Paths in powers of graph
The existence of paths of low degree sum of their vertices in planar graphs is investigated. The main results of the paper are: 1. Every 3-connected simple planar graph G that contains a k-path, a path on k vertices, also contains a k-path P such that for its weight (the sum of degrees of its vertices) in G it holds 2. Every plane triangulation T that contains a k-path also contains a k-path P such that for its weight in T it holds 3. Let G be a 3-connected simple planar graph of circumference...
We study the problem of finding an alternating path having given endpoints and passing through a given set of vertices in edge-colored graphs (a path is alternating if any two consecutive edges are in different colors). In particular, we show that this problem in NP-complete for 2-edge-colored graphs. Then we give a polynomial characterization when we restrict ourselves to 2-edge-colored complete graphs. We also investigate on (s,t)-paths through fixed vertices, i.e. paths of length s+t such that...
In this paper it is proved that every -connected planar graph contains a path on vertices each of which is of degree at most and a path on vertices each of which has degree at most . Analogous results are stated for -connected planar graphs of minimum degree and . Moreover, for every pair of integers , there is a -connected planar graph such that every path on vertices in it has a vertex of degree .
In this paper we prove that every planar graph without 4, 5 and 8-cycles is 3-colorable.
Let be a nontrivial connected graph on which is defined a coloring , , of the edges of , where adjacent edges may be colored the same. A path in is a rainbow path if no two edges of are colored the same. The graph is rainbow-connected if contains a rainbow path for every two vertices and of . The minimum for which there exists such a -edge coloring is the rainbow connection number of . If for every pair of distinct vertices, contains a rainbow geodesic, then is...
Let be a finite graph with an eigenvalue of multiplicity . A set of vertices in is called a star set for in if is not an eigenvalue of the star complement which is the subgraph of induced by vertices not in . A vertex subset of a graph is -regular if it induces a -regular subgraph and every vertex not in the subset has neighbors in it. We investigate the graphs having a -regular set which induces a star complement for some eigenvalue. A survey of known results is provided...