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.

You Gao1, Yuting Xiao 1, Xuemei Liu1
1College of Science, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, P.R. China
Abstract:

Let \(\text{ASG}(2v,\mathbb{F}_q)\) be the \(2v\)-dimensional affine-symplectic space over the finite field \(\mathbb{F}_q\), and let \(\text{ASp}_{2v}(\mathbb{F}_q)\) be the affine-symplectic group of degree \(2v\) over \(\mathbb{F}_q\). For any two orbits \(M’\) and \(M”\) of flats under \(\text{ASp}_{2v}(\mathbb{F}_q)\), let \(\mathcal{L}’\) (resp. \(\mathcal{L}”\)) be the set of all flats which are joins (resp. intersections) of flats in \(M’\) (resp. \(M”\)) such that \(M” \subseteq L’\) (resp. \(M’ \subseteq \mathcal{L}”\)) and assume the join (resp. intersection) of the empty set of flats in \(\text{ASG}(2v,\mathbb{F}_q)\) is \(\emptyset\) (resp. \(\mathbb{F}_q^{(2v)}\)). Let \(\mathcal{L} =\mathcal{L}’ \cap \mathcal{L}”\). By ordering \(\mathcal{L}’,\mathcal{L}”, \mathcal{L}\) by ordinary or reverse inclusion, six lattices are obtained. This article discusses the relations between different lattices, and computes their characteristic polynomial.

B. Davvaz1, L. Kamali1
1 Ardekani Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Abstract:

In this paper, we calculate the number of fuzzy subgroups of a special class of non-abelian groups of order \(p^3\).

Tarek Emam1
1 Dept. of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Suez Canal University, Seuz, Egypt.
Abstract:

This paper addresses the problem of capturing nondominated points on non-convex Pareto frontiers, which are encountered in \(E\)-convex multi-objective optimization problems. We define a nondecreasing map \(T\) which transfers a non-convex Pareto frontier to a convex Pareto frontier. An algorithm to find a piecewise linear approximation of the nondominated set of the convex Pareto frontier is applied. Finally, the inverse map of \(T\) is used to obtain the non-convex Pareto frontier.

O.B. Özbakır1, E.D. Yıldırım2
1Ece UNIversiry, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, 35100-IzmiR, TURKEY
2YaSar UNIversiTy, Facutty oF SciENCE AND LETTER, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, 35100- Izmir, TURKEY
Abstract:

The aim of our paper is to introduce generalized neighborhood bases and \(gn-T_2\)-spaces. \((\psi, \psi’)\)-continuity, sequentially \((\psi, \psi’)\)-continuity, and \(\psi\)-convergency are investigated on strong generalized first countable spaces, and also two results about \(\psi\)-convergency on \((\psi, \psi’)\)-\(T_2\)-spaces are given.

Mikio Kano1, Aung Kyaw2, Haruhide Matsuda3, Kenta Ozeki4, Akira Saito5, Tomoki Yamashita6
1Department of Computer and Information Sciences Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511, Japan
2Department of Mathematics East Yangon University, Yangon, Myanmar
3 Department of Mathematics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
4National Institute of Informatics, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan
5Department of Computer Science and System Analysis Nihon University, Sakurajosui, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 156-8550, Japan
6College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
Abstract:

For a graph \(H\) and an integer \(k \geq 2\), let \(\sigma_k(H)\) denote the minimum degree sum of \(k\) independent vertices of \(H\). We prove that if a connected claw-free graph \(G\) satisfies \(\sigma_{k+1}(G) \geq |G| – k\), then \(G\) has a spanning tree with at most \(k\) leaves. We also show that the bound \(|G| – k\) is sharp and discuss the maximum degree of the required spanning trees.

Murat Sahin1, William Webb2
1DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, ANKARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ScIENCcE, 06100, ANKARA, TURKEY.
2DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
Abstract:

Define the conditional recurrence sequence \(q_n = aq_{n-1} + bq_{n-2}\) if \(n\) is even, \(q_n = bq_{n-1} + cq_{n-2}\) if \(n\) is odd, where \(q_0 = 0, q_1 = 1\). Then \(q_n\) satisfies a fourth-order recurrence while both \(q_{2n}\) and \(q_{2n+1}\) satisfy a second-order recurrence.

Analogously to a Lucas pseudoprime, we define a composite number \(n\) to be a conditional Lucas pseudoprime (clpsp) if \(n\) divides \(q_{n – (\frac{\Delta}{n})}\), where \(\Delta = a^2 + b^2 + 4ab\) and \((\frac{\Delta}{n})\) denotes the Jacobi symbol. We prove that if \((n, 2ab\Delta) = 1\), then there are infinitely many conditional Lucas pseudoprimes. We also address the question, given an odd composite integer \(n\), for how many pairs \((a, b)\) is \(n\) a conditional Lucas pseudoprime?

Yarong Wu1,2, Jinlong Shu1,3, Yuan Hong1
1Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, shanghai, 200241, China
2Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 200135, China
3Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
Abstract:

Let \(G\) be a simple connected graph with \(n\) vertices. Denoted by \(L(G)\) the Laplacian matrix of G. In this paper, we present a sequence of graphs \({G_n}\) with \(\lim\limits_{n\to \infty} \mu_3(G_n) = 1.5550\) by investigating the eigenvalues of the line graphs of \({G_n}\). Moreover, we prove that the limit is the minimal limit point of the third largest Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs.

Rui Li1,2, Baogang Xu1
1School of Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University 1 Wenyuan Road, Yadong New District, Nanjing, 210046, China
2Normal College, Shihezi University Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
Abstract:

Two cycles are said to be intersecting if they share at least one common vertex. Let \(\chi'(G)\) and \(\chi”(G)\) denote the list edge chromatic number and list total chromatic number of a graph \(G\), respectively.In this paper, we proved that for any toroidal graph G without intersecting triangles, \(\chi'(G) \leq \Delta(G) +1\) and \(\chi”(G) \leq \Delta(G)+2\) if \(\Delta(G) \geq 6\), and \(\chi'(G) = \Delta(G)\) if \(\Delta(G) \geq 8\).

S. Catada-Ghimire1, H. Roslan1
1School of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
Abstract:

Graphs which are derived from the same graph are called homeomorphic graphs or simply homeomorphs. A \(K_4\)-homeomorph denoted by
\(K_4(a,,c,d,e, f)\) is obtained by subdividing the six paths of a complete graph with four vertices into \(a, b, c,d, e, f\) number of segments, respectively.In this paper, we shall study the chromaticity of \(K_4(a, b,c,d,e, f)\) with exactly two non-adjacent paths of length two. We also give a sufficient and necessary condition for all the graphs in this family to be chromatically
unique.

Justie Su-Tzu Juan1, Daphne Der-Fen Liu2
1Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan.
2Department of Mathematics, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032.
Abstract:

Let G be a graph with diameter d. An antipodal labeling of G is a function f that assigns to each vertex a
non-negative integer (label) such that for any two vertices \(u\) and \(v\), \(|f(u) — f(v)| \geq d — d(u,v)\), where \(d(u, v)\)
is the distance between \(u\) and \(v\). The span of an antipodal labeling f is \(\max{f(u) — f(v) : u,v \in V(G)}\). The
antipodal number for G, denoted by an\((G)\), is the minimum span of an antipodal labeling for \(G\). Let \(C_n\) denote
the cycle on n vertices. Chartrand \(et al\). \([4]\) determined the value of an\((C_n)\) for \(n \equiv 2 \pmod 4\). In this article we
obtain the value of an\((C_n)\) for \(n \equiv 1 \pmod 4\), confirming a conjecture in \([4]\). Moreover, we settle the case \(n \equiv 3 \pmod 4\), and improve the known lower bound and give an upper bound for the case \(n \equiv 0 \pmod 4\).

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