Proper connection and size of graphs

An edge-coloured graph $G$ is called properly connected if any two vertices are connected by a path whose edges are properly coloured. The proper connection number of a connected graph $G,$ denoted by $\mathrm{pc}\left(G\right)$, is the smallest number of colours that are needed in order to make $G$ properly connected. Our main result is the following: Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$ and $k\ge 2$. If $\left|E\left(G\right)\right|\ge \left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n?k?1}{2}\right)+k+2$, then $\mathrm{pc}\left(G\right)\le k$ except when $k=2$ and $G\in \{G_1,G_2\},$ where $G_1=K_1\vee (2K_1+K_2)$ and $G_2=K_1\vee (K_1+2K_2).$     

On (Kq,k) vertex stable graphs with minimum size

A graph $G$ is a $(K_q,k)$ vertex stable graph if it contains a $K_q$ after deleting any subset of $k$ vertices. We give a characterization of $(K_q,k)$ vertex stable graphs with minimum size for $q=3,4,5$.     

Turán numbers of vertex-disjoint cliques in r-partite graphs

For two graphs $G$ and $H$, the Turán number$ex(G,H)$ is the maximum number of edges in a subgraph of $G$ that contains no copy of $H$. Chen, Li, and Tu determined the Turán numbers $ex(K_{m,n},k{K}_2)$ for all $k\ge 1$ Chen et al. (2009). In this paper we will determine the Turán numbers $ex(K_{a_1,\dots ,a_r},k{K}_r)$ for all $r\ge 3$ and $k\ge 1$.     

Resolvable 4-cycle group divisible designs with two associate classes: Part size even

Let ${\lambda }_1{K}_a$ denote the graph on a vertices with ${\lambda }_1$ edges between every pair of vertices. Take p copies of this graph ${\lambda }_1{K}_a$, and join each pair of vertices in different copies with ${\lambda }_2$ edges. The resulting graph is denoted by $K(a,p;{\lambda }_1,{\lambda }_2)$, a graph that was of particular interest to Bose and Shimamoto in their study of group divisible designs with two associate classes. The existence of z-cycle decompositions of this graph have been found when $z\in \{3,4\}$. In this paper we consider resolvable decompositions, finding necessary and sufficient conditions for a 4-cycle factorization of $K(a,p;{\lambda }_1,{\lambda }_2)$ (when ${\lambda }_1$ is even) or of $K(a,p;{\lambda }_1,{\lambda }_2)$ minus a 1-factor (when ${\lambda }_1$ is odd) whenever a is even.     

Ramsey numbers of odd cycles versus larger even wheels

The generalized Ramsey number $R(G_1,G_2)$ is the smallest positive integer $N$ such that any red–blue coloring of the edges of the complete graph $K_N$ either contains a red copy of $G_1$ or a blue copy of $G_2$. Let $C_m$ denote a cycle of length $m$ and $W_n$ denote a wheel with $n+1$ vertices. In 2014, Zhang, Zhang and Chen determined many of the Ramsey numbers $R(C_{2k+1},W_n)$ of odd cycles versus larger wheels, leaving open the particular case where $n=2j$ is even and $k<j<3k∕2$. They conjectured that for these values of $j$ and $k$, $R(C_{2k+1},W_{2j})=4j+1$. In 2015, Sanhueza-Matamala confirmed this conjecture asymptotically, showing that $R(C_{2k+1},W_{2j})\le 4j+334$. In this paper, we prove the conjecture of Zhang, Zhang and Chen for almost all of the remaining cases. In particular, we prove that $R(C_{2k+1},W_{2j})=4j+1$ if $j?k\ge 251$, $k<j<3k∕2$, and $j\ge 212299$.     

Partitions of natural numbers with the same weighted representation functions

TextFor any given two positive integers $k_1$ and $k_2$, and any set A of nonnegative integers, let $r_{k_1,k_2}(A,n)$ denote the number of solutions of the equation $n=k_1{a}_1+k_2{a}_2$ with $a_1,a_2\in A$. In this paper, we determine all pairs $k_1,k_2$ of positive integers for which there exists a set $A?\mathbb{N}$ such that $r_{k_1,k_2}(A,n)=r_{k_1,k_2}(\mathbb{N}?A,n)$ for all $n?n_0$. We also pose several problems for further research.VideoFor a video summary of this paper, please click here or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnezEsJl0OY.     

Cycles with a chord in dense graphs

A cycle of order $k$ is called a $k$-cycle. A non-induced cycle is called a chorded cycle. Let $n$ be an integer with $n\ge 4$. Then a graph $G$ of order $n$ is chorded pancyclic if $G$ contains a chorded $k$-cycle for every integer $k$ with $4\le k\le n$. Cream, Gould and Hirohata (Australas. J. Combin. 67 (2017), 463–469) proved that a graph of order $n$ satisfying ${deg}_{G}u+{deg}_{G}v\ge n$ for every pair of nonadjacent vertices $u$,  $v$ in $G$ is chorded pancyclic unless $G$ is either $K_{\frac{n}{2},\frac{n}{2}}$ or $K_3\square K_2$, the Cartesian product of $K_3$ and $K_2$. They also conjectured that if $G$ is Hamiltonian, we can replace the degree sum condition with the weaker density condition $\left|E\left(G\right)\right|\ge \frac{1}{4}{n}^2$ and still guarantee the same conclusion. In this paper, we prove this conjecture by showing that if a graph $G$ of order $n$ with $\left|E\left(G\right)\right|\ge \frac{1}{4}{n}^2$ contains a $k$-cycle, then $G$ contains a chorded $k$-cycle, unless $k=4$ and $G$ is either $K_{\frac{n}{2},\frac{n}{2}}$ or $K_3\square K_2$, Then observing that $K_{\frac{n}{2},\frac{n}{2}}$ and $K_3\square K_2$ are exceptions only for $k=4$, we further relax the density condition for sufficiently large $k$.