Ars Combinatoria

ISSN 0381-7032 (print), 2817-5204 (online)

Ars Combinatoria is the oldest Canadian journal of combinatorics, established in 1976, dedicated to advancing combinatorial mathematics through the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers. Over the decades, it has built a strong international reputation and continues to serve as a leading platform for significant contributions to the field.
Open Access:  The journal follows the Diamond Open Access model—completely free for both authors and readers, with no article processing charges (APCs)
Publication Frequency: From 2024 onward, Ars Combinatoria publishes four issues annually—in March, June, September, and December.
Scope: Publishes research in all areas of combinatorics, including graph theory, design theory, enumeration, algebraic combinatorics, combinatorial optimization and related fields.
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Rapid Publication: Submissions are processed efficiently, with accepted papers published promptly in the next available issue.
Print & Online Editions: Issues are available in both print and online formats to serve a broad readership.

S.Burcu Bozkurt1, Durmus Bozkurt1
1Department of Mathematics, Science Faculty, Selcuk University, 42075, Campus, Konya, Turkey
Abstract:

Let \(G = (V, E)\) be a digraph with \(n\) vertices and \(m\) arcs without loops and multiarcs, \(V = \{v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_n\}\). Denote the outdegree and average \(2\)-outdegree of the vertex \(v_i\) by \(d^+_i\) and \(m^+_i\), respectively. Let \(A(G)\) be the adjacency matrix and \(D(G) = \text{diag}(d^+_1, d^+_2, \ldots, d^+_n)\) be the diagonal matrix with outdegrees of the vertices of the digraph \(G\). Then we call \(Q(G) = D(G) + A(G)\) the signless Laplacian matrix of \(G\). In this paper, we obtain some upper and lower bounds for the spectral radius of \(Q(G)\), which is called the signless Laplacian spectral radius of \(G\). We also show that some bounds involving outdegrees and the average \(2\)-outdegrees of the vertices of \(G\) can be obtained from our bounds.

Gao Zhenbin1, Fan Chongjin1
1College of Science, Harbin Engineer- ing University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China
Abstract:

Lee and Kong conjecture that if \(n \geq 1\) is an odd number, then \(St(a_1, a_0, \ldots, a_n)\) would be super edge-magic, and meanwhile they proved that the following graphs are super edge-magic: \(St(m,n)\) (\(n = 0 \mod (m+1)\)), \(St(1,k,n)\) (\(k = 1,2\) or \(n\)), \(St(2, k,n)\) (\(k = 2,3\)), \(St(1,1,k,n)\) (\(k = 2,3\)), \(St(k,2,2,n)\) (\(k = 1,2\)). In this paper, the conjecture is further discussed and it is proved that \(St(1,m,n)\), \(St(3,m,m+1)\), \(St(n,n+1,n+2)\) are super edge-magic, and under some conditions \(St(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{2n+1})\); \(St(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{4n+1})\), \(St(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{4n+3})\) are also super edge-magic.

M.A. Seoud1, M.E. Abdel-Aal2
1Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
2Banha University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, Banha 13518, Egypt
Abstract:

We determine all connected odd graceful graphs of order \(\leq 6\). We show that if \(G\) is an odd graceful graph, then \(G \cup K_{m,n}\) is odd graceful for all \(m, n \geq 1\). We give an analogous statement to the graceful graphs statement, and we show that some families of graphs are odd graceful.

Guanghua Dong1,2, Han Ren3, Ning Wang4, Yuangiu Huang1
1Dept. of Math., Normal University of Hunan, Changsha, 410081, China
2Dept. of Math., Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 800887
3Dept. of Math., East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
4Dept. of Information & Technology, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, 800222, China
Abstract:

In this paper, we provide a method to obtain the lower bound on the number of distinct maximum genus embeddings of the complete bipartite graph \(K_{n,n}\) (\(n\) is an odd number), which, in some sense, improves the results of S. Stahl and H. Ren.

Yuqin Zhang1, Yunhong Song1, Yonghui Fan2
1Department of Mathematics Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China
2College of Mathematical Sciences Tianjin Normal University, 300387, Tianjin, China
Abstract:

For positive integer \(n\), let \(f_3(n)\) be the least upper bound of the sums of the lengths of the sides of \(n\) cubes packed into a unit cube \(C\) in three dimensions in such a way that the smaller cubes have sides parallel to those of \(C\). In this paper, we improve the lower bound of \(f_3(n)\).

Jack Abad1, Paul Abad2, Victor Abad3, William Moser4
1SanFransisco,CA
2WalnutCreek,CA
3Chalottesville, VA
4Montreal, Can.
Lingyan Zhen1, Baoyindureng Wu1
1 College of Mathematics and System Science, Xinjiang University Urumdi, Xinjiang, 830046, P.R.China
Abstract:

The transformation graph \(G^{+- -}\) of a graph \(G\) is the graph with vertex set \(V(G) \cup E(G)\), in which two vertices \(u\) and \(uv\) are joined by an edge if one of the following conditions holds: (i) \(u,v \in V(G)\) and they are adjacent in \(G\), (ii) \(u,v \in E(G)\) and they are not adjacent in \(G\), (iii) one of \(u\) and \(wv\) is in \(V(G)\) while the other is in \(E(G)\), and they are not incident in \(G\). In this paper, for any graph \(G\), we determine the independence number and the connectivity of \(G^{+- -}\). Furthermore, we show that for a graph \(G\) with no isolated vertices, \(G^{+- -}\) is hamiltonian if and only if \(G\) is not a star and \(G \not\in \{2K_2, K_2\}\).

Iztok Peterin1
1 Institute of Mathematics and Physics, FEECS University of Maribor Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract:

We introduce quasi-almostmedian graphs as a natural nonbipartite generalization of almostmedian graphs. They are filling a gap between quasi-median graphs and quasi-semimedian graphs. We generalize some results of almostmedian graphs and deduce some results from a bigger class of quasi-semimedian graphs. The consequence of this is another characterization of almostmedian graphs as well as two new characterizations of quasi-median graphs.

Yuan He1, Wenpeng Zhang2
1Facuty Or Science, KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Kun- MING, YUNNAN 650500, PEOPLE’s REPUBLIC OF CHINA
2DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY, XI’AN, SHAANXI 710069, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Abstract:

In this note, we establish a convolution formula for Bernoulli polynomials in a new and brief way, and some known results are derived as a special case.

Mustafa Asci1, Dursun Tasci2, Naim Tuglu2
1PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND ARTS FacutTY DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS KINIKL! DENIZLI TURKEY
2Gazi UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND ARTS FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS TEKNIKOKULLAR ANKARA TURKEY
Abstract:

In this study, we define the generalized \(k\)-order Fibonacci matrix and the \(n \times n\) generalized Pascal matrix \(\mathcal{F}_n(GF)\) associated with generalized \(\mathcal{F}\)-nomial coefficients. We find the inverse of the generalized Pascal matrix \(\mathcal{F}_n(GF)\) associated with generalized \(\mathcal{F}\)-nomial coefficients. In the last section, we factorize this matrix via the generalized \(k\)-order Fibonacci matrix and give illustrative examples for these factorizations.