A proper coloring $c:V\left(G\right)\to \{1,2,...,k\}$, $k\ge 2$ of a graph $G$ is called a graceful $k$-coloring if the induced edge coloring $c^{\text{'}}:E\left(G\right)\to \{1,2,...,k-1\}$ defined by $c^{\text{'}}\left(uv\right)=|c\left(u\right)-c\left(v\right)|$ for each edge $uv$ of $G$ is also proper. The minimum integer $k$ for which $G$ has a graceful $k$-coloring is the graceful chromatic number ${\chi }_g\left(G\right)$. It is known that if $T$ is a tree with maximum degree $\Delta$, then ${\chi }_g\left(T\right)\le \lceil \frac{5}{3}\Delta \rceil$ and this bound is best possible. It is shown for each integer $\Delta \ge 2$ that there is an infinite class of trees $T$ with maximum degree $\Delta$ such that ${\chi }_g\left(T\right)=\lceil \frac{5}{3}\Delta \rceil$. In particular, we investigate for each integer $\Delta \ge 2$ a...

We study improper interval edge colourings, defined by the requirement that the edge colours around each vertex form an integer interval. For the corresponding chromatic invariant (being the maximum number of colours in such a colouring), we present upper and lower bounds and discuss their qualities; also, we determine its values and estimates for graphs of various families, like wheels, prisms or complete graphs. The study of this parameter was inspired by the interval colouring, introduced by...

A graph property is any nonempty isomorphism-closed class of simple (finite or infinite) graphs. A graph property is of finite character if a graph G has a property if and only if every finite induced subgraph of G has a property . Let ₁,₂,...,ₙ be graph properties of finite character, a graph G is said to be (uniquely) (₁, ₂, ...,ₙ)-partitionable if there is an (exactly one) partition V₁, V₂, ..., Vₙ of V(G) such that $G\left[V_i\right]{\in }_i$ for i = 1,2,...,n. Let us denote by ℜ = ₁ ∘ ₂ ∘ ... ∘ ₙ the class of all (₁,₂,...,ₙ)-partitionable...

As introduced by F. Harary in 1994, a graph $G$ is said to be an $integral$$sum$$graph$ if its vertices can be given a labeling $f$ with distinct integers so that for any two distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$, $uv$ is an edge of $G$ if and only if $f\left(u\right)+f\left(v\right)=f\left(w\right)$ for some vertex...

D. Hart, A. Iosevich, D. Koh, S. Senger and I. Uriarte-Tuero (2008) showed that the distance graphs has kaleidoscopic pseudo-random property, i.e. sufficiently large subsets of d-dimensional vector spaces over finite fields contain every possible finite configurations. In this paper we study the kaleidoscopic pseudo-randomness of finite Euclidean graphs using probabilistic methods.

In this paper we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of kernels by monochromatic paths in the corona of digraphs. Using these results, we are able to prove the main result of this paper which provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the corona of digraphs to be monochromatic kernel-perfect. Moreover we calculate the total numbers of kernels by monochromatic paths, independent by monochromatic paths sets and dominating by monochromatic paths sets in this digraphs...

We propose the following problem. For some k ≥ 1, a graph G is to be properly edge coloured such that any two adjacent vertices share at most k colours. We call this the k-intersection edge colouring. The minimum number of colours sufficient to guarantee such a colouring is the k-intersection chromatic index and is denoted χ’ₖ(G). Let fₖ be defined by $fₖ\left(\Delta \right)=ma{x}_{G:\Delta \left(G\right)=\Delta }{\chi }^{\text{'}}ₖ\left(G\right)$. We show that fₖ(Δ) = Θ(Δ²/k). We also discuss some open problems.

We show that the pairs $T,D_T$ where T is a tree and $D_T$ its dual are the only maximal antichains of size 2 in the category of directed graphs endowed with its natural homomorphism ordering.

In a red-blue coloring of a nonempty graph, every edge is colored red or blue. If the resulting edge-colored graph contains a nonempty subgraph G without isolated vertices every edge of which is colored the same, then G is said to be monochromatic. For two nonempty graphs G and H without isolated vertices, the mono- chromatic Ramsey number mr(G,H) of G and H is the minimum integer n such that every red-blue coloring of Kn results in a monochromatic G or a monochromatic H. Thus, the standard Ramsey...

A vertex $k$-coloring of a graph $G$ is a multiset $k$-coloring if $M\left(u\right)\ne M\left(v\right)$ for every edge $uv\in E\left(G\right)$, where $M\left(u\right)$ and $M\left(v\right)$ denote the multisets of colors of the neighbors of $u$ and $v$, respectively. The minimum $k$ for which $G$ has a multiset $k$-coloring is the multiset chromatic number${\chi }_m\left(G\right)$ of $G$. For an integer $\ell \ge 0$, the $\ell$-corona of a graph $G$, ${\mathrm{cor}}^{\ell }\left(G\right)$, is the graph obtained from $G$ by adding, for each vertex $v$ in $G$, $\ell$ new neighbors which are end-vertices. In this paper, the multiset chromatic numbers are determined for $\ell$-coronas of all complete...

A vertex coloring of a graph G is a multiset coloring if the multisets of colors of the neighbors of every two adjacent vertices are different. The minimum k for which G has a multiset k-coloring is the multiset chromatic number χₘ(G) of G. For every graph G, χₘ(G) is bounded above by its chromatic number χ(G). The multiset chromatic numbers of regular graphs are investigated. It is shown that for every pair k, r of integers with 2 ≤ k ≤ r - 1, there exists an r-regular graph with multiset chromatic...

A graph is 1-planar if it can be drawn on the plane so that each edge is crossed by at most one other edge. In this paper, it is proved that the (p, 1)-total labelling number of every 1-planar graph G is at most Δ(G) + 2p − 2 provided that Δ(G) ≥ 8p+4 or Δ(G) ≥ 6p+2 and g(G) ≥ 4. As a consequence, the well-known (p, 1)-total labelling conjecture has been confirmed for some 1-planar graphs.

In this paper a concept 𝓠-Ramsey Class of graphs is introduced, where 𝓠 is a class of bipartite graphs. It is a generalization of well-known concept of Ramsey Class of graphs. Some 𝓠-Ramsey Classes of graphs are presented (Theorem 1 and 2). We proved that 𝓣₂, the class of all outerplanar graphs, is not 𝓓₁-Ramsey Class (Theorem 3). This results leads us to the concept of acyclic reducible bounds for a hereditary property 𝓟 . For 𝓣₂ we found two bounds (Theorem 4). An improvement, in some sense,...