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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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 183-189
- Published: 31/05/2009
An orthogonal double cover (ODC) of the complete graph \(K_n\) is a collection \(\mathcal{G} = \{G_1,G_2,\ldots,G_n\}\) of \(n\) subgraphs of \(K_n\), such that every edge of \(K_n\) belongs to exactly two of the \(G_i\)’s and every pair of \(G_i\)’s intersect in exactly one edge. If \(G_i \cong G\) for all \(i \in \{1,2,\ldots,n\}\), then \(\mathcal{G}\) is an ODC of \(K_n\) by \(G\). An ODC of \(K_n\) is \({cyclic}\) (CODC) if the cyclic group of order \(n\) is a subgroup of its automorphism group. In this paper, we find CODCs of complete graphs by the complete multipartite graphs \(K_{2,r,s}\), \(K_{1,1,r,s}\), and \(K_{1,1,1,1,r}\).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 175-182
- Published: 31/05/2009
An \({Edge\; Roman\; dominating\; function}\) of a graph \(G = (V, E)\) is a function \(f’ : E \to \{0,1,2\}\) satisfying the condition that every edge \(x\) for which \(f'(x) = 0\) is adjacent to at least one edge \(y\) for which \(f'(y) = 2\). The \({weight}\) of an Edge Roman dominating function is the value \(f'(E) = \sum_{x\in E} f'(x)\). The minimum weight of an Edge Roman dominating function on a graph \(G\) is called the \({Edge\; Roman\; domination\; number}\) of \(G\). In this paper, we initiate a study of this parameter.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 165-173
- Published: 31/05/2009
The energy \(E(G)\) of a graph \(G\) is the sum of the absolute values of the eigenvalues of \(G\). Two graphs \(G_1\) and \(G_2\) are said to be equienergetic if \(E(G_1) = E(G_2)\). In this paper, we outline various classes of equienergetic graphs. These results enable the construction of pairs of noncospectral equienergetic graphs of the same order and of the same size.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 151-164
- Published: 31/05/2009
In this paper, fuzzy finite state automaton with unique membership transition on an input symbol (uffsa) is defined. It is proved and illustrated that for a given fuzzy finite state automaton (ffsa), there exists an equivalent uffsa. Some closure properties of fuzzy regular languages are studied.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 145-150
- Published: 31/05/2009
A \((G,H)\)-multifactorization of \(\lambda K_m\) is a partition of the edge set of \(\lambda K_m\) into \(G\)-factors and \(H\)-factors with at least one \(G\)-factor and one \(H\)-factor. Atif Abueida and Theresa O’Neil have conjectured that for any integer \(n \geq 3\) and \(m \geq n\), there is a \((G_n, H_n)\)-multidecomposition of \(\lambda K_m\) where \(G_n = K_{1,n-1}\) and \(H_n = C_n\). In this paper, it is shown that the above conjecture is true for \(m=n\) when
- \(G_m = K_{1,m-1}; H_m = C_m\),
- \(G_m = H_{1,m-1}; H_m = P_m\), and
- \(G_m = P_m; H_m = C_m\).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 139-144
- Published: 31/05/2009
For a path \( P_n \) of order \( n \) and for any odd integer \( k \), \( 1 \leq k \leq n – 3 \), Chartrand et al. have given an upper bound for the radio \( k \)-chromatic number of \( P_n \) as \( \frac{k^2+2k+1}{2} \). Here we improve this bound for \( \frac{n-4}{2} \leq k < \frac{2n-5}{3} \) and \( \frac{2n-5}{3} \leq k \leq n-3 \). They are \( \frac{k^2+k+4}{2} \) and \( \frac{k^2+k+2}{2} \), respectively. Also, we improve the lower bound of Kchikech et al. from \( \frac{k^2+3}{2} \) to \( \frac{k^2+5}{2} \) for odd integer \( k \), \( 3 \leq k \leq n-3 \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 113-124
- Published: 31/05/2009
In this paper, we obtain a necessary condition for the Skolem gracefulness of the disjoint union of \( k \) signed stars \( K_{1,r_i}, 1 \leq i \leq k \), which we call a \( k \)-signed star \( St(r_1,r_2,\ldots,r_k) \). We also present results on the Skolem gracefulness of the 2-signed star \( St(r_1,r_2) \).
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- Volume 069
- Pages: 103-111
- Published: 31/05/2009
In this paper, a definition of a variation of the standard notion of the line signed graph of a given signed graph is recalled from [14] and some fundamental results linking it to the notions of jump signed graphs [6] and adjacency signed graphs [21], especially with regard to their states of balance, consistency, and compatibility are obtained.
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- Volume 069
- Pages: 95-101
- Published: 31/05/2009
In this paper, we discuss how the addition of a new edge changes the irregularity strength in \( K_{m,m} \) and \( tC_4 \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 069
- Pages: 75-88
- Published: 31/05/2009
The goal of this article is to provide an overview of all the results currently known regarding the connectedness of path graphs. The proofs we present are only those that illustrate the different techniques employed in obtaining the results.
This is an expository paper addressed to readers with a small degree of familiarity with the field of graph theory and its techniques.




