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.

Yingzhi Tian1, Jixiang Meng1
1College of Mathematics and System Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumdi, Xinjiang, 830046, Peoples Republic of China.
Abstract:

A graph \(G\) is \({super-connected}\), or \({super-\(\kappa\)}\), if every minimum vertex-cut isolates a vertex of \(G\). Similarly, \(G\) is \({super-restricted \;edge-connected}\), or \({super-\(\lambda’\)}\), if every minimum restricted edge-cut isolates an edge. We consider the total graph \(T(G)\) of \(G\), which is formed by combining the disjoint union of \(G\) and the line graph \(L(G)\) with the lines of the subdivision graph \(S(G)\); for each line \(l = (u,v)\) in \(G\), there are two lines in \(S(G)\), namely \((l,u)\) and \((l,v)\). In this paper, we prove that \(T(G)\) is super-\(\kappa\) if \(G\) is super-\(\kappa\) graph with \(\delta(G) \geq 4\). \(T(G)\) is super-\(\lambda’\) if \(G\) is \(k\)-regular with \(\kappa(G) \geq 3\). Furthermore, we provide examples demonstrating that these results are best possible.

Yunsheng Zhang 1, Yichao Chen2
1BUSINESS SCHOOL, HUNAN UNIVERSITY, 410082 CHANGSHA, CHINA
2COLLEGE OF MATHEMATICS AND ECONOMETRICS, HUNAN UNIVERSITY, 410082 CHanc- SHA, CHINA
Abstract:

The paper construct infinite classes of non-isomorphic \(3\)-connected simple graphs with the same total genus polynomial, using overlap matrix, symmetry and Gustin representation. This answers a problem (Problem \(3\) of Page \(38\)) of L.A. McGeoch in his PHD thesis.
The result is helpful for firms to make marketing decisions by calculating the graphs of user demand relationships of different complex ecosystems of platform products and comparing genus polynomials.

Xu Liping1, Liu Zhishan2, Li Zhi1
1School of Mathematics, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P.R.China.
2Yang-En University, Quanzhou, 362014, P.R.China.
Abstract:

A necessary and sufficient condition of the complement to be cordial and its application are obtained.

Sapna Jain1
1Department of Mathematics University of Delhi Delhi 110 007 India
Abstract:

In this paper, we introduce the notion of blockwise-bursts in array codes equippped with m-metric \([13]\) and obtain some bounds on the parameters of $m$-metric array codes for the detection and correction of blockwise-burst array errors.

Sizhong Zhou1
1School of Mathematics and Physics Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Mengxi Road 2, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003 People’s Republic of China
Abstract:

Let \(G\) be a graph, and let \(a\) and \(b\) be integers with \(1 \leq a \leq b\). An \([a, b]\)-factor of \(G\) is defined as a spanning subgraph \(F\) of \(G\) such that \(a \leq d_F(v) \leq b\) for each \(v \in V(G)\). In this paper, we obtain a sufficient condition for a graph to have \([a, b]\)-factors including given edges, extending a well-known sufficient condition for the existence of a \(k\)-factor.

Saeid Alikhani1,2, Yee-hock Peng2,3
1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Shiraz University of Technology 71555-318, Shiraz, Iran
2Institute for Mathematical Research, and University Putra Malaysia, 48400 UPM Serdang, Malaysia
3Department of Mathematics, University Putra Malaysia, 48400 UPM Serdang, Malaysia
Abstract:

We introduce the domination polynomial of a graph \(G\). The domination polynomial of a graph \(G\) of order \(n\) is defined as \(D(G, x) = \sum_{i=\gamma(G)}^{n} d(G, i)x^i\), where \(d(G, i)\) is the number of dominating sets of \(G\) of size \(i\), and \(\gamma(G)\) is the domination number of \(G\). We obtain some properties of \(D(G, x)\) and its coefficients, and compute this polynomial for specific graphs.

Masao Tsugaki 1, Yao Zhang1
1Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Abstract:

For a tree \(T\), \(Leaf(T)\) denotes the set of leaves of \(T\), and \(T – Leaf(T)\) is called the stem of \(T\). For a graph \(G\) and a positive integer \(m\), \(\sigma_m(G)\) denotes the minimum degree sum of \(m\) independent vertices of \(G\). We prove the following theorem: Let \(G\) be a connected graph and \(k \geq 2\) be an integer. If \(\sigma_3(G) \geq |G| – 2k + 1\), then \(G\) has a spanning tree whose stem has at most \(k\) leaves.

Zhidan Yan1, Wei Wang1
1College of Information Engineering, Tarim University, Alar, Xinjiang, 843300, P.R.China
Abstract:

A proper vertex coloring of a graph is equitable if the sizes of color classes differ by at most \(1\). The equitable chromatic threshold of a graph \(G\), denoted by \(\chi_m^*(G)\), is the minimum \(k\) such that \(G\) is equitably \(k’\)-colorable for all \(k’ > k\). Let \(G \times H\) denote the direct product of graphs \(G\) and \(H\). For \(n \geq m \geq 2\), we prove that \(\chi_m^*(K_m \times K_n)\) equals \(\left\lceil \frac{mn}{m+1} \right\rceil\) if \(n \equiv 2, \ldots, m \pmod{m+1}\), and equals \(m\left\lceil \frac{n}{s^*} \right\rceil\) if \(n \equiv 0, 1 \pmod{m+1}\), where \(s^*\) is the minimum positive integer such that \(s^* \nmid n\) and \(s^* \geq m+2\).

Salvatore Milici1, Gaetano Quattrocchi1, Zsolt Tuza2
1Department of Mathematics, University of Catania, viale A. Doria, 6, 95125 Cata- nia, Italy
2Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest ; and Department of Computer Science and Systems Technology, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
Abstract:

For an undirected graph \(G\) and a natural number \(n\), a \(G\)-design of order \(n\) is an edge partition of the complete graph \(K_n\) with \(n\) vertices into subgraphs \(G_1, G_2, \ldots\), each isomorphic to \(G\). A set \(T \subset V(K_n)\) is called a blocking set if it intersects the vertex set \(V(G_i)\) of each \(G_i\) in the decomposition but contains none of them. Extending previous work [J. Combin. Designs \(4 (1996), 135-142]\), where the authors proved that cycle designs admit no blocking sets, we establish that this result holds for all graphs \(G\). Furthermore, we show that for every graph \(G\) and every integer \(k \geq 2\), there exists a non-\(k\)-colorable \(G\)-design.

Changqing Xu1, Jingjing Chang1
1Department of Applied Mathematics, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401 P. R. China
Abstract:

Let \(G\) be a planar graph with maximum degree \(\Delta(G)\). The least integer \(k\) such that \(G\) can be partitioned into \(k\) edge-disjoint forests, where each component is a path of length at most \(2\), is called the linear \(2\)-arboricity of \(G\), denoted by \(la_2(G)\). We establish new upper bounds for the linear \(2\)-arboricity of certain planar graphs.

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