scholarly journals On Bipartite Cages of Excess 4

10.37236/6693 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan Filipovski
Keyword(s):  
Adjacency Matrix ◽  
Disjoint Union ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Distance Matrix ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Dickson Polynomial ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

The Moore bound $M(k,g)$ is a lower bound on the order of $k$-regular graphs of girth $g$ (denoted $(k,g)$-graphs). The excess $e$ of a $(k,g)$-graph of order $n$ is the difference $ n-M(k,g) $. In this paper we consider the existence of $(k,g)$-bipartite graphs of excess $4$ by studying spectral properties of their adjacency matrices. For a given graph $G$ and for the integers $i$ with $0\leq i\leq diam(G)$, the $i$-distance matrix $A_i$ of $G$ is an $n\times n$ matrix such that the entry in position $(u,v)$ is $1$ if the distance between the vertices $u$ and $v$ is $i$, and zero otherwise. We prove that the $(k,g)$-bipartite graphs of excess $4$ satisfy the equation $kJ=(A+kI)(H_{d-1}(A)+E)$, where $A=A_{1}$ denotes the adjacency matrix of the graph in question, $J$ the $n \times n$ all-ones matrix, $E=A_{d+1}$ the adjacency matrix of a union of vertex-disjoint cycles, and $H_{d-1}(x)$ is the Dickson polynomial of the second kind with parameter $k-1$ and degree $d-1$. We observe that the eigenvalues other than $\pm k$ of these graphs are roots of the polynomials $H_{d-1}(x)+\lambda$, where $\lambda$ is an eigenvalue of $E$. Based on the irreducibility of $H_{d-1}(x)\pm2$, we give necessary conditions for the existence of these graphs. If $E$ is the adjacency matrix of a cycle of order $n$, we call the corresponding graphs graphs with cyclic excess; if $E$ is the adjacency matrix of a disjoint union of two cycles, we call the corresponding graphs graphs with bicyclic excess. In this paper we prove the non-existence of $(k,g)$-graphs with cyclic excess $4$ if $k\geq6$ and $k \equiv1 \!\! \pmod {3}$, $g=8, 12, 16$ or $k \equiv2 \!\! \pmod {3}$, $g=8;$ and the non-existence of $(k,g)$-graphs with bicyclic excess $4$ if $k\geq7$ is an odd number and $g=2d$ such that $d\geq4$ is even.

scholarly journals Cycle partitions of regular graphs

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Vytautas Gruslys ◽  
Shoham Letzter
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graph ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Disjoint Paths ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Simple Construction ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

Abstract Magnant and Martin conjectured that the vertex set of any d-regular graph G on n vertices can be partitioned into $n / (d+1)$ paths (there exists a simple construction showing that this bound would be best possible). We prove this conjecture when $d = \Omega(n)$ , improving a result of Han, who showed that in this range almost all vertices of G can be covered by $n / (d+1) + 1$ vertex-disjoint paths. In fact our proof gives a partition of V(G) into cycles. We also show that, if $d = \Omega(n)$ and G is bipartite, then V(G) can be partitioned into n/(2d) paths (this bound is tight for bipartite graphs).

scholarly journals On Graphs with Cyclic Defect or Excess

10.37236/415 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Delorme ◽  
Guillermo Pineda-Villavicencio
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Adjacency Matrix ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Integer Coefficients ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Odd Degree ◽  
Unexplored Area ◽  
Trivial Graph ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

The Moore bound constitutes both an upper bound on the order of a graph of maximum degree $d$ and diameter $D=k$ and a lower bound on the order of a graph of minimum degree $d$ and odd girth $g=2k+1$. Graphs missing or exceeding the Moore bound by $\epsilon$ are called graphs with defect or excess $\epsilon$, respectively. While Moore graphs (graphs with $\epsilon=0$) and graphs with defect or excess 1 have been characterized almost completely, graphs with defect or excess 2 represent a wide unexplored area. Graphs with defect (excess) 2 satisfy the equation $G_{d,k}(A) = J_n + B$ ($G_{d,k}(A) = J_n - B$), where $A$ denotes the adjacency matrix of the graph in question, $n$ its order, $J_n$ the $n\times n$ matrix whose entries are all 1's, $B$ the adjacency matrix of a union of vertex-disjoint cycles, and $G_{d,k}(x)$ a polynomial with integer coefficients such that the matrix $G_{d,k}(A)$ gives the number of paths of length at most $k$ joining each pair of vertices in the graph. In particular, if $B$ is the adjacency matrix of a cycle of order $n$ we call the corresponding graphs graphs with cyclic defect or excess; these graphs are the subject of our attention in this paper. We prove the non-existence of infinitely many such graphs. As the highlight of the paper we provide the asymptotic upper bound of $O(\frac{64}3d^{3/2})$ for the number of graphs of odd degree $d\ge3$ and cyclic defect or excess. This bound is in fact quite generous, and as a way of illustration, we show the non-existence of some families of graphs of odd degree $d\ge3$ and cyclic defect or excess. Actually, we conjecture that, apart from the Möbius ladder on 8 vertices, no non-trivial graph of any degree $\ge 3$ and cyclic defect or excess exists.

scholarly journals A fast $$(2 + \frac{2}{7})$$-approximation algorithm for capacitated cycle covering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Traub ◽  
Thorben Tröbst
Keyword(s):  
Vehicle Routing Problem ◽  
Covering Problem ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Cycle Cover ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
Processing Step ◽  
Number Of Cycles ◽  
Vertex Disjoint ◽  
Capacitated Vehicle

AbstractWe consider the capacitated cycle covering problem: given an undirected, complete graph G with metric edge lengths and demands on the vertices, we want to cover the vertices with vertex-disjoint cycles, each serving a demand of at most one. The objective is to minimize a linear combination of the total length and the number of cycles. This problem is closely related to the capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) and other cycle cover problems such as min-max cycle cover and bounded cycle cover. We show that a greedy algorithm followed by a post-processing step yields a $$(2 + \frac{2}{7})$$ ( 2 + 2 7 ) -approximation for this problem by comparing the solution to a polymatroid relaxation. We also show that the analysis of our algorithm is tight and provide a $$2 + \epsilon $$ 2 + ϵ lower bound for the relaxation.

scholarly journals The normalized distance Laplacian

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Carolyn Reinhart
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Radius ◽  
Characteristic Polynomial ◽  
Adjacency Matrix ◽  
Connected Graph ◽  
Distance Matrix ◽  
Laplacian Matrix ◽  
Diagonal Matrix ◽  
The Matrix

Abstract The distance matrix 𝒟(G) of a connected graph G is the matrix containing the pairwise distances between vertices. The transmission of a vertex vi in G is the sum of the distances from vi to all other vertices and T(G) is the diagonal matrix of transmissions of the vertices of the graph. The normalized distance Laplacian, 𝒟𝒧(G) = I−T(G)−1/2 𝒟(G)T(G)−1/2, is introduced. This is analogous to the normalized Laplacian matrix, 𝒧(G) = I − D(G)−1/2 A(G)D(G)−1/2, where D(G) is the diagonal matrix of degrees of the vertices of the graph and A(G) is the adjacency matrix. Bounds on the spectral radius of 𝒟 𝒧 and connections with the normalized Laplacian matrix are presented. Twin vertices are used to determine eigenvalues of the normalized distance Laplacian. The distance generalized characteristic polynomial is defined and its properties established. Finally, 𝒟𝒧-cospectrality and lack thereof are determined for all graphs on 10 and fewer vertices, providing evidence that the normalized distance Laplacian has fewer cospectral pairs than other matrices.

Vertex disjoint cycles of different lengths in d-arc-dominated digraphs

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngo Dac Tan
Keyword(s):  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

scholarly journals Can Colour-Blind Distinguish Colour Palettes?

10.37236/2319 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Kalinowski ◽  
Monika Pilśniak ◽  
Jakub Przybyło ◽  
Mariusz Woźniak
Keyword(s):  
Large Degree ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Lovász Local Lemma ◽  
Local Lemma ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Lovasz Local Lemma ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Irregular Graphs

Let $c:E(G)\rightarrow [k]$ be  a colouring, not necessarily proper, of edges of a graph $G$. For a vertex $v\in V$, let $\overline{c}(v)=(a_1,\ldots,a_k)$, where $ a_i =|\{u:uv\in E(G),\;c(uv)=i\}|$, for $i\in [k].$ If we re-order the sequence $\overline{c}(v)$ non-decreasingly, we obtain a sequence $c^*(v)=(d_1,\ldots,d_k)$, called a palette of a vertex $v$. This can be viewed as the most comprehensive information about colours incident with $v$ which can be delivered by a person who is unable to name colours but distinguishes one from another. The smallest $k$ such that $c^*$ is a proper colouring of vertices of $G$ is called the colour-blind index of a graph $G$, and is denoted by dal$(G)$. We conjecture that there is a constant $K$ such that dal$(G)\leq K$ for every graph $G$ for which the parameter is well defined. As our main result we prove that $K\leq 6$ for regular graphs of sufficiently large degree, and for irregular graphs with $\delta (G)$ and $\Delta(G)$ satisfying certain conditions. The proofs are based on the Lopsided Lovász Local Lemma. We also show that $K=3$ for all regular bipartite graphs, and for complete graphs of order $n\geq 8$.

scholarly journals Graphs with many vertex-disjoint cycles

2012 ◽  
Vol Vol. 14 no. 2 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Rautenbach ◽  
Friedrich Regen
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Simple Extension ◽  
Disjoint Cycles ◽  
Cyclomatic Number ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
Extension Rule ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

Graph Theory International audience We study graphs G in which the maximum number of vertex-disjoint cycles nu(G) is close to the cyclomatic number mu(G), which is a natural upper bound for nu(G). Our main result is the existence of a finite set P(k) of graphs for all k is an element of N-0 such that every 2-connected graph G with mu(G)-nu(G) = k arises by applying a simple extension rule to a graph in P(k). As an algorithmic consequence we describe algorithms calculating minmu(G)-nu(G), k + 1 in linear time for fixed k.

scholarly journals On the nullity of a family of tripartite graphs

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
Rashid Farooq ◽  
Mehar Ali Malik ◽  
Qudsia Naureen ◽  
Shariefuddin Pirzada
Keyword(s):  
Adjacency Matrix ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Eigenvalue Zero ◽  
Tripartite Graphs ◽  
Graph Form

Abstract The eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of a graph form the spectrum of the graph. The multiplicity of the eigenvalue zero in the spectrum of a graph is called nullity of the graph. Fan and Qian (2009) obtained the nullity set of n-vertex bipartite graphs and characterized the bipartite graphs with nullity n − 4 and the regular n-vertex bipartite graphs with nullity n − 6. In this paper, we study similar problem for a class of tripartite graphs. As observed the nullity problem in tripartite graphs does not follow as an extension to that of the nullity of bipartite graphs, this makes the study of nullity in tripartite graphs interesting. In this direction, we obtain the nullity set of a class of n-vertex tripartite graphs and characterize these tripartite graphs with nullity n − 4. We also characterize some tripartite graphs with nullity n − 6 in this class.

scholarly journals Vertex-Disjoint Chorded Cycles through Specified Vertices in Bipartite Graphs

2018 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 413-417
Author(s):  
逍遥 蔺
Keyword(s):  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Chorded Cycles ◽  
Vertex Disjoint

Five results on maximizing topological indices in graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol vol. 23, no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stijn Cambie
Keyword(s):  
Independence Number ◽  
Wiener Index ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Topological Indices ◽  
Matching Number ◽  
Extremal Graphs ◽  
Szeged Index ◽  
Complete Bipartite Graphs ◽  
The Difference

In this paper, we prove a collection of results on graphical indices. We determine the extremal graphs attaining the maximal generalized Wiener index (e.g. the hyper-Wiener index) among all graphs with given matching number or independence number. This generalizes some work of Dankelmann, as well as some work of Chung. We also show alternative proofs for two recents results on maximizing the Wiener index and external Wiener index by deriving it from earlier results. We end with proving two conjectures. We prove that the maximum for the difference of the Wiener index and the eccentricity is attained by the path if the order $n$ is at least $9$ and that the maximum weighted Szeged index of graphs of given order is attained by the balanced complete bipartite graphs.

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