The neighborhood graph N(G) of a simple undirected graph G = (V,E) is the graph $(V,E_N)$ where $E_N$ = a,b | a ≠ b, x,a ∈ E and x,b ∈ E for some x ∈ V. It is well-known that the neighborhood graph N(G) is connected if and only if the graph G is connected and non-bipartite. We present some results concerning the k-iterated neighborhood graph $N^k\left(G\right):=N\left(N(...N\left(G\right))\right)$ of G. In particular we investigate conditions for G and k such that $N^k\left(G\right)$ becomes a complete graph.

Let $G$ be a graph, and $\lambda$ the smallest integer for which $G$ has a nowhere-zero $\lambda$-flow, i.e., an integer $\lambda$ for which $G$ admits a nowhere-zero $\lambda$-flow, but it does not admit a $(\lambda -1)$-flow. We denote the minimum flow number of $G$ by $\Lambda \left(G\right)$. In this paper we show that if $G$ and $H$ are two arbitrary graphs and $G$ has no isolated vertex, then $\Lambda (G\vee H)\le 3$ except two cases: (i) One of the graphs $G$ and $H$ is $K_2$ and the other is $1$-regular. (ii) $H=K_1$ and $G$ is a graph with at least one isolated vertex or a component whose every block is an...

We show positivity of the Q-matrix of four kinds of graph products: direct product (Cartesian product), star product, comb product, and free product. During the discussion we give an alternative simple proof of the Markov product theorem on positive definite kernels.

Zero forcing number has recently become an interesting graph parameter studied in its own right since its introduction by the “AIM Minimum Rank–Special Graphs Work Group”, whereas metric dimension is a well-known graph parameter. We investigate the metric dimension and the zero forcing number of some line graphs by first determining the metric dimension and the zero forcing number of the line graphs of wheel graphs and the bouquet of circles. We prove that $Z\left(G\right)\le 2Z\left(L\right(G\left)\right)$ for a simple and connected graph $G$. Further,...

For a graph G = (V, E), a function f:V(G) → 1,2, ...,k is a k-ranking if f(u) = f(v) implies that every u - v path contains a vertex w such that f(w) > f(u). A k-ranking is minimal if decreasing any label violates the definition of ranking. The arank number, ${\psi }_r\left(G\right)$, of G is the maximum value of k such that G has a minimal k-ranking. We completely determine the arank number of the Cartesian product Kₙ ☐ Kₙ, and we investigate the arank number of Kₙ ☐ Kₘ where n > m.

Let G be an undirected graph with n vertices. Assume that a robot is placed on a vertex and n − 2 obstacles are placed on the other vertices. A vertex on which neither a robot nor an obstacle is placed is said to have a hole. Consider a single player game in which a robot or obstacle can be moved to adjacent vertex if it has a hole. The objective is to take the robot to a fixed destination vertex using minimum number of moves. In general, it is not necessary that the robot will take a shortest path...

Let G1 and G2 be simple graphs and let n1 = |V (G1)|, m1 = |E(G1)|, n2 = |V (G2)| and m2 = |E(G2)|. In this paper we derive sharp upper and lower bounds for the number of spanning trees τ in the Cartesian product G1 □G2 of G1 and G2. We show that: [...] and [...] . We also characterize the graphs for which equality holds. As a by-product we derive a formula for the number of spanning trees in Kn1 □Kn2 which turns out to be [...] .

A graph whose edges are labeled either as positive or negative is called a signed graph. In this article, we extend the notion of composition of (unsigned) graphs (also called lexicographic product) to signed graphs. We employ Kronecker product of matrices to express the adjacency matrix of this product of two signed graphs and hence find its eigenvalues when the second graph under composition is net-regular. A signed graph is said to be net-regular if every vertex has constant net-degree, namely,...

A signed graph (or sigraph for short) is an ordered pair S = (Su,σ), where Su is a graph, G = (V,E), called the underlying graph of S and σ : E → {+,−} is a function from the edge set E of Su into the set {+,−}. For a sigraph S its •-line sigraph, L•(S) is the sigraph in which the edges of S are represented as vertices, two of these vertices are defined adjacent whenever the corresponding edges in S have a vertex in common, any such L-edge ee′ has the sign given by the product of the signs of the...

We study the inheritance of path-pairability in the Cartesian product of graphs and prove additive and multiplicative inheritance patterns of path-pairability, depending on the number of vertices in the Cartesian product. We present path-pairable graph families that improve the known upper bound on the minimal maximum degree of a path-pairable graph. Further results and open questions about path-pairability are also presented.

Let G be a finite group of order n. The strong power graph Ps(G) of G is the undirected graph whose vertices are the elements of G such that two distinct vertices a and b are adjacent if am1=bm2 for some positive integers m1, m2 < n. In this article we classify all groups G for which Ps(G) is a line graph. Spectrum and permanent of the Laplacian matrix of the strong power graph Ps(G) are found for any finite group G.

A (p, q)-graph G is (a,d)-edge antimagic total if there exists a bijection f: V(G) ∪ E(G) → {1, 2,...,p + q} such that the edge weights Λ(uv) = f(u) + f(uv) + f(v), uv ∈ E(G) form an arithmetic progression with first term a and common difference d. It is said to be a super (a, d)-edge antimagic total if the vertex labels are {1, 2,..., p} and the edge labels are {p + 1, p + 2,...,p + q}. In this paper, we study the super (a,d)-edge antimagic total labeling of special classes of graphs derived from...

Bokal developed an innovative method for finding the crossing numbers of Cartesian product of two arbitrarily large graphs. In this article, the crossing number of the join product of stars and cycles are given. Afterwards, using Bokal’s zip product operation, the crossing numbers of the Cartesian products of the wheel Wn and all trees T with maximum degree at most five are established.

Let (−→ Cm2−→ Cn) be the domination number of the Cartesian product of directed cycles −→ Cm and −→ Cn for m, n ≥ 2. Shaheen [13] and Liu et al. ([11], [12]) determined the value of (−→ Cm2−→ Cn) when m ≤ 6 and [12] when both m and n ≡ 0(mod 3). In this article we give, in general, the value of (−→ Cm2−→ Cn) when m ≡ 2(mod 3) and improve the known lower bounds for most of the remaining cases. We also disprove the conjectured formula for the case m ≡ 0(mod 3) appearing in [12].