Growth: A Journal of Mathematics and Mathematics Education
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Growth: A Journal of Mathematics and Mathematics Education aims to provide a publication platform for high quality undergraduate research in mathematics and in mathematical pedagogy. The technical scope of the journal is combinatorial mathematics, broadly interpreted—the editorial board will consider all submissions in their areas of interest. All submitted articles must have an undergraduate research component and must be certified by a senior researcher. All submissions will be peer reviewed according to standard practices in academic mathematics. Precise editorial policies are set by the editorial board.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 114
- Pages: 427-436
- Published: 30/04/2014
Let \(G\) be a simple graph. The incidence energy ( \(IE\) for short ) of \(G\) is defined as the sum of the singular values of the incidence matrix. In this paper, a new lower bound for \(IE\) of graphs in terms of the maximum degree is given. Meanwhile, an upper bound and a lower bound for \(IE\) of the subdivision graph and the total graph of a regular graph \(G\) are obtained, respectively.
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 417-425
- Published: 30/04/2014
The Hosoya polynomial of a graph \(G\) with vertex set \(V(G)\) is defined as \(H(G, z) = \sum_{u,v \in V(G)} x^{d_G(u,v)}\), where \(d_G(u,v)\) is the distance between vertices \(u\) and \(v\). A toroidal polyhex \(H(p,q,t)\) is a cubic bipartite graph embedded on the torus such that each face is a hexagon, described by a string \((p,q,t)\) of three integers \((p \geq 2, q \geq 1, 0 \leq t \leq p-1)\). In this paper, we derive an analytical formula for calculating the Hosoya polynomial of \(H(p,q,t)\) for \(t = 0\) or \(p\leq 2q\) or \(p \leq q+t\). Notably, some earlier results in [2, 6, 26] are direct corollaries of our main findings.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 114
- Pages: 397-416
- Published: 30/04/2014
Kotani and Sunada introduced the oriented line graph as a tool in the study of the Ihara zeta function of a finite graph. The spectral properties of the adjacency operator on the oriented line graph can be linked to the Ramanujan condition of the graph. Here, we present a partial characterization of oriented line graphs in terms of forbidden subgraphs. We also give a Whitney-type result, as a special case of a result by Balof and Storm, establishing that if two graphs have the same oriented line graph, they are isomorphic.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 114
- Pages: 385-395
- Published: 30/04/2014
Let \(A\) be the \((0,1)\)-adjacency matrix of a simple graph \(G\), and \(D\) be the diagonal matrix \(diag(d_1, d_2, \ldots, d_n)\), where \(d_i\) is the degree of the vertex \(v_i\). The matrix \(Q(G) = D + A\) is called the signless Laplacian of \(G\). In this paper, we characterize the extremal graph for which the least signless Laplacian eigenvalue attains its minimum among all non-bipartite unicyclic graphs with given order and diameter.
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 373-384
- Published: 30/04/2014
In this paper, we investigate some commutativity conditions and extend a remarkable result of Ram Awtar, when Lie ideal \(U\) becomes the part of the centre of \(M\) \(A\)-semiring \(R\).
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 363-371
- Published: 30/04/2014
A pebbling move involves removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one on an adjacent vertex. The optimal pebbling number of a graph \(G\), denoted by \(f_{opt}(G)\), is the least positive integer \(n\) such that \(n\) pebbles are placed suitably on vertices of \(G\) and, for any specified vertex \(v\) of \(G\), one pebble can be moved to \(v\) through a sequence of pebbling moves. In this paper, we determine the optimal pebbling number of the square of paths and cycles.
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 353-361
- Published: 30/04/2014
In this paper, we verify the list edge coloring conjecture for pseudo- outerplanar graphs with maximum degree at least \(5\) and the equitable \(\Delta\)-coloring conjecture for all pseudo-outerplanar graphs.
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 345-351
- Published: 30/04/2014
We prove that the Cartesian product of two directed cycles of lengths \(n_1\) and \(n_2\) contains an antidirected Hamilton cycle, and hence is decomposable into antidirected Hamilton cycles, if and only if \(\gcd(n_1, n_2) = 2\). For the Cartesian product of \(k > 2\) directed cycles, we establish new sufficient conditions for the existence of an antidirected Hamilton cycle.
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 331-343
- Published: 30/04/2014
Let \(T\) be a tree with no vertices of degree \(2\) and at least one vertex of degree \(3\) or more. A Halin graph \(G\) is a plane graph obtained by connecting the leaves of \(T\) in the cyclic order determined by the planar drawing of \(T\). Let \(\Delta\), \(\lambda(G)\), and \(\chi(G^2)\) denote, respectively, the maximum degree, the \(L(2,1)\)-labeling number, and the chromatic number of the square of \(G\). In this paper, we prove the following results for any Halin graph \(G\): (1) \(\chi(G^2) \leq \Delta + 3\), and moreover \(\chi(G^2) = \Delta + 1\) if \(\Delta \geq 6\); (2) \(\lambda(G) \leq \Delta + 7\), and moreover \(\lambda(G) \leq \Delta + 2\) if \(\Delta \geq 9\).
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- Volume 114
- Pages: 321-330
- Published: 30/04/2014
In this paper, we investigate the zero divisor graph \(G_I(P)\) of a poset \(P\) with respect to a semi-ideal \(I\). We show that the girth of \(G_I(P)\) is \(3\), \(4\), or \(\infty\). In addition, it is shown that the diameter of such a graph is either \(1\), \(2\), or \(3\). Moreover, we investigate the properties of a cut vertex in \(G_I(P)\) and study the relation between semi-ideal \(I\) and the graph \(G_I(P)\), as established in (Theorem 3.9).




