Tetracyclic harmonic graphs
The 1, 2, 3-Conjecture states that the edges of a graph without isolated edges can be labeled from {1, 2, 3} so that the sums of labels at adjacent vertices are distinct. The 1, 2-Conjecture states that if vertices also receive labels and the vertex label is added to the sum of its incident edge labels, then adjacent vertices can be distinguished using only {1, 2}. We show that various configurations cannot occur in minimal counterexamples to these conjectures. Discharging then confirms the conjectures...
Let G be a nontrivial connected graph with an edge-coloring c : E(G) → {1, 2, . . . , q}, q ∈ ℕ, where adjacent edges may be colored the same. A tree T in G is a rainbow tree if no two edges of T receive the same color. For a vertex subset S ⊆ V (G), a tree that connects S in G is called an S-tree. The minimum number of colors that are needed in an edge-coloring of G such that there is a rainbow S-tree for each k-subset S of V (G) is called the k-rainbow index of G, denoted by rxk(G). In this paper,...
A transit function on a set is a function satisfying the axioms , and , for all . The all-paths transit function of a connected graph is characterized by transit axioms.
The edge C₄ graph of a graph G, E₄(G) is a graph whose vertices are the edges of G and two vertices in E₄(G) are adjacent if the corresponding edges in G are either incident or are opposite edges of some C₄. In this paper, we show that there exist infinitely many pairs of non isomorphic graphs whose edge C₄ graphs are isomorphic. We study the relationship between the diameter, radius and domination number of G and those of E₄(G). It is shown that for any graph G without isolated vertices, there...
In this article we prove the friendship theorem according to the article [1], which states that if a group of people has the property that any pair of persons have exactly one common friend, then there is a universal friend, i.e. a person who is a friend of every other person in the group
An i-chord of a cycle or path is an edge whose endpoints are a distance i ≥ 2 apart along the cycle or path. Motivated by many standard graph classes being describable by the existence of chords, we investigate what happens when i-chords are required for specific values of i. Results include the following: A graph is strongly chordal if and only if, for i ∈ {4,6}, every cycle C with |V(C)| ≥ i has an (i/2)-chord. A graph is a threshold graph if and only if, for i ∈ {4,5}, every path P with |V(P)|...
The interval function (in the sense of H. M. Mulder) is an important tool for studying those properties of a connected graph that depend on the distance between vertices. An axiomatic characterization of the interval function of a connected graph was published by Nebeský in 1994. In Section 2 of the present paper, a simpler and shorter proof of that characterization will be given. In Section 3, a characterization of geodetic graphs will be established; this characterization will utilize properties...
The leafage l(G) of a chordal graph G is the minimum number of leaves of a tree in which G has an intersection representation by subtrees. We obtain upper and lower bounds on l(G) and compute it on special classes. The maximum of l(G) on n-vertex graphs is n - lg n - 1/2 lg lg n + O(1). The proper leafage l*(G) is the minimum number of leaves when no subtree may contain another; we obtain upper and lower bounds on l*(G). Leafage equals proper leafage on claw-free chordal graphs. We use asteroidal...