n - 1}$ , pyramids and n-sided prisms (n ≥ 4) are difference graphs (cf. [4]). Giving a special labelling algorithm, we prove that cacti with a girth of at least 6 are difference graphs, too.