scholarly journals Cycles intersecting edge-cuts of prescribed sizes

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Kaiser ◽  
Riste Škrekovski
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Bridgeless Graph

International audience We prove that every cubic bridgeless graph $G$ contains a $2$-factor which intersects all (minimal) edge-cuts of size $3$ or $4$. This generalizes an earlier result of the authors, namely that such a $2$-factor exists provided that $G$ is planar. As a further extension, we show that every graph contains a cycle (a union of edge-disjoint circuits) that intersects all edge-cuts of size $3$ or $4$. Motivated by this result, we introduce the concept of a coverable set of integers and discuss a number of questions, some of which are related to classical problems of graph theory such as Tutte's $4$-flow conjecture or the Dominating circuit conjecture.

scholarly journals p-box: a new graph model

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Soto ◽  
Christopher Thraves-Caro
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Directed Path ◽  
Outerplanar Graphs ◽  
New Model ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Representative Element ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Graph Families

Graph Theory International audience In this document, we study the scope of the following graph model: each vertex is assigned to a box in ℝd and to a representative element that belongs to that box. Two vertices are connected by an edge if and only if its respective boxes contain the opposite representative element. We focus our study on the case where boxes (and therefore representative elements) associated to vertices are spread in ℝ. We give both, a combinatorial and an intersection characterization of the model. Based on these characterizations, we determine graph families that contain the model (e. g., boxicity 2 graphs) and others that the new model contains (e. g., rooted directed path). We also study the particular case where each representative element is the center of its respective box. In this particular case, we provide constructive representations for interval, block and outerplanar graphs. Finally, we show that the general and the particular model are not equivalent by constructing a graph family that separates the two cases.

scholarly journals On paths, trails and closed trails in edge-colored graphs

2012 ◽  
Vol Vol. 14 no. 2 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Gourvès ◽  
Adria Lyra ◽  
Carlos A. Martinhon ◽  
Jérôme Monnot
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Colored Graph ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
Colored Graphs ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
T Path ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

Graph Theory International audience In this paper we deal from an algorithmic perspective with different questions regarding properly edge-colored (or PEC) paths, trails and closed trails. Given a c-edge-colored graph G(c), we show how to polynomially determine, if any, a PEC closed trail subgraph whose number of visits at each vertex is specified before hand. As a consequence, we solve a number of interesting related problems. For instance, given subset S of vertices in G(c), we show how to maximize in polynomial time the number of S-restricted vertex (resp., edge) disjoint PEC paths (resp., trails) in G(c) with endpoints in S. Further, if G(c) contains no PEC closed trails, we show that the problem of finding a PEC s-t trail visiting a given subset of vertices can be solved in polynomial time and prove that it becomes NP-complete if we are restricted to graphs with no PEC cycles. We also deal with graphs G(c) containing no (almost) PEC cycles or closed trails through s or t. We prove that finding 2 PEC s-t paths (resp., trails) with length at most L > 0 is NP-complete in the strong sense even for graphs with maximum degree equal to 3 and present an approximation algorithm for computing k vertex (resp., edge) disjoint PEC s-t paths (resp., trails) so that the maximum path (resp., trail) length is no more than k times the PEC path (resp., trail) length in an optimal solution. Further, we prove that finding 2 vertex disjoint s-t paths with exactly one PEC s-t path is NP-complete. This result is interesting since as proved in Abouelaoualim et. al.(2008), the determination of two or more vertex disjoint PEC s-t paths can be done in polynomial time. Finally, if G(c) is an arbitrary c-edge-colored graph with maximum vertex degree equal to four, we prove that finding two monochromatic vertex disjoint s-t paths with different colors is NP-complete. We also propose some related problems.

scholarly journals Graphs with many vertex-disjoint cycles

2012 ◽  
Vol Vol. 14 no. 2 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Rautenbach ◽  
Friedrich Regen
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Simple Extension ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
Cyclomatic Number ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
Extension Rule ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

Graph Theory International audience We study graphs G in which the maximum number of vertex-disjoint cycles nu(G) is close to the cyclomatic number mu(G), which is a natural upper bound for nu(G). Our main result is the existence of a finite set P(k) of graphs for all k is an element of N-0 such that every 2-connected graph G with mu(G)-nu(G) = k arises by applying a simple extension rule to a graph in P(k). As an algorithmic consequence we describe algorithms calculating minmu(G)-nu(G), k + 1 in linear time for fixed k.

scholarly journals Pebble Game Algorithms and (k,l)-Sparse Graphs

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Lee ◽  
Ileana Streinu
Keyword(s):  
Efficient Algorithms ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Tree Decompositions ◽  
Pebble Game

International audience A multi-graph $G$ on n vertices is $(k,l)$-sparse if every subset of $n'≤n$ vertices spans at most $kn'-l$ edges, $0 ≤l < 2k$. $G$ is tight if, in addition, it has exactly $kn - l$ edges. We characterize $(k,l)$-sparse graphs via a family of simple, elegant and efficient algorithms called the $(k,l)$-pebble games. As applications, we use the pebble games for computing components (maximal tight subgraphs) in sparse graphs, to obtain inductive (Henneberg) constructions, and, when $l=k$, edge-disjoint tree decompositions.

scholarly journals The resolving number of a graph Delia

2013 ◽  
Vol Vol. 15 no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Garijo ◽  
Antonio González ◽  
Alberto Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Metric Dimension ◽  
Np Hard ◽  
Arbitrary Graph ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Graph Parameters ◽  
Two Parameters

Graph Theory International audience We study a graph parameter related to resolving sets and metric dimension, namely the resolving number, introduced by Chartrand, Poisson and Zhang. First, we establish an important difference between the two parameters: while computing the metric dimension of an arbitrary graph is known to be NP-hard, we show that the resolving number can be computed in polynomial time. We then relate the resolving number to classical graph parameters: diameter, girth, clique number, order and maximum degree. With these relations in hand, we characterize the graphs with resolving number 3 extending other studies that provide characterizations for smaller resolving number.

scholarly journals Edge Disjoint Hamilton Cycles in Knödel Graphs

2016 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Palanivel Subramania Nadar Paulraja ◽  
S Sampath Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Hamilton Cycle ◽  
Hamilton Cycles ◽  
Cycle Decomposition ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Appl Math

International audience The vertices of the Knödel graph $W_{\Delta, n}$ on $n \geq 2$ vertices, $n$ even, and of maximum degree $\Delta, 1 \leq \Delta \leq \lfloor log_2(n) \rfloor$, are the pairs $(i,j)$ with $i=1,2$ and $0 \leq j \leq \frac{n}{2} -1$. For $0 \leq j \leq \frac{n}{2} -1$, there is an edge between vertex $(1,j)$ and every vertex $(2,j + 2^k - 1 (mod \frac{n}{2}))$, for $k=0,1,2, \ldots , \Delta -1$. Existence of a Hamilton cycle decomposition of $W_{k, 2k}, k \geq 6$ is not yet known, see Discrete Appl. Math. 137 (2004) 173-195. In this paper, it is shown that the $k$-regular Knödel graph $W_{k,2k}, k \geq 6$ has $ \lfloor \frac{k}{2} \rfloor - 1$ edge disjoint Hamilton cycles.

scholarly journals Edge stability in secure graph domination

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Pierre Burger ◽  
Alewyn Petrus Villiers ◽  
Jan Harm Vuuren
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Arbitrary Subset ◽  
Graph Domination ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Edge Stability ◽  
Secure Domination

Graph Theory International audience A subset X of the vertex set of a graph G is a secure dominating set of G if X is a dominating set of G and if, for each vertex u not in X, there is a neighbouring vertex v of u in X such that the swap set (X-v)∪u is again a dominating set of G. The secure domination number of G is the cardinality of a smallest secure dominating set of G. A graph G is p-stable if the largest arbitrary subset of edges whose removal from G does not increase the secure domination number of the resulting graph, has cardinality p. In this paper we study the problem of computing p-stable graphs for all admissible values of p and determine the exact values of p for which members of various infinite classes of graphs are p-stable. We also consider the problem of determining analytically the largest value ωn of p for which a graph of order n can be p-stable. We conjecture that ωn=n-2 and motivate this conjecture.

scholarly journals Guarded subgraphs and the domination game

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boštjan Brešar ◽  
Sandi Klavžar ◽  
Gasper Košmrlj ◽  
Doug F. Rall
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Metric Properties ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Game Domination Number ◽  
Domination Game

Graph Theory International audience We introduce the concept of guarded subgraph of a graph, which as a condition lies between convex and 2-isometric subgraphs and is not comparable to isometric subgraphs. Some basic metric properties of guarded subgraphs are obtained, and then this concept is applied to the domination game. In this game two players, Dominator and Staller, alternate choosing vertices of a graph, one at a time, such that each chosen vertex enlarges the set of vertices dominated so far. The aim of Dominator is that the graph is dominated in as few steps as possible, while the aim of Staller is just the opposite. The game domination number is the number of vertices chosen when Dominator starts the game and both players play optimally. The main result of this paper is that the game domination number of a graph is not smaller than the game domination number of any guarded subgraph. Several applications of this result are presented.

scholarly journals The total irregularity of a graph

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosam Abdo ◽  
Stephan Brandt ◽  
D. Dimitrov
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Degree Of A Vertex ◽  
International Audience

Graph Theory International audience In this note a new measure of irregularity of a graph G is introduced. It is named the total irregularity of a graph and is defined as irr(t)(G) - 1/2 Sigma(u, v is an element of V(G)) vertical bar d(G)(u) - d(G)(v)vertical bar, where d(G)(u) denotes the degree of a vertex u is an element of V(G). All graphs with maximal total irregularity are determined. It is also shown that among all trees of the same order the star has the maximal total irregularity.

scholarly journals On the Meyniel condition for hamiltonicity in bipartite digraphs

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Adamus ◽  
Lech Adamus ◽  
Anders Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Minimal Degree ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Type Criterion ◽  
Bipartite Digraph ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
International Audience

Graph Theory International audience We prove a sharp Meyniel-type criterion for hamiltonicity of a balanced bipartite digraph: For a&#x2265;2, a strongly connected balanced bipartite digraph D on 2a vertices is hamiltonian if d(u)+d(v)&#x2265;3a whenever uv∉A(D) and vu∉A(D). As a consequence, we obtain a sharp sufficient condition for hamiltonicity in terms of the minimal degree: a strongly connected balanced bipartite digraph D on 2a vertices is hamiltonian if δ(D)&#x2265;3a/2.

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