Let ${\gamma }_c(G)$ be the connected domination number of $G$ and ${\gamma }_{tr}(G)$ be the tree domination number of $G$. In this paper, we study the generalized Petersen graphs $P(n,k)$, prove ${\gamma }_c(P(n,k))={\gamma }_{tr}(P(n,k))$ and show their exact values for $k=1,2,\dots ,\lfloor n/2\rfloor$.

Given a parity-check matrix $H$ with $n$ columns, an $\ell$-subset $T$ of $\{1,2,\dots ,n\}$ is called a stopping set of size $\ell$ for $H$ if the $\ell$-column submatrix of $H$ consisting of columns with coordinate indexes in $T$ has no row of Hamming weight one. The size of the smallest non-empty stopping sets for $H$ is called the stopping distance of $H$.

In this paper, the stopping distance of $H_m(2t+1)$, parity-check matrices representing binary $t$-error-correcting $BCH$ codes, is addressed. It is shown that if $m$ is even then the stopping distance of this matrix is three. We conjecture that this property holds for all integers $m\ge 3$.

For the sequence satisfying the recurrence relation of the second order, we establish a general summation theorem on the infinite series of the reciprocal product of its two consecutive terms. As examples, several infinite series identities are obtained on Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, hyperbolic sine and cosine functions, as well as the solutions of Pell equation.

The directed ${\overrightarrow{P}}_k$-graph of a digraph $D$ is obtained by representing the directed paths on $k$ vertices of $D$ by vertices. Two such vertices are joined by an arc whenever the corresponding directed paths in $D$ form a directed path on $k+1$ vertices or a directed cycle on $k$ vertices in $D$. In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for two digraphs with isomorphic ${\overrightarrow{P}}_3$-graphs. This improves a previous result, where some additional conditions were imposed.

In this paper, we study quaternary quasi-cyclic $(QC)$ codes with even length components. We determine the structure of one generator quaternary $QC$ codes whose cyclic components have even length. By making use of their structure, we establish the size of these codes and give a lower bound for minimum distance. We present some examples of codes from this family whose Gray images have the same Hamming distances as the Hamming distances of the best known binary linear codes with the given parameters. In addition, we obtain a quaternary $QC$ code that leads to a new binary non-linear code that has parameters $(96,2^{26},28)$.

Let $G$ be a simple graph, and let $p$ be a positive integer. A subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is a $p$-dominating set of the graph $G$, if every vertex $v\in V(G)–D$ is adjacent to at least $p$ vertices in $D$. The $p$-domination number ${\gamma }_p(G)$ is the minimum cardinality among the $p$-dominating sets of $G$. A subset $I\subseteq V(G)$ is an independent dominating set of $G$ if no two vertices in $I$ are adjacent and if $I$ is a dominating set in $G$. The minimum cardinality of an independent dominating set of $G$ is called independence domination number $i(G)$.

In this paper, we show that every block-cactus graph $G$ satisfies the inequality ${\gamma }_2(G)\ge i(G)$ and if $G$ has a block different from the cycle $C_3$, then ${\gamma }_2(G)\ge i(G)+1$. In addition, we characterize all block-cactus graphs $G$ with ${\gamma }_2(G)=i(G)$ and all trees $T$ with ${\gamma }_2(T)=i(T)+1$.

We show that if $G$ has an odd graceful labeling $f$ such that $max\{f(x):f(x)\text{ is even},x\in A\}<min\{f(x):f(x)\text{ is odd},x\in B\}$, then $G$ is an o-graph, and if $G$ is an a-graph, then $G\odot K_n$ is odd graceful for all $w\ge 1$. Also, we show that if $G_1$ is an a-graph and $G_2$ is an odd graceful, then $G_1\cup G_2$ is odd graceful. Finally, we show that some families of graphs are a-graphs and odd graceful.

Let $K_m–H$ be the graph obtained from $K_m$ by removing the edges set $E(H)$ of $H$ where $H$ is a subgraph of $K_m$. In this paper, we characterize the potentially $K_5–P_3$, $K_5–A_3$, $K_5–K_3$ and $K_5–K_{1,3}$-graphic sequences where $A_3$ is $P_2\cup K_2$. Moreover, we also characterize the potentially $K_5–2K_2$-graphic sequences where $p{K}_2$ is the matching consisted of $p$ edges.

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple connected graph, where $d_v$ is the degree of vertex $v$. The zeroth-order Randić index of $G$ is defined as $R_n^0(G)=\sum _{v\in V}{d}_v^{\alpha }$, where $\alpha$ is an arbitrary real number. Let $G^{\ast }$ be the thorn graph of $G$ by attaching $d_G(v_i)$ new pendent edges to each vertex $v_i$ ($1\le i\le n$) of $G$. In this paper, we investigate the zeroth-order general Randić index of a class thorn tree and determine the extremal zeroth-order general Randić index of the thorn graphs $G^{\ast }(n,m)$.

Let $X$ denote a set with $q$ elements. Suppose $\mathcal{L}(n,q)$ denotes the set $X^n$ (resp. $X^n\cup \{\mathrm{\Delta }\}$) whenever $q=2$ (resp. $q\ge 3$). For any two elements $\alpha =({\alpha }_1,\dots ,{\alpha }_n)$ and $\beta =({\beta }_1,\dots ,{\beta }_n)\in \mathcal{L}(n,q)$, define $\alpha \le \beta$ if and only if $\beta =\mathrm{\Delta }$ or ${\alpha }_i={\beta }_i$ whenever ${\alpha }_i\ne 0$ for $1\le i\le n$. Then $\mathcal{L}(n,q)$ is a lattice, denoted by ${\mathcal{L}}_{◯}(n,q)$. Reversing the above partial order, we obtain the dual of ${\mathcal{L}}_{◯}(n,q)$, denoted by ${\mathcal{L}}_R(n,q)$. This paper discusses their geometricity, and computes their characteristic polynomials, determines their full automorphism groups. Moreover, we construct a family of quasi-strongly regular graphs from the lattice ${\mathcal{L}}_{◯}(n,q)$.