Secure sets and their expansion in cubic graphs

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Jesse-Józefczyk ◽  
Elżbieta Sidorowicz
Keyword(s):  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Secure Set

AbstractConsider a graph whose vertices play the role of members of the opposing groups. The edge between two vertices means that these vertices may defend or attack each other. At one time, any attacker may attack only one vertex. Similarly, any defender fights for itself or helps exactly one of its neighbours. If we have a set of defenders that can repel any attack, then we say that the set is secure. Moreover, it is strong if it is also prepared for a raid of one additional foe who can strike anywhere. We show that almost any cubic graph of order n has a minimum strong secure set of cardinality less or equal to n/2 + 1. Moreover, we examine the possibility of an expansion of secure sets and strong secure sets.

Lower Bounds For Induced Forests in Cubic Graphs

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Bondy ◽  
Glenn Hopkins ◽  
William Staton
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph

AbstractIf G is a connected cubic graph with ρ vertices, ρ > 4, then G has a vertex-induced forest containing at least (5ρ - 2)/8 vertices. In case G is triangle-free, the lower bound is improved to (2ρ — l)/3. Examples are given to show that no such lower bound is possible for vertex-induced trees.

scholarly journals Characterisation Results for Steiner Triple Systems and Their Application to Edge-Colourings of Cubic Graphs

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Král’ ◽  
Edita Máčajov´ ◽  
Attila Pór ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Sereni
Keyword(s):  
Triple System ◽  
Steiner Triple System ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Steiner Triple Systems ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Triple Systems ◽  
Forbidden Configurations ◽  
Edge Colourings

AbstractIt is known that a Steiner triple system is projective if and only if it does not contain the four-triple configuration C14. We find three configurations such that a Steiner triple system is affine if and only if it does not contain one of these configurations. Similarly, we characterise Hall triple systems using two forbidden configurations.Our characterisations have several interesting corollaries in the area of edge-colourings of graphs. A cubic graph G is S-edge-colourable for a Steiner triple system S if its edges can be coloured with points of S in such a way that the points assigned to three edges sharing a vertex form a triple in S. Among others, we show that all cubic graphs are S-edge-colourable for every non-projective nonaffine point-transitive Steiner triple system S.

scholarly journals On maximum matchings in cubic graphs with a bounded number of bridge-covering paths

1987 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-447
Author(s):  
Gary Chartrand ◽  
S.F. Kapoor ◽  
Ortrud R. Oellermann ◽  
Sergio Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Disjoint Paths ◽  
Maximum Matching ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
Bounded Number

It is proved that if G is a connected cubic graph of order p all of whose bridges lie on r edge-disjoint paths of G, then every maximum matching of G contains at least P/2 − └2r/3┘ edges. Moreover, this result is shown to be best possible.

scholarly journals Cubic identity graphs and planar graphs derived from trees

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Balaban ◽  
Roy O. Davies ◽  
Frank Harary ◽  
Anthony Hill ◽  
Roy Westwick
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Plane Trees ◽  
Nontrivial Identity

AbstractThe smallest (nontrivial) identity graph is known to have six points and the smallest identity tree seven. It is now shown that the smallest cubic identity graphs have 12 points and that exactly two of them are planar, namely those constructed by Frucht in his proof that every finite group is isomorphic to the automorphism group of some cubic graph. Both of these graphs can be obtained from plane trees by joining consecutive endpoints; it is shown that when applied to identity trees this construction leads to identity graphs except in certain specified cases. In appendices all connected cubic graphs with 10 points or fewer, and all cubic nonseparable planar graphs with 12 points, are displayed.

scholarly journals The Fan–Raspaud conjecture: A randomized algorithmic approach and application to the pair assignment problem in cubic networks

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-778
Author(s):  
Piotr Formanowicz ◽  
Krzysztof Tanaś
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Computer Networks ◽  
Assignment Problem ◽  
Perfect Matchings ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Algorithmic Approach ◽  
Edge Colorings ◽  
Mathematical Properties

Abstract It was conjectured by Fan and Raspaud (1994) that every bridgeless cubic graph contains three perfect matchings such that every edge belongs to at most two of them. We show a randomized algorithmic way of finding Fan–Raspaud colorings of a given cubic graph and, analyzing the computer results, we try to find and describe the Fan–Raspaud colorings for some selected classes of cubic graphs. The presented algorithms can then be applied to the pair assignment problem in cubic computer networks. Another possible application of the algorithms is that of being a tool for mathematicians working in the field of cubic graph theory, for discovering edge colorings with certain mathematical properties and formulating new conjectures related to the Fan–Raspaud conjecture.

scholarly journals Snarks with total chromatic number 5

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Brinkmann ◽  
Myriam Preissmann ◽  
Diana Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Total Coloring ◽  
Computer Search ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Total Chromatic Number ◽  
Vertex Number ◽  
Chordless Cycle

Graph Theory International audience A k-total-coloring of G is an assignment of k colors to the edges and vertices of G, so that adjacent and incident elements have different colors. The total chromatic number of G, denoted by χT(G), is the least k for which G has a k-total-coloring. It was proved by Rosenfeld that the total chromatic number of a cubic graph is either 4 or 5. Cubic graphs with χT = 4 are said to be Type 1, and cubic graphs with χT = 5 are said to be Type 2. Snarks are cyclically 4-edge-connected cubic graphs that do not allow a 3-edge-coloring. In 2003, Cavicchioli et al. asked for a Type 2 snark with girth at least 5. As neither Type 2 cubic graphs with girth at least 5 nor Type 2 snarks are known, this is taking two steps at once, and the two requirements of being a snark and having girth at least 5 should better be treated independently. In this paper we will show that the property of being a snark can be combined with being Type 2. We will give a construction that gives Type 2 snarks for each even vertex number n≥40. We will also give the result of a computer search showing that among all Type 2 cubic graphs on up to 32 vertices, all but three contain an induced chordless cycle of length 4. These three exceptions contain triangles. The question of the existence of a Type 2 cubic graph with girth at least 5 remains open.

scholarly journals Detection number of bipartite graphs and cubic graphs

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Havet ◽  
Nagarajan Paramaguru ◽  
Rathinaswamy Sampathkumar
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Bipartite Graph ◽  
Connected Graph ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Np Complete

International audience For a connected graph G of order |V(G)| ≥3 and a k-labelling c : E(G) →{1,2,…,k} of the edges of G, the code of a vertex v of G is the ordered k-tuple (ℓ1,ℓ2,…,ℓk), where ℓi is the number of edges incident with v that are labelled i. The k-labelling c is detectable if every two adjacent vertices of G have distinct codes. The minimum positive integer k for which G has a detectable k-labelling is the detection number det(G) of G. In this paper, we show that it is NP-complete to decide if the detection number of a cubic graph is 2. We also show that the detection number of every bipartite graph of minimum degree at least 3 is at most 2. Finally, we give some sufficient condition for a cubic graph to have detection number 3.

Contractible Edges in 3-Connected Cubic Graphs

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150014
Author(s):  
Shuai Kou ◽  
Chengfu Qin ◽  
Weihua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Connected Graph ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Better Than

An edge [Formula: see text] in a 3-connected graph [Formula: see text] is contractible if the contraction [Formula: see text] is still [Formula: see text]-connected. Let [Formula: see text] be the set of contractible edges of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] be the set of vertices adjacent to three vertices of a triangle △. It has been proved that [Formula: see text] in a 3-connected graph [Formula: see text] of order at least 5. In this note [Formula: see text] is a 3-connected cubic graph containing [Formula: see text] triangles, at least [Formula: see text] vertices and with every [Formula: see text] an independent set. Then [Formula: see text]. This is a bound better than [Formula: see text] under some conditions.

Plane Cubic Graphs with Prescribed Face Areas

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Thomassen
Keyword(s):  
Line Segment ◽  
Straight Line Segment ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Special Case

If G is a plane, cubic graph, then G has a drawing such that each edge is a straight line segment and each bounded face has any prescribed area. The special case where all areas are the same proves a conjecture of G. Ringel, who gave an example of a plane triangulation that cannot be drawn in this way.

scholarly journals One-regular cubic graphs of order a small number times a prime or a prime square

2004 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Quan Feng ◽  
Jin Ho Kwak
Keyword(s):  
Automorphism Group ◽  
Cayley Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graphs ◽  
Cubic Graph ◽  
Dihedral Groups ◽  
Fixed Order

AbstractA graph is one-regular if its automorphism group acts regularly on the set of its arcs. In this paper we show that there exists a one-regular cubic graph of order 2p or 2p2 where p is a prime if and only if 3 is a divisor of p – 1 and the graph has order greater than 25. All of those one-regular cubic graphs are Cayley graphs on dihedral groups and there is only one such graph for each fixed order. Surprisingly, it can be shown that there is no one-regular cubic graph of order 4p or 4p2.

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