scholarly journals On Hamilton-Connectivity and Detour Index of Certain Families of Convex Polytopes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Sakander Hayat ◽  
Muhammad Yasir Hayat Malik ◽  
Ali Ahmad ◽  
Suliman Khan ◽  
Faisal Yousafzai ◽  
...  

A convex polytope is the convex hull of a finite set of points in the Euclidean space ℝ n . By preserving the adjacency-incidence relation between vertices of a polytope, its structural graph is constructed. A graph is called Hamilton-connected if there exists at least one Hamiltonian path between any of its two vertices. The detour index is defined to be the sum of the lengths of longest distances, i.e., detours between vertices in a graph. Hamiltonian and Hamilton-connected graphs have diverse applications in computer science and electrical engineering, whereas the detour index has important applications in chemistry. Checking whether a graph is Hamilton-connected and computing the detour index of an arbitrary graph are both NP-complete problems. In this paper, we study these problems simultaneously for certain families of convex polytopes. We construct two infinite families of Hamilton-connected convex polytopes. Hamilton-connectivity is shown by constructing Hamiltonian paths between any pair of vertices. We then use the Hamilton-connectivity to compute the detour index of these families. A family of non-Hamilton-connected convex polytopes has also been constructed to show that not all convex polytope families are Hamilton-connected.

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Raza ◽  
Sakander Hayat ◽  
Xiang-Feng Pan

A convex polytope or simply polytope is the convex hull of a finite set of points in Euclidean space R d . Graphs of convex polytopes emerge from geometric structures of convex polytopes by preserving the adjacency-incidence relation between vertices. In this paper, we study the problem of binary locating-dominating number for the graphs of convex polytopes which are symmetric rotationally. We provide an integer linear programming (ILP) formulation for the binary locating-dominating problem of graphs. We have determined the exact values of the binary locating-dominating number for two infinite families of convex polytopes. The exact values of the binary locating-dominating number are obtained for two rotationally-symmetric convex polytopes families. Moreover, certain upper bounds are determined for other three infinite families of convex polytopes. By using the ILP formulation, we show tightness in the obtained upper bounds.


Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Sakander Hayat ◽  
Asad Khan ◽  
Suliman Khan ◽  
Jia-Bao Liu

A connected graph is called Hamilton-connected if there exists a Hamiltonian path between any pair of its vertices. Determining whether a graph is Hamilton-connected is an NP-complete problem. Hamiltonian and Hamilton-connected graphs have diverse applications in computer science and electrical engineering. The detour index of a graph is defined to be the sum of lengths of detours between all the unordered pairs of vertices. The detour index has diverse applications in chemistry. Computing the detour index for a graph is also an NP-complete problem. In this paper, we study the Hamilton-connectivity of convex polytopes. We construct three infinite families of convex polytopes and show that they are Hamilton-connected. An infinite family of non-Hamilton-connected convex polytopes is also constructed, which, in turn, shows that not all convex polytopes are Hamilton-connected. By using Hamilton connectivity of these families of graphs, we compute exact analytical formulas of their detour index.


2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 415-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIELE MANGANARO ◽  
JOSE PINEDA DE GYVEZ

Two new computing models based on information coding and chaotic dynamical systems are presented. The novelty of these models lies on the blending of chaos theory and information coding to solve complex combinatorial problems. A unique feature of our computing models is that despite the nonpredictability property of chaos, it is possible to solve any combinatorial problem in a systematic way, and with only one dynamical system. This is in sharp contrast to methods based on heuristics employing an array of chaotic cells. To prove the computing power and versatility of our models, we address the systematic solution of classical NP-complete problems such as the three colorability and the directed Hamiltonian path in addition to a new chaotic simulated annealing scheme.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Lei Cao ◽  
Ariana Hall ◽  
Selcuk Koyuncu

AbstractWe give a short proof of Mirsky’s result regarding the extreme points of the convex polytope of doubly substochastic matrices via Birkhoff’s Theorem and the doubly stochastic completion of doubly sub-stochastic matrices. In addition, we give an alternative proof of the extreme points of the convex polytopes of symmetric doubly substochastic matrices via its corresponding loopy graphs.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 623-633
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Ruiz-Vanoye ◽  
Joaquín Pérez-Ortega ◽  
Rodolfo A. Pazos Rangel ◽  
Ocotlán Díaz-Parra ◽  
Héctor J. Fraire-Huacuja ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 167 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai Nikolov ◽  
Rafael Rafailov
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2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 141-151
Author(s):  
S. Beigi

Although it is believed unlikely that $\NP$-hard problems admit efficient quantum algorithms, it has been shown that a quantum verifier can solve NP-complete problems given a "short" quantum proof; more precisely, NP\subseteq QMA_{\log}(2) where QMA_{\log}(2) denotes the class of quantum Merlin-Arthur games in which there are two unentangled provers who send two logarithmic size quantum witnesses to the verifier. The inclusion NP\subseteq QMA_{\log}(2) has been proved by Blier and Tapp by stating a quantum Merlin-Arthur protocol for 3-coloring with perfect completeness and gap 1/24n^6. Moreover, Aaronson et al. have shown the above inclusion with a constant gap by considering $\widetilde{O}(\sqrt{n})$ witnesses of logarithmic size. However, we still do not know if QMA_{\log}(2) with a constant gap contains NP. In this paper, we show that 3-SAT admits a QMA_{\log}(2) protocol with the gap 1/n^{3+\epsilon}} for every constant \epsilon>0.


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