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.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 201-210
- Published: 31/01/2007
In this study we are going to give a new \((t,k)\)-geodetic set definition. This is a refinement of the geodetic set definition given in \([11]\). With this new definition we obtain more information about the graph. We also give a relationship between the \((t,k)\)-geodetic set and the integrity of a graph. By using a \((t,k)\)-geodetic set we give a new proof for the upper bound of integrity of trees and unicycle graphs.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 193-199
- Published: 31/01/2007
For a long time we had thought that there does not exist an OGDD of type \(4^4\). In this article, an OGDD of type \(4^4\) will be constructed.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 165-179
- Published: 31/01/2007
Consider a tree \(T = (V, E)\) with root \(r \in V\) and \(|V| = N\). Let \(p_v\) be the probability that a user wants to access node \(v\). A bookmark is an additional link from \(r\) to any other node of \(T\). We want to add \(k\) bookmarks to \(T\), so as to minimize the expected access cost from \(r\), measured by the average length of the shortest path. We present a characterization of an optimal assignment of \(k\) bookmarks in a perfect binary tree with uniform probability distribution of access and \(k \leq \sqrt{N + 1}\).
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 159-163
- Published: 31/01/2007
We show various combinatorial identities that are generated by tree counting arguments. In particular, we give formulas for \(n^p\) and \(\tau(K_{s,t})\) which establishes an equivalence.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 145-157
- Published: 31/01/2007
The question of necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a simple \(3\)-uniform hypergraph with a given degree sequence is a long outstanding open question. We provide a result on degree sequences of \(3\)-hypergraphs which shows that any two \(3\)-hypergraphs with the same degree sequence can be transformed into each other using a sequence of trades, also known as null-\(3\)-hypergraphs. This result is similar to the Havel-Hakimi theorem for degree sequences of graphs.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 133-144
- Published: 31/01/2007
In this paper we consider the problem as follows: Given a bipartite graph \(G = (V_1, V_2; E)\) with \(|V_1| = |V_2| = n\) and a positive integer \(k\), what degree condition is sufficient to ensure that for any \(k\) distinct vertices \(v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k\) of \(G\), \(G\) contains \(k\) independent quadrilaterals \(Q_1, Q_2, \ldots, Q_k\) such that \(v_i \in V(Q_i)\) for every \(i \in \{1, 2, \ldots, k\}\), or \(G\) has a \(2\)-factor with \(k\) independent cycles of specified lengths with respect to \(\{v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k\}\)? We will prove that if \(d(x) + d(y) \geq \left\lceil (4n + k)/3 \right\rceil\) for each pair of nonadjacent vertices \(x \in V_1\) and \(y \in V_2\), then, for any \(k\) distinct vertices \(v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k\) of \(G\), \(G\) contains \(k\) independent quadrilaterals \(Q_1, Q_2, \ldots, Q_k\) such that \(v_i \in V(Q_i)\) for each \(i \in \{1, \ldots, k\}\). Moreover, \(G\) has a \(2\)-factor with \(k\) cycles with respect to \(\{v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k\}\) such that \(k – 1\) of them are quadrilaterals. We also discuss the degree conditions in the above results.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 125-132
- Published: 31/01/2007
We call the graph \(G\) an edge \(m\)-coloured if its edges are coloured with \(m\) colours. A path (or a cycle) is called monochromatic if all its edges are coloured alike. A subset \(S \subseteq V(G)\) is independent by monochromatic paths if for every pair of different vertices from \(S\) there is no monochromatic path between them. In \([5]\) it was defined the Fibonacci number of a graph to be the number of all independent sets of \(G\); recall that \(S\) is independent if no two of its vertices are adjacent. In this paper we define the concept of a monochromatic Fibonacci number of a graph which gives the total number of monochromatic independent sets of \(G\). Moreover we give the number of all independent by monochromatic paths sets of generalized lexicographic product of graphs using the concept of a monochromatic Fibonacci polynomial of a graph. These results generalize the Fibonacci number of a graph and the Fibonacci polynomial of a graph.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 97-124
- Published: 31/01/2007
Let \(D = (V, E)\) be a primitive digraph. The exponent of \(D\) at a vertex \(u \in V\), denoted by \(\exp_D(u)\), is defined to be the least integer \(k\) such that there is a walk of length \(k\) from \(u\) to \(v\) for each \(v \in V\). Let \(V = \{v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_n\}\). The vertices of \(V\) can be ordered so that \(\exp_D(v_{i_1}) \leq \exp_D(v_{i_2}) \leq \ldots \leq \exp_D(v_{i_n}) = \gamma(D)\). The number \(\exp_p(v_n)\) is called the \(k\)-exponent of \(D\), denoted by \(\exp_p(k)\). We use \(L(D)\) to denote the set of distinct lengths of the cycles of \(D\). In this paper, we completely determine the \(1\)-exponent sets of primitive, minimally strong digraphs with \(n\) vertices and \(L(D) = \{p, q\}\), where \(3 \le p < q\) and \(p + q > n\).
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 83-96
- Published: 31/01/2007
Let \(\mathcal{C}\) be any class of finite graphs. A graph \(G\) is \(\mathcal{C}\)-ultrahomogeneous if every isomorphism between induced subgraphs belonging to \(\mathcal{C}\) extends to an automorphism of \(G\). We study finite graphs that are \({K}_*\)-ultrahomogeneous, where \({K}_*\) is the class of complete graphs. We also explicitly classify the finite graphs that are \(\sqcup{K}_{*}\)-ultrahomogeneous, where \(\sqcup{K}_{*}\) is the class of disjoint unions of complete graphs.
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- Volume 082
- Pages: 55-67
- Published: 31/01/2007
For any positive integer \(n\), let \(S_n\), denote the set of all permutations of the set \(\{1,2,\ldots,n\}\). We think of a permutation just as an ordered list. For any \(p\) in \(S_n\), and for any \(i \leq n\), let \(p \downarrow i\) be the permutation on the set \(\{1,2,\ldots,n – 1\}\) obtained from \(p\) as follows: delete \(i\) from \(p\) and then subtract \(1\) in place from each of the remaining entries of \(p\) which are larger than \(i\). For any \(p\) in \(S_n\), we let \(R(p) = \{q \in S_{n-1} : g = p \downarrow i \;\text{for some} \;i \leq n\}\), the set of reductions of \(p\). It is shown that, for \(n > 4\), any \(p\) in \(S_n\), is determined by its set of reductions \(R(p)\).
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