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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- Volume 099
- Pages: 243-256
- Published: 30/04/2011
Let \(\lambda K_{h^u}\) denote the \(\lambda\)-fold complete multipartite graph with \(u\) parts of size \(h\). A cube factorization of \(\lambda K_{h^u}\) is a uniform \(3\)-factorization of \(\lambda K_{h^u}\) in which the components of each factor are cubes. We show that there exists a cube factorization of \(\lambda K_{h^u}\) if and only if \(uh \equiv 0 \pmod{8}\), \(\lambda (u-1)h \equiv 0 \pmod{3}\), and \(u \geq 2\). It gives a new family of uniform \(3\)-factorizations of \(\lambda K_{h^u}\). We also establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of cube frames of \(\lambda K_{h^u}\).
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 225-242
- Published: 30/04/2011
We recall from [13] a shell graph of size \(n\), denoted \(C(m,n-3)\), is the graph obtained from the cycle \(C_n(v_0,v_1,v_2\ldots,v_{n-1})\) by adding \(m-3\) consecutive chords incident at a common vertex, say \(v_0\). The vertex \(v_0\) of \(C(n,n-3)\) is called the apex of the shell \(C(n,n-3)\). The vertex \(v_0\) of \(C(n,n-3)\) is said to be at level \(l\).
A graph \(C(2n,n-2)\) is called an alternate shell, if \(C(2n,n-2)\) is obtained from the cycle \(C{2n}(v_0,v_1,v_2\ldots,v_{2n-1})\) by adding \(n-2\) chords between the vertex \(v_0\) and the vertices \(v_{2i-1}\) for \(1-i\delta n\). If the vertex \(v_i\) of \(C(2n,n-2)\) at level \(l\) and is adjacent with \(v_0\), then \(v_l\) is said to be at level \(l\) with a chord, otherwise the vertex \(v_i\) is said to be at level \(l\) without a chord.
A graph, denoted \(G{2n_i,n_i,2,k,l}\), is called one vertex union of alternate shells with a path at any common level \(l\) (with or without chords), if it is obtained from \(k\) alternate shells \(C(2n_i,n_i-2)’s\), \(1- i\delta k\), by merging them together at their apex and joining \(k\) vertices each chosen from a distinct alternate shell in a particular level \(l\) (with or without chords) by a path \(P_{2k-1}\), such that the chosen vertex of the \(i\)th alternate shell \(C(2n_i,n_i-2)\) is at the \((2i-1)\)th vertex of the \(P_{2k-l}\) for \(1- i\delta k\). We denote the graph \(G{2n_i,n_i,2,k,l}\) as \(G{2n_i,n_i,2,k,l_c}\) if the path \(P_{2k-1}\) joins the vertices only at the common level \(l\) with chords.
In this paper, we show that \(G{2n_i,n_i,2,k,l_c}\) is graceful and admits an \(A\)-labeling, for \(k-\tau1, n_i\), \( 3,1\tau1,n_i\), and \(G{2n_i,n_i,2,k,1}\) is cordial, for \(n_i-n-3 ,k-1,1\tau i\).
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 321-333
- Published: 30/04/2011
A \((k,t)\)-list assignment \(L\) of a graph \(G\) is a mapping which assigns a set of size \(k\) to each vertex \(v\) of \(G\) and \(|\bigcup_{v\in V(G)}L(v)| = t\). A graph \(G\) is \((k, t)\)-choosable if \(G\) has a proper coloring \(f\) such that \(f(v) \in L(v)\) for each \((k, t)\)-list assignment \(L\).
We determine \(t\) in terms of \(k\) and \(n\) that guarantee \((k, t)\)-choosability of any \(n\)-vertex graph and a better bound if such graph does not contain a \((k+1)\)-clique.
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 217-224
- Published: 30/04/2011
For paths \(P_n\), Chartrand, Nebesky and Zhang gave the exact value of \(ac'(P_n)\) for \(n \leq 8\), and showed that \(ac'(P_n) \leq \binom{n-2}{2}+2\) for every positive integer \(n\), where \(ac'(P_n)\) denotes the nearly antipodal chromatic number of \(P_n\). In this paper, we determine the exact values of \(ac'(P_n)\) for all even integers \(n \geq 8\).
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 303-320
- Published: 30/04/2011
A \(2\)-factor of a graph \(G\) is a \(2\)-regular spanning subgraph of \(G\) and a \(2\)-factorization of a graph \(G\) is a \(2\)-factor decomposition of \(G\). A complete solution to the problem of determining the spectrum of \(4\)-cycles in \(2\)-factorizations of the complete bipartite graph is presented.
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 205-216
- Published: 30/04/2011
We study the independence number of the Cartesian product of binary trees and more general bipartite graphs. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on bipartite graphs under which certain upper and lower bounds on the independence number of the product are equal. A basic tool will be an algorithm for finding the independence number of a binary tree.
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 193-203
- Published: 30/04/2011
Multireceiver authentication codes allow one sender to construct an authenticated message for a group of receivers such that each receiver can verify the authenticity of the received message. In this paper, we construct two multireceiver authentication codes from symplectic geometry over finite fields. The parameters and the probabilities of deceptions of the codes are also computed.
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 289-301
- Published: 30/04/2011
We give determinant expressions of the zeta function and an \(L\)-function of a semiregular weighted bipartite graph. As an application, we present a decomposition formula for the weighted complexity of a semiregular weighted bipartite graph.
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 175-192
- Published: 30/04/2011
In this paper, we characterize the potentially \((K_5 – C_4)\)-graphic sequences, where \(K_s – C_4\) is the graph obtained from \(K_5\) by removing four edges of a \(4\)-cycle \(C_4\). This characterization implies a theorem due to Lai \([6]\).
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- Volume 099
- Pages: 161-173
- Published: 30/04/2011
A graph is said to be cordial if it has a \(0-1\) labeling that satisfies certain properties. The purpose of this paper is to generalize some known theorems and results of cordial graphs. Specifically, we show that certain combinations of paths, cycles, stars, and null graphs are cordial. Finally, we prove that the torus grids are cordial if and only if its size is not congruent to \(2\) \((mod 4)\).
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