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 103
- Pages: 417-421
- Published: 31/01/2012
A graph \(G\) is called \(H\)-equipackable if every maximal \(H\)-packing in \(G\) is also a maximum \(H\)-packing in \(G\). In 2009, \(P_4\)-equipackable paths and cycles, \(M_3\)-equipackable paths and cycles have been characterized. In this paper, \(P_k\)-equipackable paths and cycles, \(M_k\)-equipackable paths and cycles are characterized.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 103
- Pages: 407-416
- Published: 31/01/2012
We determine the maximum Wiener index of \(n\)-vertex unicyclic graphs with fixed maximum degree and characterize the unique extremal graph.
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 385-405
- Published: 31/01/2012
The aim of this paper is to define different types of continuities of operators and boundedness of linear operators over fuzzy \(n\)-normed linear spaces. Also, some definitions such as fuzzy continuity, sequential fuzzy continuity, weakly fuzzy continuity, strongly fuzzy continuity, weakly fuzzy boundedness, and strongly fuzzy boundedness are given in fuzzy \(n\)-normed linear spaces. In addition, some theorems related to these definitions are proved.
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 377-384
- Published: 31/01/2012
In this paper, we study the enumeration of noncrossing partitions with fixed points. The expressions of \({f_m}(x_1, x_2,x_3, 0, \ldots, 0)\) and \({f_m}(x_1, x_2, 0, \ldots, 0, x_{p+3}, 0, \ldots, 0)\) are found, and a new proof of the expression of \({f_m}(x_1, x_2,0, 0, \ldots, 0)\) is obtained using diophantine equations.
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 359-376
- Published: 31/01/2012
Let \(G\) be a subgraph of \(K_n\). The graph obtained from \(G\) by replacing each edge with a 3-cycle whose third vertex is distinct from other vertices in the configuration is called a \(T(G)\)-triple. An edge-disjoint decomposition of \(3K_n\) into copies of \(T(G)\) is called a \(T(G)\)-triple system of order \(n\). If, in each copy of \(T(G)\) in a \(T(G)\)-triple system, one edge is taken from each 3-cycle (chosen so that these edges form a copy of \(G\)) in such a way that the resulting copies of \(G\) form an edge-disjoint decomposition of \(K_n\), then the \(T(G)\)-triple system is said to be perfect. The set of positive integers \(n\) for which a perfect \(T(G)\)-triple system exists is called its spectrum. Earlier papers by authors including Billington, Lindner, Kıvcıkgızı, and Rosa determined the spectra for cases where \(G\) is any subgraph of \(K_4\). In this paper, we will focus on the star graph \(K_{1,k}\) and discuss the existence of perfect \(T(K_{1,k})\)-triple systems. Especially, for prime powers \(k\), its spectra are completely determined.
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 353-358
- Published: 31/01/2012
In this paper, we investigate some basic properties of these eight kinds of transformation digraphs.
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 333-352
- Published: 31/01/2012
For any given \(k\)-uniform list assignment \(L\), a graph \(G\) is equitably \(k\)-choosable if and only if \(G\) is \(\ell\)-colorable and each color appears on at most \(\lceil \frac{|V(G)|}{k} \rceil\) vertices. A graph \(G\) is equitably \(\ell\)-colorable if \(G\) has a proper vertex coloring with \(k\) colors such that the size of the color classes differ by at most \(1\). In this paper, we prove that every planar graph \(G\) without \(6\)- and \(7\)-cycles is equitably \(k\)-colorable and equitably \(k\)-choosable where \(k \geq \max\{\Delta(G), 6\}\).
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 321-331
- Published: 31/01/2012
This paper introduces the concepts of forcing \(m\)-convexity number and forcing clique number of a graph. We show that the forcing \(m\)-convexity numbers of some Cartesian product and composition of graphs are related to the forcing clique numbers of the graphs. We also show that the forcing \(m\)-convexity number of the composition \(G[K_n]\), where \(G\) is a connected graph with no extreme vertex, is equal to the forcing \(m\)-convexity number of \(G\).
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 311-319
- Published: 31/01/2012
A spectrally arbitrary pattern \({A}\) is a sign pattern of order \(n\) such that every monic real polynomial of degree \(n\) can be achieved as the characteristic polynomial of a matrix with sign pattern \({A}\). A sign pattern \({A}\) is minimally spectrally arbitrary if it is spectrally arbitrary but is not spectrally arbitrary if any nonzero entry (or entries) of \({A}\) is replaced by zero. In this paper, we introduce some new sign patterns which are minimally spectrally arbitrary for all orders \(n\geq 7\).
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- Volume 103
- Pages: 305-310
- Published: 31/01/2012
Let \(G\) be a graph with vertex-set \(V = V(G)\) and edge-set \(E = E(G)\), and let \(e = |E(G)|\) and \(v = |V(G)|\). A one-to-one map \(\lambda\) from \(V \cup E\) onto the integers \(\{1, 2, \ldots, v+e\}\) is called a vertex-magic total labeling if there is a constant \(k\) so that for every vertex \(x\),
\[\lambda(x) + \sum \lambda(xy) = k\]
where the sum is over all edges \(xy\) where \(y\) is adjacent to \(x\). Let us call the sum of labels at vertex \(x\) the weight \(w_\lambda\) of the vertex under labeling \(\lambda\); we require \(w_\lambda(x) = k\) for all \(x\). The constant \(k\) is called the magic constant for \(\lambda\).
A sun \(S_n\) is a cycle on \(n\) vertices \(C_n\), for \(n \geq 3\), with an edge terminating in a vertex of degree \(1\) attached to each vertex.
In this paper, we present the vertex-magic total labeling of the union of suns, including the union of $m$ non-isomorphic suns for any positive integer $m \geq 3$, proving the conjecture given in [6].




