Signed graphs

A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each arc. This article introduces the matroids of signed graphs, which generalize both the polygon matroids and the even-circle (or unoriented cycle) matroids of ordinary graphs. The concepts of balance, switching, restriction and contraction, double covering graphs, and linear representation of signed graphs are treated in terms of the matroid, and a matrix-tree theorem for signed graphs is proved. The examples treated include the all-positive and all-negative graphs (whose matroids are the polygon and even-circle matroids), sign-symmetric graphs (related to the classical root systems), and signed complete graphs (equivalent to two-graphs).Replacing the sign group by an arbitrary group leads to voltage graphs. Most of our results on signed graphs extend to all voltage graphs.     

On products and line graphs of signed graphs, their eigenvalues and energy

In this article we examine the adjacency and Laplacian matrices and their eigenvalues and energies of the general product (non-complete extended p-sum, or NEPS) of signed graphs. We express the adjacency matrix of the product in terms of the Kronecker matrix product and the eigenvalues and energy of the product in terms of those of the factor graphs. For the Cartesian product we characterize balance and compute expressions for the Laplacian eigenvalues and Laplacian energy. We give exact results for those signed planar, cylindrical and toroidal grids which are Cartesian products of signed paths and cycles.We also treat the eigenvalues and energy of the line graphs of signed graphs, and the Laplacian eigenvalues and Laplacian energy in the regular case, with application to the line graphs of signed grids that are Cartesian products and to the line graphs of all-positive and all-negative complete graphs.     

Enumeration of weak isomorphism classes of signed graphs

A signed graph is a graph in which each line has a plus or minus sign. Two signed graphs are said to be weakly isomorphic if their underlying graphs are isomorphic through a mapping under which signs of cycles are preserved, the sign of a cycle being the product of the signs of its lines. Some enumeration problems implied by such a definition, including the problem of self-dual configurations, are solved here for complete signed graphs by methods of linear algebra over the two-element field. It is also shown that weak isomorphism classes of complete signed graphs are equal in number to other configurations: unlabeled even graphs, two-graphs and switching classes.     

Intrinsically linked signed graphs in projective space

We define a signed embedding of a signed graph into real projective space to be an embedding such that an embedded cycle is 0-homologous if and only if it is balanced. We characterize signed graphs that have a linkless signed embedding. In particular, we exhibit 46 graphs that form the complete minor-minimal set of signed graphs that contain a non-split link for every signed embedding. With one trivial exception, these graphs are derived from different signings of the seven Petersen family graphs.     

Connected signed graphs of fixed order,size, and number of negative edges with maximal index

In this paper we focus on connected signed graphs of fixed number of vertices, positive edges and negative edges that maximize the largest eigenvalue (also called the index) of their adjacency matrix. In the first step we determine these signed graphs in the set of signed generalized theta graphs. Concerning the general case, we use the eigenvector techniques for getting some structural properties of resulting signed graphs. In particular, we prove that positive edges induce nested split subgraphs, while negative edges induce double nested signed subgraphs. We observe that our concept can be applied when considering balancedness of signed graphs (the property that is extensively studied in both mathematical and non-mathematical context).     

Graph theoretic approach to parallel gene assembly

We study parallel complexity of signed graphs motivated by the highly complex genetic recombination processes in ciliates. The molecular gene assembly operations have been modeled by operations of signed graphs, i.e., graphs where the vertices have a sign + or −. In the optimization problem for signed graphs one wishes to find the parallel complexity by which the graphs can be reduced to the empty graph. We relate parallel complexity to matchings in graphs for some natural graph classes, especially bipartite graphs. It is shown, for instance, that a bipartite graph G has parallel complexity one if and only if G has a unique perfect matching. We also formulate some open problems of this research topic.     

Six-flows on almost balanced signed graphs

In 1983, Bouchet conjectured that every flow-admissible signed graph admits a nowhere-zero 6-flow. By Seymour's 6-flow theorem, Bouchet's conjecture holds for signed graphs with all edges positive. Recently, Rollová et al proved that every flow-admissible signed cubic graph with two negative edges admits a nowhere-zero 7-flow, and admits a nowhere-zero 6-flow if its underlying graph either contains a bridge, or is 3-edge-colorable, or is critical. In this paper, we improve and extend these results, and confirm Bouchet's conjecture for signed graphs with frustration number at most two, where the frustration number of a signed graph is the smallest number of vertices whose deletion leaves a balanced signed graph.     

A characterization of projective-planar signed graphs

A signed graph has a plus or minus sign on each edge. A simple cycle is positive or negative depending on whether it contains an even or odd number of negative edges, respectively. We consider embeddings of a signed graph in the projective plane for which a simple cycle is essential if and only if it is negative. We characterize those signed graphs that have such a projective-planar embedding. Our characterization is in terms of a related signed graph formed by considering the theta subgraphs in the given graph.     

On the 4-color theorem for signed graphs

Máčajová et al. (2016) defined the chromatic number of a signed graph which coincides for all-positive signed graphs with the chromatic number of unsigned graphs. They conjectured that in this setting, for signed planar graphs four colors are always enough, generalizing thereby The Four Color Theorem. We disprove the conjecture.     

平衡子欧拉符号图及符号线图

符号图$S=(S^u,\sigma)$是以$S^u$作为底图并且满足$\sigma: E(S^u)\rightarrow\{+,-\}$. 设$E^-(S)$表示$S$的负边集. 如果$S^u$是欧拉的(或者分别是子欧拉的, 欧拉的且$|E^-(S)|$是偶数, 则$S$是欧拉符号图(或者分别是子欧拉符号图, 平衡欧拉符号图). 如果存在平衡欧拉符号图$S''$使得$S''$由$S$生成, 则$S$是平衡子欧拉符号图. 符号图$S$的线图$L(S)$也是一个符号图, 使得$L(S)$的点是$S$中的边, 其中$e_ie_j$是$L(S)$中的边当且仅当$e_i$和$e_j$在$S$中相邻,并且$e_ie_j$是$L(S)$中的负边当且仅当$e_i$和$e_j$在$S$中都是负边. 本文给出了两个符号图族$S$和$S''$,它们应用于刻画平衡子欧拉符号图和平衡子欧拉符号线图. 特别地, 本文证明了符号图$S$是平衡子欧拉的当且仅当$\not\in S$, $S$的符号线图是平衡子欧拉的当且仅当$S\not\in S''$.     

符号混合控制问题的某些NP-完全性结果

Let G =(V, E) be a simple graph with vertex set V and edge set E. A signed mixed dominating function of G is a function f:V∪E→ {-1, 1} such that ∑_(y∈N_m(x)∪{x})f(y)≥ 1for every element x∈V∪E, where N_m(x) is the set of elements of V∪E adjacent or incident to x. The weight of f is w(f) =∑_(x∈V∪E)f(x). The signed mixed domination problem is to find a minimum-weight signed mixed dominating function of a graph. In this paper we study the computational complexity of signed mixed domination problem. We prove that the signed mixed domination problem is NP-complete for bipartite graphs, chordal graphs, even for planar bipartite graphs.     

Flow-contractible configurations and group connectivity of signed graphs

Jaeger, Linial, Payan and Tarsi (JCTB, 1992) introduced the concept of group connectivity as a generalization of nowhere-zero flow for graphs. In this paper, we introduce group connectivity for signed graphs and establish some fundamental properties. For a finite abelian group $A$, it is proved that an $A$-connected signed graph is a contractible configuration for $A$-flow problem of signed graphs. In addition, we give sufficient edge connectivity conditions for signed graphs to be $A$-connected and study the group connectivity of some families of signed graphs.     

关于图的团符号控制数

引入了图的团符号控制的概念,给出了n阶图G的团符号控制数γks(G)的若干下限,确定了几类特殊图的团符号控制数,并提出了若干未解决的问题和猜想.     

符号圈拼接图的零度

令$\eta(\Gamma)$和$c(\Gamma)$是符号图$\Gamma$的零度和基本圈数. 一个符号圈拼接图是指每个块都是圈的连通符号图. 本文证明了对任意符号拼接图$\eta(\Gamma)\le c(\Gamma)+1$成立, 并且刻画了等号成立的极图, 推广了王登银等人(2022)在简单圈拼接图上的结果. 此外, 我们证明了任意的符号拼接图$\eta(\Gamma)\neq c(\Gamma)$, 给出了满足$\eta(\Gamma)=c(\Gamma)-1$的符号拼接图的一些性质并刻画处$\eta(\Gamma)=c(\Gamma)-1$的二部符号拼接图.     

Bounds for the Least Laplacian Eigenvalue of a Signed Graph

A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each edge. This paper extends some fundamental concepts of the Laplacian matrices from graphs to signed graphs. In particular, the relationships between the least Laplacian eigenvalue and the unbalancedness of a signed graph are investigated.     

图的好符号星控制数

引入了图的好符号星控制的概念,求出了欧拉图、完全二部图、完全图和轮图的好符号星控制数,并改进了图的符号星控制数的两个上界.     

关于图的符号边全控制数

引入了图的符号边全控制的概念,给出了一个连通图G的符号边全控制数γs′t(G)的下限,确定所有n阶树T的最小符号边全控制数,并刻划了满足γs′t(G)=E(G)的所有连通图G,最后还提出了一个关于γs′t(G)上界的猜想.     

On the Laplacian Eigenvalues of Signed Graphs

A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each edge. This article extends some fundamental concepts of the Laplacian matrices from graphs to signed graphs. In particular, the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of a signed graph is investigated, which generalizes the corresponding results on the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph.     

Decompositions of signed-graphic matroids

We give a decomposition theorem for signed graphs whose frame matroids are binary and a decomposition theorem for signed graphs whose frame matroids are quaternary.     

A simple algorithm to detect balance in signed graphs

We develop a natural correspondence between marked graphs and balanced signed graphs, and exploit it to obtain a simple linear time algorithm by which any signed graph may be tested for balance.