On the minimal length of the longest trail in a fixed edge-density graph
A nearly sharp lower bound on the length of the longest trail in a graph on n vertices and average degree k is given provided the graph is dense enough (k ≥ 12.5).
A nearly sharp lower bound on the length of the longest trail in a graph on n vertices and average degree k is given provided the graph is dense enough (k ≥ 12.5).
We say that a graph G is maximal Kp-free if G does not contain Kp but if we add any new edge e ∈ E(G) to G, then the graph G + e contains Kp. We study the minimum and maximum size of non-(p − 1)-partite maximal Kp-free graphs with n vertices. We also answer the interpolation question: for which values of n and m are there any n-vertex maximal Kp-free graphs of size m?
A cut-vertex in a graph G is a vertex whose removal increases the number of connected components of G. An end-block of G is a block with a single cut-vertex. In this paper we establish upper bounds on the numbers of end-blocks and cut-vertices in a 4-regular graph G and claw-free 4-regular graphs. We characterize the extremal graphs achieving these bounds.
A property P defined on all graphs of order n is said to be k-stable if for any graph of order n that does not satisfy P, the fact that uv is not an edge of G and that G + uv satisfies P implies . Every property is (2n-3)-stable and every k-stable property is (k+1)-stable. We denote by s(P) the smallest integer k such that P is k-stable and call it the stability of P. This number usually depends on n and is at most 2n-3. A graph of order n is said to be pancyclic if it contains cycles of all lengths...
In this paper we initiate the study of total restrained domination in graphs. Let be a graph. A total restrained dominating set is a set where every vertex in is adjacent to a vertex in as well as to another vertex in , and every vertex in is adjacent to another vertex in . The total restrained domination number of , denoted by , is the smallest cardinality of a total restrained dominating set of . First, some exact values and sharp bounds for are given in Section 2. Then the Nordhaus-Gaddum-type...
A graph G is called (H;k)-vertex stable if G contains a subgraph isomorphic to H ever after removing any of its k vertices. Q(H;k) denotes the minimum size among the sizes of all (H;k)-vertex stable graphs. In this paper we complete the characterization of -vertex stable graphs with minimum size. Namely, we prove that for m ≥ 2 and n ≥ m+2, and as well as are the only -vertex stable graphs with minimum size, confirming the conjecture of Dudek and Zwonek.