A shuffling theorem for reflectively symmetric tilings

The author and Rohatgi recently proved a ‘shuffling theorem’ for doubly-dented hexagons. In particular, they showed that shuffling removed unit triangles along a horizontal axis in a hexagon changes the tiling number by only a simple multiplicative factor. In this paper, we consider a similar phenomenon for a symmetry class of tilings, namely, the reflectively symmetric tilings. We also prove several shuffling theorems for halved hexagons.     

A theorem of Joseph-Alfred Serret and its relation to perfect quantum state transfer

In this paper we recast the Serret theorem about a characterization of palindromic continued fractions in the context of polynomial continued fractions. Then, using the relation between symmetric tridiagonal matrices and polynomial continued fractions we give a quick exposition of the mathematical aspect of the perfect quantum state transfer problem.     

A visual proof of a result of Knuth on spanning trees of Aztec diamonds in the case of odd order

The even Aztec diamond AD_n is known to have precisely four times more spanning trees than the odd Aztec diamond OD_n—this was conjectured by Stanley and first proved by Knuth. We present a short combinatorial proof of this fact in the case of odd n. Our proof works also for the more general case of odd-by-odd Aztec rectangles.     

组合数学与数论间的一些交叉问题初探

我们证明了有限域上的一类方程组解的个数与图的顶点着色数有密切关系，而这又对许多着色问题的产生了许多应用。另外，我们也用图论的一些技巧解决了数论中一些问题。     

A dual open coloring axiom

We discuss a dual of the Open Coloring Axiom introduced by Abraham et al. [U. Abraham, M. Rubin, S. Shelah, On the consistency of some partition theorems for continuous colorings, and the structure of ₁-dense real order types, Ann. Pure Appl. Logic 29 (2) (1985) 123–206] and show that it follows from a statement about continuous colorings on Polish spaces that is known to be consistent. We mention some consequences of the new axiom and show that implies that all cardinal invariants in Cichoń’s diagram are at least ₂.     

Embedding a sequential procedure within an evolutionary algorithm for coloring problems in graphs

We present in this article an evolutionary procedure for solving general optimization problems. The procedure combines efficiently the mechanism of a simple descent method and of genetic algorithms. In order to explore the solution space properly, periods of optimization are interspersed with phases of interaction and diversification. An adaptation of this search principle to coloring problems in graphs is discussed. More precisely, given a graphG, we are interested in finding the largest induced subgraph ofG that can be colored with a fixed numberq of colors. Whenq is larger or equal to the chromatic number ofG, then the problem amounts to finding an ordinary coloring of the vertices ofG.     

图的路色数问题的NP－完全性

一个给定的图是否存在用ｒ种颜色的正常Ｐｋ着色？称该问题为图的（ｋ，ｒ）路色数问题．本文研究其算法复杂性，并得到以下结果：对于任意给定的ｋ，２≤ｋ≤∞，图的（ｋ，２）路色数问题及直径为２的图的（ｋ，３）路色数问题都是ＮＰ－完全的；对于任意给定的ｋ，２≤ｋ≤∞，平面图的（ｋ，３）路色数问题也是ＮＰ－完全的．     

星和完全等二部图联图的点可区别均匀边染色

研究了星与完全等二部图的联图Sm∨Kn,n的点可区别均匀边染色。     

Pm×Kn的邻点可区别全色数

设G是简单图．设f是一个从V(G)∪E(G)到{1,2,…,k}的映射．对每个v∈V(G),令C_f(v)={f(v)}∪{f(vw)|w∈V(G),vw∈E(G)}．如果f是k-正常全染色,且对任意u,v∈V(G),uv∈E(G),有C_f(u)≠C_f(v),那么称f为图G的邻点可区别全染色(简称为k-AVDTC)．数x_(at)(G)=min{k|G有k-AVDTC}称为图G的邻点可区别全色数．本文给出路P_m和完全图K_n的Cartesion积的邻点可区别全色数．     

3一致 C-超图的最小边数

混合超图是含有两类超边的超图,一类称为C-超边,一类称为D-超边,它们的区别主要体现在染色要求上．混合超图的染色,要求每一C-超边至少有两个点染相同的颜色,而每一D-超边至少有两个点染不同的颜色．所用的最大颜色数称为对应混合超图的上色数,所用的最小颜色数称为对应混合超图的下色数．上、下色数与边数有密切关系．作者在文献[2]中证明了具有最小上色数的3一致C-超图边数的一个下界为‘n(n-2)/3’,其中n为对应混合超图的顶点数．该文证明当n=2k 1时,该下界是可以达到的．