scholarly journals The Degree/Diameter Problem in Maximal Planar Bipartite graphs

10.37236/4468 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Dalfó ◽  
Clemens Huemer ◽  
Julián Salas

The $(\Delta,D)$ (degree/diameter) problem consists of finding the largest possible number of vertices $n$ among all the graphs with maximum degree $\Delta$ and diameter $D$. We consider the $(\Delta,D)$ problem for maximal planar bipartite graphs, that is, simple planar graphs in which every face is a quadrangle. We obtain that for the $(\Delta,2)$ problem, the number of vertices is $n=\Delta+2$; and for the $(\Delta,3)$ problem, $n= 3\Delta-1$ if $\Delta$ is odd and $n= 3\Delta-2$ if $\Delta$ is even. Then, we prove that, for the general case of the $(\Delta,D)$ problem, an upper bound on $n$ is approximately $3(2D+1)(\Delta-2)^{\lfloor D/2\rfloor}$, and another one is $C(\Delta-2)^{\lfloor D/2\rfloor}$ if $\Delta\geq D$ and $C$ is a sufficiently large constant. Our upper bounds improve for our kind of graphs the one given by Fellows, Hell and Seyffarth for general planar graphs. We also give a lower bound on $n$ for maximal planar bipartite graphs, which is approximately $(\Delta-2)^{k}$ if $D=2k$, and $3(\Delta-3)^k$ if $D=2k+1$, for $\Delta$ and $D$ sufficiently large in both cases.

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 397-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
HELMUT ALT ◽  
ULRICH FUCHS ◽  
KLAUS KRIEGEL

Let C(G) denote the number of simple cycles of a graph G and let C(n) be the maximum of C(G) over all planar graphs with n nodes. We present a lower bound on C(n), constructing graphs with at least 2.28n cycles. Applying some probabilistic arguments we prove an upper bound of 3.37n.We also discuss this question restricted to the subclasses of grid graphs, bipartite graphs, and 3-colourable triangulated graphs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Borowiecka-Olszewska ◽  
Ewa Drgas-Burchardt ◽  
Nahid Yelene Javier-Nol ◽  
Rita Zuazua

AbstractWe consider arc colourings of oriented graphs such that for each vertex the colours of all out-arcs incident with the vertex and the colours of all in-arcs incident with the vertex form intervals. We prove that the existence of such a colouring is an NP-complete problem. We give the solution of the problem for r-regular oriented graphs, transitive tournaments, oriented graphs with small maximum degree, oriented graphs with small order and some other classes of oriented graphs. We state the conjecture that for each graph there exists a consecutive colourable orientation and confirm the conjecture for complete graphs, 2-degenerate graphs, planar graphs with girth at least 8, and bipartite graphs with arboricity at most two that include all planar bipartite graphs. Additionally, we prove that the conjecture is true for all perfect consecutively colourable graphs and for all forbidden graphs for the class of perfect consecutively colourable graphs.


Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1778
Author(s):  
Fangyun Tao ◽  
Ting Jin ◽  
Yiyou Tu

An equitable partition of a graph G is a partition of the vertex set of G such that the sizes of any two parts differ by at most one. The strong equitable vertexk-arboricity of G, denoted by vak≡(G), is the smallest integer t such that G can be equitably partitioned into t′ induced forests for every t′≥t, where the maximum degree of each induced forest is at most k. In this paper, we provide a general upper bound for va2≡(Kn,n). Exact values are obtained in some special cases.


1949 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic B. Fitch

A demonstrably consistent theory of real numbers has been outlined by the writer in An extension of basic logic1 (hereafter referred to as EBL). This theory deals with non-negative real numbers, but it could be easily modified to deal with negative real numbers also. It was shown that the theory was adequate for proving a form of the fundamental theorem on least upper bounds and greatest lower bounds. More precisely, the following results were obtained in the terminology of EBL: If С is a class of U-reals and is completely represented in Κ′ and if some U-real is an upper bound of С, then there is a U-real which is a least upper bound of С. If D is a class of (U-reals and is completely represented in Κ′, then there is a U-real which is a greatest lower bound of D.


eLife ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C Gerkin ◽  
Jason B Castro

It was recently proposed (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib2">Bushdid et al., 2014</xref>) that humans can discriminate between at least a trillion olfactory stimuli. Here we show that this claim is the result of a fragile estimation framework capable of producing nearly any result from the reported data, including values tens of orders of magnitude larger or smaller than the one originally reported in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib2">Bushdid et al., 2014</xref>). Additionally, the formula used to derive this estimate is well-known to provide an upper bound, not a lower bound as reported. That is to say, the actual claim supported by the calculation is in fact that humans can discriminate at most one trillion olfactory stimuli. We conclude that there is no evidence for the original claim.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Qin Guo ◽  
Mingxing Luo ◽  
Lixiang Li ◽  
Yixian Yang

From the perspectives of graph theory and combinatorics theory we obtain some new upper bounds on the number of encoding nodes, which can characterize the coding complexity of the network coding, both in feasible acyclic and cyclic multicast networks. In contrast to previous work, during our analysis we first investigate the simple multicast network with source rateh=2, and thenh≥2. We find that for feasible acyclic multicast networks our upper bound is exactly the lower bound given by M. Langberg et al. in 2006. So the gap between their lower and upper bounds for feasible acyclic multicast networks does not exist. Based on the new upper bound, we improve the computational complexity given by M. Langberg et al. in 2009. Moreover, these results further support the feasibility of signatures for network coding.


Author(s):  
Mahir Hassan ◽  
Amir Khajepour

In this work, the application of the Dykstra’s alternating projection method to find the minimum-2-norm solution for actuator forces is discussed in the case when lower and upper bounds are imposed on the actuator forces. The lower bound is due to specified pretension desired in the cables and the upper bound is due to the maximum allowable forces in the cables. This algorithm presents a systematic numerical method to determine whether or not a solution exists to the cable forces within these bounds and, if it does exist, calculate the minimum-2-norm solution for the cable forces for a given task force. This method is applied to an example 2-DOF translational cable-driven manipulator and a geometrical demonstration is presented.


1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (03) ◽  
pp. 941-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Bovier

We prove a sharp upper bound on the number of patterns that can be stored in the Hopfield model if the stored patterns are required to be fixed points of the gradient dynamics. We also show corresponding bounds on the one-step convergence of the sequential gradient dynamics. The bounds coincide with the known lower bounds and confirm the heuristic expectations. The proof is based on a crucial idea of Loukianova (1997) using the negative association properties of some random variables arising in the analysis.


10.37236/557 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micha Sharir ◽  
Adam Sheffer

We study the maximal number of triangulations that a planar set of $n$ points can have, and show that it is at most $30^n$. This new bound is achieved by a careful optimization of the charging scheme of Sharir and Welzl (2006), which has led to the previous best upper bound of $43^n$ for the problem. Moreover, this new bound is useful for bounding the number of other types of planar (i.e., crossing-free) straight-line graphs on a given point set. Specifically, it can be used to derive new upper bounds for the number of planar graphs ($207.84^n$), spanning cycles ($O(68.67^n)$), spanning trees ($O(146.69^n)$), and cycle-free graphs ($O(164.17^n)$).


10.37236/3025 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Dujmović ◽  
Pat Morin ◽  
Adam Sheffer

We prove tight crossing number inequalities for geometric graphs whose vertex sets are taken from a $d$-dimensional grid of volume $N$ and give applications of these inequalities to counting the number of crossing-free geometric graphs that can be drawn on such grids.In particular, we show that any geometric graph with $m\geq 8N$ edges and with vertices on a 3D integer grid of volume $N$, has $\Omega((m^2/N)\log(m/N))$ crossings. In $d$-dimensions, with $d\ge 4$, this bound becomes $\Omega(m^2/N)$. We provide matching upper bounds for all $d$. Finally, for $d\ge 4$ the upper bound implies that the maximum number of crossing-free geometric graphs with vertices on some $d$-dimensional grid of volume $N$ is $N^{\Theta(N)}$. In 3 dimensions it remains open to improve the trivial bounds, namely, the $2^{\Omega(N)}$ lower bound and the $N^{O(N)}$ upper bound.


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