Ars Combinatoria

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

Ars Combinatoria is the oldest Canadian Journal of Combinatorics, established in 1976. The journal is dedicated to advancing the field of combinatorial mathematics through the publication of high-quality research papers. From 2024 onward, it publishes four volumes per year in March, June, September and December. Ars Combinatoria has gained recognition and visibility in the academic community and is indexed in renowned databases such as MathSciNet, Zentralblatt, and Scopus. The Scope of the journal includes Graph theory, Design theory, Extremal combinatorics, Enumeration, Algebraic combinatorics, Combinatorial optimization, Ramsey theory, Automorphism groups, Coding theory, Finite geometries, Chemical graph theory but not limited.

Cheng Zhao1
1 Department of Mathematics West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 U.S.A.
Abstract:

In this paper, we prove that if \(G\) is a 3-connected planar graph and contains no vertex of degree \(4\), then \(G\) is edge reconstructible. This generalizes a result of J. Lauri [J1].

T. Gangopadhyay1
1XLRI Jamshedpu Post Box 222 Jamshedpur 831001 India
Abstract:

In this paper, we present a new generalization of the self-complementary graphs, called the \(t\)-sc graphs. Various properties of this class of graphs are studied, generalizing earlier results on self-complementary graphs. Certain existential results on \(t\)-sc graphs are presented, followed by the construction of some infinite classes of \(t\)-sc graphs. Finally, the notion of \(t\)-sc graphs is linked with the notion of factorization, leading to a generalization of \(r\)-partite self-complementary graphs.

Bolian Liu1
1 Department of Mathematics South China Normal University Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Abstract:

In [1], we introduced the generalized exponent for primitive matrices. In this paper, the generalized exponents of tournament matrices are derived.

Jen-Hsin Huang1, Steven S.Skiena 1
1Department of Computer Science State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 11794
Abstract:

We provide graceful labelings for prisms \(C_{2m} \times P_n\), with even cycles, for all \(n \geq 2\), and prisms \(C_{2m+1} \times P_n\), with odd cycles when \(3 \leq mn \leq 12\). Further, we verify that the windmill graph \(K^{(m)}_{4}\) is graceful for \(r \leq 22\), and that the square of a path \(P_n\) is graceful for \(n \leq 32\).

Jagdish Saran1
1 Department of Statistics Faculty of Mathematical Sciences University of Delhi Delhi – 110007, India
Abstract:

In this paper, a composition result, \(viz\)., the number of \(r\)-compositions of \(n\) dominated by the \(r\)-compositions of \(m\) (\(m \geq n\)) subject to certain restrictions, has been derived by the method of induction.

David C.Fisher1, Brenda Kellner1
1Department of Mathematics University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO 80217-3364, U.S.A.
Hong-Jian Lai1, Cun-Quan Zhang1
1 Department of Mathematics West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506
Abstract:

Let \(G\) be a simple graph with \(n\) vertices. Let \(L(G)\) denote the line graph of \(G\). We show that if \(\kappa'(G) > 2\) and if for every pair of nonadjacent vertices \(v,u \in V(G)\), \(d(v) + d(u) > \frac{2n}{3} – 2\), then for any pair of vertices \(e, e’ \in V(L(G))\), either \(L(G)\) has a Hamilton \((e, e’)\)-path, or \(\{e, e’\}\) is a vertex-cut of \(L(G)\). When \(G\) is a triangle-free graph, this bound can be reduced to \(\frac{n}{3}\). These bounds are all best possible and they partially improve prior results in [J.Graph Theory 10(1986),411-425] and [Discrete Math.76(1989)95-116].

Evangelos Kranakis1,2, Danny Krizanc2,3, Lambert Meertens2
1Carleton University, School of Computer Science Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
2Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) P.O. Box 4079, 1009 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3 University of Rochester, Department of Computer Science Rochester, New York, 14627, U.S.A
Abstract:

The link length of a walk in a multidimensional grid is the number of straight line segments constituting the walk. Alternatively, it is the number of turns that a mobile unit needs to perform in traversing the walk. A rectilinear walk consists of straight line segments which are parallel to the main axis. We wish to construct rectilinear walks with minimal link length traversing grids. If \(G\) denotes the multidimensional grid, let \(s(G)\) be the minimal link length of a rectilinear walk traversing all the vertices of \(G\). In this paper, we develop an asymptotically optimal algorithm for constructing rectilinear walks traversing all the vertices of complete multidimensional grids and analyze the worst-case behavior of \(s(G)\), when \(G\) is a multidimensional grid.

Yue Zhao1
1Department of Mathematics Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio 43210
Abstract:

We proved that if a graph \(G\) of minimum valency \(\delta=6\alpha + 5\), with \(\alpha\) a non-negative integer, can triangulate a surface \(\Sigma\) with \(\chi(\Sigma) = -\alpha n + \beta\), where \(\beta \in \{0, 1, 2\}\), then \(G\) is edge reconstructible.

Terry A.McKee1
1Department of Mathematics & Statistics Wright State University, Dayton OH 45435
Abstract:

We introduce a concept of “pseudo dual” pseudographs which can be thought of as generalizing some of the recent work on iterated clique graphs. In particular, we characterize those pseudographs which have pseudo duals and show that they encompass several natural families of intersection pseudographs.

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