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.
Indexing & Abstracting: Indexed in MathSciNet, Zentralblatt MATH, and EBSCO, ensuring wide visibility and scholarly reach.
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.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 411-423
- Published: 31/07/2014
In this paper we introduce a new kind of distance Pell numbers which are generated using the classical Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. Generalized companion Pell numbers is closely related to distance Pell numbers which were introduced in \([12]\). We present some relations between distance Pell numbers, distance companion Pell numbers and their connections with the Fibonacci numbers. To study properties of these numbers we describe their graph interpretations which in the special case gives a distance generalization of the Jacobsthal numbers. We also use the concept of a lexicographic product of graphs to obtain a new interpretation of distance Jacobsthal numbers.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 23-32
- Published: 31/07/2014
For a bipartite graph the extremal number for the existence of a specific odd (even) length path was determined in J. Graph Theory \(8 (1984), 83-95\). In this article, we conjecture that for a balanced bi-partite graph with partite sets of odd order the extremal number for an even order path guarantees many more paths of differing lengths.The conjecture is proved for a linear portion of the conjectured paths.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 401-410
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(D\) be a primitive digraph. Then there exists a nonnegative integer \(k\) such that there are walks of length \(k\) and \(k+1\) from \(u$ to \(v\) for some \(u,v \in V(D)\) (possibly \(u\) again ). Such smallest \(k\) is called the Lewin index of the digraph \(D\), denoted by \(l(D)\). In this paper, the extremal primitive digraphs with both Lewin index \(n — 2\) and girth \(2\) or \(3\) are determined.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 3-21
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(K_{m} – H\) denote the graph obtained from the complete graph on \(m\) vertices, \(K_{m}\), by removing the edge set \(E(H)\) of \(H\), where \(H\) is a subgraph of \(K_{m}\). In this paper, we characterize the potentially \(K_{6} – 3K_{2}\)-graphic sequences, where \(pK_{2}\) is a matching consisting of \(p\) edges.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 391-400
- Published: 31/07/2014
In this paper, we investigate a generalized Catalan triangle defined by
\[\frac{k^m}{n} \binom{2n}{n-k}\]
for positive integers \(m\). We then compute weighted half binomial sums involving powers of generalized Fibonacci and Lucas numbers of the form
\[\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} \binom{2n}{n+k} \frac{k^m}{n}X_{tk}^r,\]
where \(X_n\) either generalized Fibonacci or Lucas numbers, and \(t\) and \(r\) are integers, focusing on cases where \(1 \leq m \leq 6\). Furthermore, we outline a general methodology for computing these sums for larger values of \(m\).
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 385-389
- Published: 31/07/2014
A connected factor \(F\) of a graph \(G\) is a connected spanning subgraph of \(G\). If the degree of each vertex in \(F\) is an even number between \(2\) and \(2s\), where \(s\) is an integer, then \(F\) is a connected even \([2, 2s]\)-factor of \(G\). In this paper, we prove that every supereulerian \(K_{1,\ell+1},K_{1,\ell+1}+e\)-free graph (\(\ell \geq 2\)) contains a connected even \([2, 2\ell – 2]\)-factor.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 367-384
- Published: 31/07/2014
In \([8]\), Weimin Li and Jianfei Chen studied split graphs such that the monoid of
all endomorphisms is regular. In this paper, we extend the study of \([11]\). We find
conditions such that regular endomorphism monoids of split graphs are completely
regular. Moreover, we find completely regular subsemigroups contained in the
monoid \(End(G)\).
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 357-366
- Published: 31/07/2014
A graph of order \(n\) is said to be \(k\)-factor-critical for non-negative integer \(k \leq n\) if the removal of any \(k\) vertices results in a graph with a perfect matching. For a \(k\)-factor-critical graph of order \(n\), it is called \({trivial}\) if \(k = n\) and \({non-trivial}\) otherwise. Since toroidal graphs are at most non-trivial \(5\)-factor-critical, this paper aims to characterize all non-trivial \(5\)-factor-critical graphs on the torus.
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 343-355
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(G\) be a simple graph of order \(n\) with \(\mu_1, \mu_2, \ldots, \mu_n\) as the roots of its matching polynomial. Recently, Gutman and Wagner defined the matching energy as \(\sum_{i=1}^{n} |\mu_i|\). In this paper, we first show that the Turán graph \(T_{r,n}\) is the \(r\)-partite graph of order \(n\) with maximum matching energy. Furthermore, we characterize the connected graphs (and bipartite graphs) of order \(n\) having minimum matching energy with \(m\) edges, where \(n+2 \leq m \leq 2n-4\) (and \(n \leq m\leq 2n-5\)).
- Research article
- Full Text
- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 335-341
- Published: 31/07/2014
The smallest bigraph that is edge-critical but not edge-minimal with respect to Hamilton laceability is the Franklin graph. Polygonal bigraphs\(^*\) \(P_{m,}\), which generalize one of the many symmetries of the Franklin graph, share this property of being edge-critical but not edge-minimal \([1]\). An enumeration of Hamilton paths in \(P_{m}\) for small \(m\) reveals surprising regularities: there are \(2^m\) Hamilton paths between every pair of adjacent vertices, \(3 \times 2^{m-2}\) between every vertex and a unique companion vertex, and \(3 \times 2^{m-2}\) between all other pairs. Notably, Hamilton laceability only requires at least one Hamilton path between every pair of vertices in different parts; remarkably, there are exponentially many.
Call for papers
- Proceedings of International Conference on Discrete Mathematics (ICDM 2025) – Submissions are closed
- Proceedings of International Conference on Graph Theory and its Applications (ICGTA 2026)
- Special Issue of Ars Combinatoria on Graph Theory and its Applications (ICGTA 2025)
- MWTA 2025 – Proceedings in Ars Combinatoria




