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Algebraic connectivity of k -connected graphs

Stephen J. Kirkland, Israel Rocha, Vilmar Trevisan (2015)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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Let G be a k -connected graph with k 2 . A hinge is a subset of k vertices whose deletion from G yields a disconnected graph. We consider the algebraic connectivity and Fiedler vectors of such graphs, paying special attention to the signs of the entries in Fiedler vectors corresponding to vertices in a hinge, and to vertices in the connected components at a hinge. The results extend those in Fiedler’s papers Algebraic connectivity of graphs (1973), A property of eigenvectors of nonnegative...

Domination numbers in graphs with removed edge or set of edges

Magdalena Lemańska (2005)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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It is known that the removal of an edge from a graph G cannot decrease a domination number γ(G) and can increase it by at most one. Thus we can write that γ(G) ≤ γ(G-e) ≤ γ(G)+1 when an arbitrary edge e is removed. Here we present similar inequalities for the weakly connected domination number γ w and the connected domination number γ c , i.e., we show that γ w ( G ) γ w ( G - e ) γ w ( G ) + 1 and γ c ( G ) γ c ( G - e ) γ c ( G ) + 2 if G and G-e are connected. Additionally we show that γ w ( G ) γ w ( G - E ) γ w ( G ) + p - 1 and γ c ( G ) γ c ( G - E ) γ c ( G ) + 2 p - 2 if G and G - Eₚ are connected and Eₚ = E(Hₚ) where Hₚ of order...

Graph domination in distance two

Gábor Bacsó, Attila Tálos, Zsolt Tuza (2005)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Let G = (V,E) be a graph, and k ≥ 1 an integer. A subgraph D is said to be k-dominating in G if every vertex of G-D is at distance at most k from some vertex of D. For a given class of graphs, Domₖ is the set of those graphs G in which every connected induced subgraph H has some k-dominating induced subgraph D ∈ which is also connected. In our notation, Dom coincides with Dom₁. In this paper we prove that D o m D o m u = D o m u holds for u = all connected graphs without induced P u (u ≥ 2). (In particular,...

A remark on the (2,2)-domination number

Torsten Korneffel, Dirk Meierling, Lutz Volkmann (2008)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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A subset D of the vertex set of a graph G is a (k,p)-dominating set if every vertex v ∈ V(G)∖D is within distance k to at least p vertices in D. The parameter γ k , p ( G ) denotes the minimum cardinality of a (k,p)-dominating set of G. In 1994, Bean, Henning and Swart posed the conjecture that γ k , p ( G ) ( p / ( p + k ) ) n ( G ) for any graph G with δₖ(G) ≥ k+p-1, where the latter means that every vertex is within distance k to at least k+p-1 vertices other than itself. In 2005, Fischermann and Volkmann confirmed this conjecture...

On characterization of uniquely 3-list colorable complete multipartite graphs

Yancai Zhao, Erfang Shan (2010)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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For each vertex v of a graph G, if there exists a list of k colors, L(v), such that there is a unique proper coloring for G from this collection of lists, then G is called a uniquely k-list colorable graph. Ghebleh and Mahmoodian characterized uniquely 3-list colorable complete multipartite graphs except for nine graphs: K 2 , 2 , r r ∈ 4,5,6,7,8, K 2 , 3 , 4 , K 1 * 4 , 4 , K 1 * 4 , 5 , K 1 * 5 , 4 . Also, they conjectured that the nine graphs are not U3LC graphs. After that, except for K 2 , 2 , r r ∈ 4,5,6,7,8, the others have been proved not...

On the connectivity of finite subset spaces

Jacob Mostovoy, Rustam Sadykov (2012)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We prove that the space e x p k S m + 1 of nonempty subsets of cardinality at most k in a bouquet of m+1-dimensional spheres is (m+k-2)-connected. This, as shown by Tuffley, implies that the space e x p k X is (m+k-2)-connected for any m-connected cell complex X.

The geodetic number of strong product graphs

A.P. Santhakumaran, S.V. Ullas Chandran (2010)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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For two vertices u and v of a connected graph G, the set I G [ u , v ] consists of all those vertices lying on u-v geodesics in G. Given a set S of vertices of G, the union of all sets I G [ u , v ] for u,v ∈ S is denoted by I G [ S ] . A set S ⊆ V(G) is a geodetic set if I G [ S ] = V ( G ) and the minimum cardinality of a geodetic set is its geodetic number g(G) of G. Bounds for the geodetic number of strong product graphs are obtainted and for several classes improved bounds and exact values are obtained.

Bounds on the global offensive k-alliance number in graphs

Mustapha Chellali, Teresa W. Haynes, Bert Randerath, Lutz Volkmann (2009)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Let G = (V(G),E(G)) be a graph, and let k ≥ 1 be an integer. A set S ⊆ V(G) is called a global offensive k-alliance if |N(v)∩S| ≥ |N(v)-S|+k for every v ∈ V(G)-S, where N(v) is the neighborhood of v. The global offensive k-alliance number γ k ( G ) is the minimum cardinality of a global offensive k-alliance in G. We present different bounds on γ k ( G ) in terms of order, maximum degree, independence number, chromatic number and minimum degree.

2-halvable complete 4-partite graphs

Dalibor Fronček (1998)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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A complete 4-partite graph K m , m , m , m is called d-halvable if it can be decomposed into two isomorphic factors of diameter d. In the class of graphs K m , m , m , m with at most one odd part all d-halvable graphs are known. In the class of biregular graphs K m , m , m , m with four odd parts (i.e., the graphs K m , m , m , n and K m , m , n , n ) all d-halvable graphs are known as well, except for the graphs K m , m , n , n when d = 2 and n ≠ m. We prove that such graphs are 2-halvable iff n,m ≥ 3. We also determine a new class of non-halvable graphs K m , m , m , m with three...

On generalized shift graphs

Christian Avart, Tomasz Łuczak, Vojtěch Rödl (2014)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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In 1968 Erdős and Hajnal introduced shift graphs as graphs whose vertices are the k-element subsets of [n] = 1,...,n (or of an infinite cardinal κ ) and with two k-sets A = a , . . . , a k and B = b , . . . , b k joined if a < a = b < a = b < < a k = b k - 1 < b k . They determined the chromatic number of these graphs. In this paper we extend this definition and study the chromatic number of graphs defined similarly for other types of mutual position with respect to the underlying ordering. As a consequence of our result, we show the existence of a graph with...

Paired domination in prisms of graphs

Christina M. Mynhardt, Mark Schurch (2011)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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The paired domination number γ p r ( G ) of a graph G is the smallest cardinality of a dominating set S of G such that ⟨S⟩ has a perfect matching. The generalized prisms πG of G are the graphs obtained by joining the vertices of two disjoint copies of G by |V(G)| independent edges. We provide characterizations of the following three classes of graphs: γ p r ( π G ) = 2 γ p r ( G ) for all πG; γ p r ( K G ) = 2 γ p r ( G ) ; γ p r ( K G ) = γ p r ( G ) .

Remarks on D -integral complete multipartite graphs

Pavel Híc, Milan Pokorný (2016)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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A graph is called distance integral (or D -integral) if all eigenvalues of its distance matrix are integers. In their study of D -integral complete multipartite graphs, Yang and Wang (2015) posed two questions on the existence of such graphs. We resolve these questions and present some further results on D -integral complete multipartite graphs. We give the first known distance integral complete multipartite graphs K p 1 , p 2 , p 3 with p 1 < p 2 < p 3 , and K p 1 , p 2 , p 3 , p 4 with p 1 < p 2 < p 3 < p 4 , as well as the infinite classes of distance integral...

Nearly complete graphs decomposable into large induced matchings and their applications

Noga Alon, Ankur Moitra, Benjamin Sudakov (2013)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

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We describe two constructions of (very) dense graphs which are edge disjoint unions of large induced matchings. The first construction exhibits graphs on N vertices with ( N 2 ) - o ( N 2 ) edges, which can be decomposed into pairwise disjoint induced matchings, each of size N 1 - o ( 1 ) . The second construction provides a covering of all edges of the complete graph K N by two graphs, each being the edge disjoint union of at most N 2 - δ induced matchings, where δ > 0 , 076 . This disproves (in a strong form) a conjecture of Meshulam,...

Equivalent classes for K₃-gluings of wheels

Halina Bielak (1998)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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In this paper, the chromaticity of K₃-gluings of two wheels is studied. For each even integer n ≥ 6 and each odd integer 3 ≤ q ≤ [n/2] all K₃-gluings of wheels W q + 2 and W n - q + 2 create an χ-equivalent class.

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...