Total domination critical and stable graphs upon edge removal

A set S of vertices in a graph G is a total dominating set of G if every vertex of G is adjacent to some vertex in S. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G is the total domination number of G. A graph is total domination edge critical if the removal of any arbitrary edge increases the total domination number. On the other hand, a graph is total domination edge stable if the removal of any arbitrary edge has no effect on the total domination number. In this paper, we characterize total domination edge critical graphs. We also investigate various properties of total domination edge stable graphs.     

Acyclic edge coloring of triangle-free 1-planar graphs

A proper edge coloring of a graph G is acyclic if there is no 2-colored cycle in G. The acyclic chromatic index of G, denoted by χ a(G), is the least number of colors such that G has an acyclic edge coloring. A graph is 1-planar if it can be drawn on the plane so that each edge is crossed by at most one other edge. In this paper, it is proved that χ a(G) ≤Δ(G) + 22, if G is a triangle-free 1-planar graph.     

Orientable edge colorings of graphs

An edge coloring of a graph is orientable if and only if it is possible to orient the edges of the graph so that the color of each edge is determined by the head of its corresponding oriented arc. The goals of this paper include finding a forbidden substructure characterization of orientable colorings and giving a linear time recognition algorithm for orientable colorings.An edge coloring is lexical if and only if it is possible to number the vertices of the graph so that the color of each edge is determined by its lower endpoint. Lexical colorings are, of course, the orientable colorings in which the underlying orientation is acyclic. Lexical colorings play an important role in Canonical Ramsey theory, and it is this standpoint that motivates the current study.     

点可迁图的限制边连通性

3限制边割是连通图的一个边割, 它将此图分离成阶不小于3的连通分支. 图G的最小3限制边割所含的边数称为此图的3限制边连通度, 记作λ\-3(G). 它以图G的3阶连通点导出 子图的余边界的最小基数ξ_3(G)为上界. 如果λ_3(G)=ξ_3(G), 则称图G是极大3限制边连通的 . 已知在某种程度上,3限制边连通度较大的网络有较好的可靠性. 作者在文中证明: 如果k正则连通点可迁图的 围长至少是5, 那么它是是极大3限制边连通的.     

Coherent orientations and series-parallel networks

Let p be an edge of the graph G. An orientation of G is p-coherent if the set of directed circuits is exactly the set of circuits containing the edge p. Theorem: A matroidally connected graph G is a series-parallel network if and only if for every edge p of G, there exists a p-coherent orientation.     

On Edge Cut of Graphs Leaving Components of Order at Least Five

An edge cut of a connected graph is 5-restricted if its removal leaves every component having order at least five. Graphs that contain 5-restricted edge cuts are characterized in this paper. As a result, it is shown that a connected graph G of order at least 13 contains 5-restricted edge cuts if and only if ${G \setminus v}$ contains a component of order at least five for every vertex v of graph G.     

Every DFS Tree of a 3‐Connected Graph Contains a Contractible Edge

Tutte proved that every 3‐connected graph G on more than 4 vertices contains a contractible edge. We strengthen this result by showing that every depth‐first‐search tree of G contains a contractible edge. Moreover, we show that every spanning tree of G contains a contractible edge if G is 3‐regular or if G does not contain two disjoint pairs of adjacent degree‐3 vertices.     

Super Restricted Edge Connectivity of Regular Graphs

An edge cut of a connected graph is called restricted if it separates this graph into components each having order at least 2; a graph G is super restricted edge connected if G−S contains an isolated edge for every minimum restricted edge cut S of G. It is proved in this paper that k-regular connected graph G is super restricted edge connected if k > |V(G)|/2+1. The lower bound on k is exemplified to be sharp to some extent. With this observation, we determined the number of edge cuts of size at most 2k−2 of these graphs. Supported by NNSF of China (10271105); Ministry of Science and Technology of Fujian (2003J036); Education Ministry of Fujian (JA03147)     

Total domination stable graphs upon edge addition

A set S of vertices in a graph G is a total dominating set if every vertex of G is adjacent to some vertex in S. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G is the total domination number of G. A graph is total domination edge addition stable if the addition of an arbitrary edge has no effect on the total domination number. In this paper, we characterize total domination edge addition stable graphs. We determine a sharp upper bound on the total domination number of total domination edge addition stable graphs, and we determine which combinations of order and total domination number are attainable. We finish this work with an investigation of claw-free total domination edge addition stable graphs.     

Contractible edges in minimally k-connected graphs

An edge of a k-connected graph is said to be k-contractible if the contraction of the edge results in a k-connected graph. In this paper, we prove that a (K₁ + C₄)-free minimally k-connected graph has a k-contractible edge, if around each vertex of degree k, there is an edge which is not contained in a triangle. This implies previous two results, one due to Thomassen and the other due to Kawarabayashi.     

极大3限制边连通二部图的充分条件

设G=(V,E)是一个连通图.称一个边集合S■E是一个k限制边割,如果G-S的每个连通分支至少有k个顶点.称G的所有k限制边割中所含边数最少的边割的基数为G的k限制边连通度,记为λ_k(G).定义ξ_k(G)=min{[X,■]:|X|=k,G[X]连通,■=V(G)\X}.称图G是极大k限制边连通的,如果λ_k(G)=ξ_k(G).本文给出了围长为g>6的极大3限制边连通二部图的充分条件.     

On connectivity of triangulations of manifolds

An edge of a k-graph is “separating” if there is a k-coloring of the vertices assigning all colors to that edge only. We prove that no edge of any triangulation of any manifold of any dimension is separating.     

Sufficient conditions for graphs to be λ′‐optimal,super‐edge‐connected,and maximally edge‐connected

The restricted‐edge‐connectivity of a graph G, denoted by λ′(G), is defined as the minimum cardinality over all edge‐cuts S of G, where G‐S contains no isolated vertices. The graph G is called λ′‐optimal, if λ′(G) = ξ(G), where ξ(G) is the minimum edge‐degree in G. A graph is super‐edge‐connected, if every minimum edge‐cut consists of edges adjacent to a vertex of minimum degree. In this paper, we present sufficient conditions for arbitrary, triangle‐free, and bipartite graphs to be λ′‐optimal, as well as conditions depending on the clique number. These conditions imply super‐edge‐connectivity, if δ (G) ≥ 3, and the equality of edge‐connectivity and minimum degree. Different examples will show that these conditions are best possible and independent of other results in this area. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 48: 228–246, 2005     

Generating weakly triangulated graphs

We show that a graph is weakly triangulated, or weakly chordal, if and only if it can be generated by starting with a graph with no edges, and repeatedly adding an edge, so that the new edge is not the middle edge of any chordless path with four vertices. This is a corollary of results due to Sritharan and Spinrad, and Hayward, Hoång and Maffray, and a natural analog of a theorem due to Fulkerson and Gross, which states that a graph is triangulated, or chordal, if and only if it can be generated by starting with a graph with no vertices, and repeatedly adding a vertex, so that the new vertex is not the middle vertex of any chordless path with three vertices. Our result answers the question of whether there exists a composition scheme that generates exactly the class of weakly triangulated graphs. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Walks through every edge exactly twice II

In this paper we develop a theory of sets of walks traversing every edge twice. Archdeacon, Bonnington, and Little proved that a graph G is planar if and only if there is a set of closed walks W in G traversing every edge exactly twice such that several sets of edges derived from W are all cocycles. One consequence of the current work is a simple proof of the ABL theorem. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Optimally super-edge-connected transitive graphs

Let X=(V,E) be a connected regular graph. X is said to be super-edge-connected if every minimum edge cut of X is a set of edges incident with some vertex. The restricted edge connectivity λ′(X) of X is the minimum number of edges whose removal disconnects X into non-trivial components. A super-edge-connected k-regular graph is said to be optimally super-edge-connected if its restricted edge connectivity attains the maximum 2k−2. In this paper, we define the λ′-atoms of graphs with respect to restricted edge connectivity and show that if X is a k-regular k-edge-connected graph whose λ′-atoms have size at least 3, then any two distinct λ′-atoms are disjoint. Using this property, we characterize the super-edge-connected or optimally super-edge-connected transitive graphs and Cayley graphs. In particular, we classify the optimally super-edge-connected quasiminimal Cayley graphs and Cayley graphs of diameter 2. As a consequence, we show that almost all Cayley graphs are optimally super-edge-connected.     

An unknotting theorem for delta and sharp edge‐homotopy

Two spatial embeddings of a graph are said to be delta (resp. sharp) edge‐homotopic if they are transformed into each other by self delta (resp. sharp) moves and ambient isotopies. We show that any two spatial embeddings of a graph are delta (resp. sharp) edge‐homotopic if and only if the graph does not contain a subgraph which is homeomorphic to the theta graph or the disjoint union of two 1‐spheres, or equivalently G is homeomorphic to a bouquet. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On a problem concerning ordered colourings

Let G be a connected graph with v(G) 2 vertices and independence number (G). G is critical if for any edge e of G:

1. (i) (G − e) > (G), if e is not a cut edge of G, and

2. (ii) v(G_i) − (G_i) < v(G) − (G), I = 1, 2, if e is a cut edge and G₁, G₂ are the two components of G − e.

Recently, Katchalski et al. (1995) conjectured that: if G is a connected critical graph, then with equality possible if and only if G is a tree. In this paper we establish this conjecture.     

On the Structure of Contractible Edges in <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-connected Partial <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-trees

Contraction of an edge e merges its end points into a new single vertex, and each neighbor of one of the end points of e is a neighbor of the new vertex. An edge in a k-connected graph is contractible if its contraction does not result in a graph with lesser connectivity; otherwise the edge is called non-contractible. In this paper, we present results on the structure of contractible edges in k-trees and k-connected partial k-trees. Firstly, we show that an edge e in a k-tree is contractible if and only if e belongs to exactly one (k + 1) clique. We use this characterization to show that the graph formed by contractible edges is a 2-connected graph. We also show that there are at least |V(G)| + k − 2 contractible edges in a k-tree. Secondly, we show that if an edge e in a partial k-tree is contractible then e is contractible in any k-tree which contains the partial k-tree as an edge subgraph. We also construct a class of contraction critical 2k-connected partial 2k-trees.     

More proofs of menger's theorem

Four ways of proving Menger's Theorem by induction are described. Two of them involve showing that the theorem holds for a finite undirected graph G if it holds for the graphs obtained from G by deleting and contracting the same edge. The other two prove the directed version of Menger's Theorem to be true for a finite digraph D if it is true for a digraph obtained by deleting an edge from D.