On neighborhood condition for graphs to have [a,b]-factors

Let G be a graph of order n, and let a and b be integers such that 1a<b. Let δ(G) be the minimum degree of G. Then we prove that if δ(G)(k−1)a, n(a+b)(k(a+b)−2)/b, and |N_G(x₁)N_G(x₂)N_G(x_k)|an/(a+b) for any independent subset {x₁,x₂,…,x_k} of V(G), where k2, then G has an [a,b]-factor. This result is best possible in some sense.     

Harmonic trees

A graph G is defined to be harmonic if there is a constant λ (necessarily a natural number) such that, for every vertex v, the sum of the degrees of the neighbors of v equals λd_G (v) where d_G (v) is the degree of v. We show that there is exactly one finite harmonic tree for every λ ε , and we give a recursive construction for all infinite harmonic trees.     

C-normality and solvability of groups

A subgroup H is called c-normal in group G if there exists a normal subgroup N and G such that HN = G and H ∩ N ≤ H_G where H_G =: Core(H) = _gG H^g is the maximal normal subgroup of G which is contained in H. We obtain some results about the c-normal subgroups and the solvability of groups.     

Length-bounded disjoint paths in planar graphs

The following problem is considered: given: an undirected planar graph G=(V,E) embedded in , distinct pairs of vertices {r₁,s₁},…,{r_k,s_k} of G adjacent to the unbounded face, positive integers b₁,…,b_k and a function ; find: pairwise vertex-disjoint paths P₁,…,P_k such that for each i=1,…,k, P_i is a r_i−s_i-path and the sum of the l-length of all edges in P_i is at most b_i. It is shown that the problem is NP-hard in the strong sense. A pseudo-polynomial-time algorithm is given for the case of k=2.     

The smallest degree sum that yields potentially kCℓ-graphic sequences

Gould et al. (Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Algorithms, Vol. 1, 1999, pp. 387–400) considered a variation of the classical Turán-type extremal problems as follows: For a given graph H, determine the smallest even integer σ(H,n) such that every n-term graphic sequence π=(d₁,d₂,…,d_n) with term sum σ(π)=d₁+d₂++d_nσ(H,n) has a realization G containing H as a subgraph. In this paper, for given integers k and ℓ, ℓ7 and 3kℓ, we completely determine the smallest even integer σ(_kC_ℓ,n) such that each n-term graphic sequence π=(d₁,d₂,…,d_n) with term sum σ(π)=d₁+d₂++d_nσ(_kC_ℓ,n) has a realization G containing a cycle of length r for each r, krℓ.     

An extremal problem on potentially Kr,s-graphic sequences

We consider a variation of a classical Turán-type extremal problem (F. Chung, R. Graham, Erd s on Graphs: His Legacy of Unsolved Problems, AK Peters Ltd., Wellesley, 1998, Chapter 3) as follows: Determine the smallest even integer σ(K_r,s,n) such that every n-term graphic sequence π=(d₁,d₂,…,d_n) with term sum σ(π)=d₁+d₂++d_nσ(K_r,s,n) is potentially K_r,s-graphic, where K_r,s is a r×s complete bipartite graph, i.e., π has a realization G containing K_r,s as its subgraph. In this paper, we first give sufficient conditions for a graphic sequence being potentially K_r,s-graphic, and then we determine σ(K_r,r,n) for r=3,4.     

Polyhedral graphs with extreme numbers of types of faces

A face F of a polyhedral graph G(V,E,F) is an a₁,a₂,…,a_l-face if is an l-gon and the degrees d(x_i) of the vertices x_iV incident with in the cyclic order are a_i,i=1,2,…,l. The lexicographic minimum b₁,b₂,…,b_l such that is a b₁,b₂,…,b_l-face is the type of . All polyhedral graphs having only one type of faces are listed. It is proved that the set of triangulations having only faces of different types is non-empty and finite.     

The connectivity of a graph on uniform points on [0,1]

A random graph G_n(x) is constructed on independent random points U₁,…,U_n distributed uniformly on [0,1]^d, d1, in which two distinct such points are joined by an edge if the l_∞-distance between them is at most some prescribed value 0<x<1. The connectivity distance c_n, the smallest x for which G_n(x) is connected, is shown to satisfy

(1)

For d2, the random graph G_n(x) behaves like a d-dimensional version of the random graphs of Erdös and Rényi, despite the fact that its edges are not independent: c_n/d_n→1, a.s., as n→∞, where d_n is the largest nearest-neighbor link, the smallest x for which G_n(x) has no isolated vertices.     

k-Subdomination in graphs

For a positive integer k, a k-subdominating function of a graph G=(V,E) is a function f : V→{−1,1} such that ∑_uNG[v]f(u)1 for at least k vertices v of G. The k-subdomination number of G, denoted by γ_ks(G), is the minimum of ∑_vVf(v) taken over all k-subdominating functions f of G. In this article, we prove a conjecture for k-subdomination on trees proposed by Cockayne and Mynhardt. We also give a lower bound for γ_ks(G) in terms of the degree sequence of G. This generalizes some known results on the k-subdomination number γ_ks(G), the signed domination number γ_s(G) and the majority domination number γ_maj(G).     

Weight distribution of the bases of a binary matroid

Let M be a weighted binary matroid and w₁ < … < w_m be the increasing sequence of all possible distinct weights of bases of M. We give a sufficient condition for the property that w₁, …, w_m is an arithmetical progression of common difference d. We also give conditions which guarantee that w_i+1 − w_i ≤ d, 1 ≤ i ≤ m −1. Dual forms for these results are given also.     

Bipartite dimensions and bipartite degrees of graphs

A cover (bipartite) of a graph G is a family of complete bipartite subgraphs of G whose edges cover G's edges. G'sbipartite dimension d(G) is the minimum cardinality of a cover, and its bipartite degree η(G) is the minimum over all covers of the maximum number of covering members incident to a vertex. We prove that d(G) equals the Boolean interval dimension of the irreflexive complement of G, identify the 21 minimal forbidden induced subgraphs for d 2, and investigate the forbidden graphs for d n that have the fewest vertices. We note that for complete graphs, d(K_n) = [log₂n], η(K_n) = d(K_n) for n 16, and η(K_n) is unbounded. The list of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs for η 2 is infinite. We identify two infinite families in this list along with all members that have fewer than seven vertices.     

Degree conditions for Hamiltonian graphs to have [a,b]-factors containing a given Hamiltonian cycle

Let 1a<b be integers and G a Hamiltonian graph of order |G|(a+b)(2a+b)/b. Suppose that δ(G)a+2 and max{deg_G(x), deg_G(y)}a|G|/(a+b)+2 for each pair of nonadjacent vertices x and y in G. Then G has an [a,b]-factor which is edge-disjoint from a given Hamiltonian cycle. The lower bound on the degree condition is sharp. For the case of odd a=b, there exists a graph satisfying the conditions of the theorem but having no desired factor. As consequences, we have the degree conditions for Hamiltonian graphs to have [a,b]-factors containing a given Hamiltonian cycle.     

ContributionsOn optimal orientations of cartesian products of graphs (I)

For a graph G, let D(G) be the family of strong orientations of G, and define [ovbar|d] (G) = min[d(D) vb D ] D(G), where d(D) denotes the diameter of the digraph D. Let G × H denote the cartesian product of the graphs G and H. In this paper, we determine completely the values of and , except , where K_n, P_n and C_n denote the complete graph, path and cycle of order n, respectively.     

On L(d,1)-labelings of graphs

Given a graph G and a positive integer d, an L(d,1)-labeling of G is a function f that assigns to each vertex of G a non-negative integer such that if two vertices u and v are adjacent, then |f(u)−f(v)|d; if u and v are not adjacent but there is a two-edge path between them, then |f(u)−f(v)|1. The L(d,1)-number of G, λ_d(G), is defined as the minimum m such that there is an L(d,1)-labeling f of G with f(V){0,1,2,…,m}. Motivated by the channel assignment problem introduced by Hale (Proc. IEEE 68 (1980) 1497–1514), the L(2,1)-labeling and the L(1,1)-labeling (as d=2 and 1, respectively) have been studied extensively in the past decade. This article extends the study to all positive integers d. We prove that λ_d(G)Δ²+(d−1)Δ for any graph G with maximum degree Δ. Different lower and upper bounds of λ_d(G) for some families of graphs including trees and chordal graphs are presented. In particular, we show that the lower and the upper bounds for trees are both attainable, and the upper bound for chordal graphs can be improved for several subclasses of chordal graphs.     

The deviation, density, and depth of partially ordered sets

Let P be a poset, and let γ be a linear order type with |γ| ≥ 3. The γ-deviation of P, denoted by γ-dev P, is defined inductively as follows: (1) γ-dev P=0, if P contains no chain of order type γ; (2) γ-dev P = , if γ-dev P and each chain C of type γ in P contains elements a and b such that a<b and [a, b] as an interval of P has γ-deviation <. There may be no ordinal such that γ-dev P = ; i.e., γ-dev P does not exist. A chain is γ-dense if each of its intervals contains a chain of order type γ. If P contains a γ-dense chain, then γ-dev P fails to exist. If either (1) P is linearly ordered or (2) a chain of order type γ does not contain a dense interval, then the converse holds. For an ordinal ξ, a special set S(ξ) is used to study ω_ξ-deviation. The depth of P, denoted by δ(P) is the least ordinal β that does not embed in P^*. Then the following statements are equivalent: (1) ω_ξ-dev P does not exist; (2) S(ξ) embeds in P; and (3) P has a subset Q of cardinality _ξ such that δ(Q^*) = ω_{ξ + 1}. Also ω_ξ-dev P = <ω_{ξ + 1} if and only if |δ(P^*)|_ξ; if these equivalent conditions hold, then ω^β_ξ < δ(P^*) ≤ ω ^{+ 1}_ξ for all β < . Applications are made to the study of chains of submodules of a module over an associative ring.     

Balanced partitions of two sets of points in the plane

We prove the following theorem. Let m≥2 and q≥1 be integers and let S and T be two disjoint sets of points in the plane such that no three points of ST are on the same line, |S|=2q and |T|=mq. Then ST can be partitioned into q disjoint subsets P₁,P₂,…,P_q satisfying the following two conditions: (i) conv(P_i)∩conv(P_j)=φ for all 1≤i<j≤q, where conv(P_i) denotes the convex hull of P_i; and (ii) |P_i∩S|=2 and |P_i∩T|=m for all 1≤i≤q.     

Multicolor routing in the undirected hypercube

An undirected routing problem is a pair (G,R) where G is an undirected graph and R is an undirected multigraph such that V(G)=V(R). A solution to an undirected routing problem (G,R) is a collection P of undirected paths of G (possibly containing multiple occurrences of the same path) such that edges of R are in one-to-one correspondence with the paths of P, with the path corresponding to edge {u,v} connecting u and v. We say that a collection of paths P is k-colorable if each path of P can be colored by one of the k colors so that the paths of the same color are edge-disjoint (each edge of G appears at most once in the paths of each single color). In the circuit-switched routing context, and in optical network applications in particular, it is desirable to find a solution to a routing problem that is colorable with as few colors as possible. Let Q_n denote the n-dimensional hypercube, for arbitrary n1. We show that a routing problem (Q_n,R) always admits a 4d-colorable solution where d is the maximum vertex degree of R. This improves over the 16d/2-color result which is implicit in the previous work of Aumann and Rabani [SODA95, pp. 567–576]. Since, for any positive d, there is a multigraph R of degree d such that any solution to (Q_n,R) requires at least d colors, our result is tight up to a factor of four. In fact, when d=1, it is tight up to a factor of two, since there is a graph of degree one (the antipodal matching) that requires two colors.     

Ramsey linear families and generalized subdivided graphs

The following results are obtained. (i) Let p, d, and k be fixed positive integers, and let G be a graph whose vertex set can be partitioned into parts V₁, V₂,…, V_a such that for each i at most d vertices in V₁ … V_i have neighbors in V_i+1 and r(K_k, V_i) p | V(G) |, where V_i denotes the subgraph of G induced by V_i. Then there exists a number c depending only on p, d, and k such that r(K_k, G)c | V(G) |. (ii) Let d be a positive integer and let G be a graph in which there is an independent set I V(G) such that each component of G−I has at most d vertices and at most two neighbors in I. Then r(G,G)c | V(G) |, where c is a number depending only on d. As a special case, r(G, G) 6 | V(G) | for a graph G in which all vertices of degree at least three are independent. The constant 6 cannot be replaced by one less than 4.     

Estimates of the Isovariant Borsuk–Ulam Constants of Connected Compact Lie Groups

The isovariant Borsuk–Ulam constant c G of a compact Lie group G is defined to be the supremum of c ∈ R such that the inequality c(dim V-dim V~G) ≤ dim W-dim W~G holds whenever there exists a G-isovariant map f : S(V) → S(W) between G-representation spheres.In this paper,we shall discuss some properties of c G and provide lower estimates of c G of connected compact Lie groups,which leads us to some Borsuk–Ulam type results for isovariant maps.We also introduce and discuss the generalized isovariant Borsuk–Ulam constant G for more general smooth G-actions on spheres.The result is considerably different from the case of linear actions.     

Bounds on regeneration times and convergence rates for Markov chains

In many applications of Markov chains, and especially in Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms, the rate of convergence of the chain is of critical importance. Most techniques to establish such rates require bounds on the distribution of the random regeneration time T that can be constructed, via splitting techniques, at times of return to a “small set” C satisfying a minorisation condition P(x,·)(·), xC. Typically, however, it is much easier to get bounds on the time τ_C of return to the small set itself, usually based on a geometric drift function , where . We develop a new relationship between T and τ_C, and this gives a bound on the tail of T, based on ,λ and b, which is a strict improvement on existing results. When evaluating rates of convergence we see that our bound usually gives considerable numerical improvement on previous expressions.