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.

Daniel Bouchard 1, Patrick Clark1, Sin-Min Lee2, Sheng-Ping Bill Lo3, Hsin-Hao Su1
1Department of Mathematics, Stonehill College Easton, MA 02357, USA
2Department of Computer Science, San Jose State University San Jose, CA 95192, USA
3National Taipei University of Technology 1, Sec. 3, Chung-hsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 10608, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Abstract:

Let \( G \) be a simple graph with vertex set \( V(G) \) and edge set \( E(G) \), and let \( \mathbb{Z}_2 = \{0,1\} \). A labeling \( f : V(G) \to \mathbb{Z}_2 \) induces a partial edge labeling \( f^* : E(G) \to \mathbb{Z}_2 \) defined by \( f^*(uv) = f(u) \) if and only if \( f(u) = f(v) \). For \( i \in \mathbb{Z}_2 \), let \( V_f(i) = \{v \in V(G) : f(v) = i\} \) and \( e_f(i) = |\{e \in E(G) : f^*(e) = i\}| \). A labeling \( f \) is called a friendly labeling if \( |V_f(0) – V_f(1)| \leq 1 \). The \( BI(G) \), the balance index set of \( G \), is defined as \( \{|e_f(0) – e_f(1)| : \text{the vertex labeling } f \text{ is friendly}\} \). This paper focuses on the balance index sets of generalized book and ear expansion graphs.

Abdul Rauf Khan1, Muhammad Anwar Chaudhry1, Imran Javaid1
1Center for Advanced Studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan.
Abstract:

In this paper, we introduce the notion of \((\alpha, \beta)\)-generalized \(d\)-derivations on lattices and investigate some related properties. Also, using the notion of permuting \((\alpha, \beta)\)-triderivation, we characterize the distributive elements of a lattice.

Hong-Yong Fu1,2
1 School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R.China
2College of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing University, Chonggqing 400044, P.R.China
Abstract:

Suppose \(\{P_r\}\) is a nonempty family of paths for \(r \geq 3\), where \(P_r\) is a path on \(r\) vertices. An \(r\)-coloring of a graph \(G\) is said to be \(\{P_r\}\)-free if \(G\) contains no 2-colored subgraph isomorphic to any path \(P_r\) in \(\{P_r\}\). The minimum \(k\) such that \(G\) has a \(\{P_r\}\)-free coloring using \(k\) colors is called the \(\{P_r\}\)-free chromatic number of \(G\) and is denoted by \(\chi_{\{P_r\}}(G)\). If the family \(\{P_r\}\) consists of a single graph \(P_r\), then we use \(\chi_{P_r}(G)\). In this paper, \(\{P_r\}\)-free colorings of Sierpiński-like graphs are considered. In particular, \(\chi_{P_3}(S_n)\), \(\chi_{P_4}(S_n)\), \(\chi_{P_4}(S(n, k))\), \(\chi_{P_3}(S^{++}(n, k))\), and \(\chi_{P_4}(S^{++}(n, k))\) are determined.

M. Javaid1, A.A Bhatti1
1Department of Mathematics National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore Campus, Pakistan.
Abstract:

Let \(G = (V,E)\) be a graph with \(v = |V(G)|\) vertices and \(e = |E(G)|\) edges. An \((a, d)\)-edge-antimagic total labeling of the graph \(G\) is a one-to-one map \(A\) from \(V(G) \cup E(G)\) onto the integers \(\{1,2,\ldots,v+e\}\) such that the set of edge weights of the graph \(G\), \(W = \{w(xy) : xy \in E(G)\}\) form an arithmetic progression with the initial term \(a\) and common difference \(d\), where \(w(xy) =\lambda(x) + \lambda(y) + \lambda(xy)\) for any \(xy \in E(G)\). If \(\lambda(V(G)) = \{1,2,\ldots,v\}\) then \(G\) is super \((a, d)\)-edge-antimagic total, i.e., \((a,d)\)-EAT. In this paper, for different values of \(d\), we formulate super \((a, d)\)-edge-antimagic total labeling on subdivision of stars \(K_{1,p}\) for \(p \geq 5\).

Yan-Ling Peng1,2
1Department of Mathematics, The University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
2Department of Mathematics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, Jiangsu, China
Abstract:

We discuss the chromaticity of one family of \(K_4\)-homeomorphs which has girth \(7\) and has exactly \(1\) path of length \(1\), and give a sufficient and necessary condition for the graphs in the family to be chromatically unique.

Hailiang Zhang1,2, Jinlong Shu1
1Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P.R. China
2Department of Mathematics, Taizhou University, Linhai Zhejiang, 317000, P.R. China
Abstract:

A theta graph is denoted by \(\theta(a,b,c)\), where \(a \leq b \leq c\). It is obtained by subdividing the edges of the multigraph consisting of \(3\) parallel edges \(a\) times, \(b\) times, and \(c\) times each. In this paper, we show that the theta graph is matching unique when \(a \geq 2\) or \(a = 0\), and all theta graphs are matching equivalent when only one of the edges is subdivided one time. We also completely characterize the relation between the largest matching root \(\alpha\) and the length of path \(a, b, c\) of a theta graph, and determine the extremal theta graphs.

Jason Brown1, Richard Hoshino1
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
Abstract:

The line graph of \(G\), denoted \(L(G)\), is the graph with vertex set \(E(G)\), where vertices \(x\) and \(y\) are adjacent in \(L(G)\) if and only if edges \(x\) and \(y\) share a common vertex in \(G\). In this paper, we determine all graphs \(G\) for which \(L(G)\) is a circulant graph. We will prove that if \(L(G)\) is a circulant, then \(G\) must be one of three graphs: the complete graph \(K_4\), the cycle \(C_n\), or the complete bipartite graph \(K_{a,b}\), for some \(a\) and \(b\) with \(\gcd(a,b) = 1\).

Nini Xue1, Wei Wang1
1College of Information Engineering, Tarim University, Alar, Xinjiang, 843300, P.R.China
Abstract:

Let \(G\) be a graph. The point arboricity of \(G\), denoted by \(\rho (G)\), is the minimum number of colors that can be used to color the vertices of \(G\) so that each color class induces an acyclic subgraph of \(G\). The list point arboricity \(\rho_l(G)\) is the minimum \(k\) so that there is an acyclic \(L\)-coloring for any list assignment \(L\) of \(G\) which \(|L(v)| \geq k\). So \(\rho(G) \leq \rho_l(G)\). Zhen and Wu conjectured that if \(|V(G)| \leq 3\rho (G)\), then \(\rho_l(G) = p(G)\). Motivated by this, we investigate the list point arboricity of some complete multi-partite graphs of order slightly larger than \(3p(G)\), and obtain \(\rho(K_{m,(1),2(n-1)}) = \rho_l(K_{m(1),2(n-1)})\) \((m = 2,3,4)\).

Renying Chang1, Yan Zhu2, Guizhen Liu3
1School of Mathematics, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, China
2 Department of Mathematics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
3School of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
Abstract:

In this paper, we consider the relationship between toughness and the existence of \([a, b]\)-factors. We obtain that a graph \(G\) has an \([a, b]\)-factor if \(t(G) \geq {a-1} + \frac{a-1}{b}\) with \(b > a > 1\). Furthermore, it is shown that the result is best possible in some sense.

G.L. Chia1, Poh-Hwa Ong2
1Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Department of Mathematical and Actuarial Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract:

The clique graph of a graph \(G\) is the graph whose vertex set is the set of cliques of \(G\) and two vertices are adjacent if and only if the corresponding cliques have non-empty intersection. A graph is self-clique if it is isomorphic to its clique graph. In this paper, we present several results on connected self-clique graphs in which each clique has the same size \(k\) for \(k = 2\) and \(k = 3\).

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