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 050
- Pages: 57-64
- Published: 31/08/2004
A fractional automorphism of a graph is a doubly stochastic matrix which commutes with the adjacency matrix of the graph. If we apply an ordinary automorphism to a set of vertices with a particular property, such as being independent or dominating, the resulting set retains that property. We examine the circumstances under which fractional automorphisms preserve the fractional properties of functions on the vertex set.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 050
- Pages: 47-55
- Published: 31/08/2004
A king graph \( KG_n \) has \( n^2 \) vertices corresponding to the \( n^2 \) squares of an \( n \times n \) chessboard. From one square (vertex) there are edges to all squares (vertices) being attacked by a king. For given graphs \( G \) and \( H \), the Ramsey number \( r(G, H) \) is the smallest \( n \) such that any 2-coloring of the edges of \( KG_n \) contains \( G \) in the first or \( H \) in the second color. Results on existence and nonexistence of \( r(G, H) \) and some exact values are presented.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 050
- Pages: 33-46
- Published: 31/08/2004
A set \( \{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\} \) of positive integers with \( a_1 < a_2 < \cdots < a_n \) is said to be equi-graphical if there exists a graph with exactly \( a_i \) vertices of degree \( a_i \) for each \( i \) with \( 1 \leq i \leq n \). It is known that such a set is equi-graphical if and only if \( \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i \) is even and \( a_n \leq \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} a_i^2 \). This concept is generalized to the following problem: Given a set \( S \) of positive integers and a permutation \( \pi \) on \( S \), determine when there exists a graph containing exactly \( a_i \) vertices of degree \( \pi(a_i) \) for each \( i \) (\( 1 \leq i \leq n \)). If such a graph exists, then \( \pi \) is called a graphical permutation. In this paper, the graphical permutations on sets of size four are characterized and using a criterion of Fulkerson, Hoffman, and McAndrew, we show that a permutation \( \pi \) of \( S = \{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\} \), where \( 1 \leq a_1 < a_2 < \cdots < a_n \) and such that \( \pi(a_n) = a_n \), is graphical if and only if \( \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i\pi(a_i) \) is even and \( a_n \leq \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} a_i\pi(a_i) \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 050
- Pages: 17-32
- Published: 31/08/2004
The formula for the number of spanning trees in \( K_{t_1,\ldots,t_P} \) is well known. In this paper, we give an algorithm that generates the list of spanning trees in \( K_{s,t} \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 050
- Pages: 3-15
- Published: 31/08/2004
For any \( k \in \mathbb{N} \), a graph \( G = (V,E) \) is said to be \( \mathbb{Z}_k \)-magic if there exists a labeling \( l: E(G) \to \mathbb{Z}_k – \{0\} \) such that the induced vertex set labeling \( l^+: V(G) \to \mathbb{Z}_k \) defined by
\[
l^+(v) = \sum_{u \in N(v)} l(uv)
\]
is a constant map. For a given graph \( G \), the set of all \( k \in \mathbb{Z}_+ \) for which \( G \) is \( \mathbb{Z}_k \)-magic is called the integer-magic spectrum of \( G \) and is denoted by \( IM(G) \). In this paper, we will consider trees whose diameters are at most \( 4 \) and will determine their integer-magic spectra.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 072
- Pages: 311-318
- Published: 31/07/2004
In this paper, by using the generating function method, we obtain a series of identities involving the generalized Fibonacci and Lucas numbers.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 072
- Pages: 307-310
- Published: 31/07/2004
This paper introduces the problem of finding a permutation \(\phi\) on the vertex set \(V(G)\) of a graph \(G\) such that the sum of the distances from each vertex to its image under \(\phi\) is maximized. We let \(\mathcal{S}(G) = \max \sum_{v\in V(G)} d(v, \phi(v))\), where the maximum is taken over all permutations \(\phi\) of \(V(G)\). Explicit formulae for several classes of graphs as well as general bounds are presented.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 072
- Pages: 295-306
- Published: 31/07/2004
The local-edge-connectivity \((u,v)\) of two vertices \(u\) and \(v\) in a graph or digraph \(D\) is the maximum number of edge-disjoint \(u-v\) paths in \(D\), and the edge-connectivity of \(D\) is defined as \(\lambda(D) = \min\{\lambda(u, v) | u,v \in V(D)\}\). Clearly, \(\lambda(u,v) \leq \min\{d^+(u),d^-(v)\}\) for all pairs \(u\) and \(v\) of vertices in \(D\). We call a graph or digraph \(D\) maximally local-edge-connected when
\[\lambda(u, v) = \min\{d^+(u),d^-(v)\}\]
for all pairs \(u\) and \(v\) of vertices in \(D\).
Recently, Fricke, Oellermann, and Swart have shown that some known sufficient conditions that guarantee equality of \(\lambda(G)\) and minimum degree \(\delta(G)\) for a graph \(G\) are also sufficient to guarantee that \(G\) is maximally local-edge-connected.
In this paper we extend some results of Fricke, Oellermann, and Swart to digraphs and we present further sufficient conditions for
graphs and digraphs to be maximally local-edge-connected.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 072
- Pages: 287-293
- Published: 31/07/2004
We show that every hamiltonian claw-free graph with a vertex \(x\) of degree \(d(x) \geq 7\) has a \(2\)-factor consisting of exactly two cycles.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 072
- Pages: 277-286
- Published: 31/07/2004
This paper presents two new algorithms for generating \((n,2)\) de Bruijn sequences which possess certain properties. The sequences generated by the proposed algorithms may be useful for experimenters to systematically investigate intertrial repetition effects. Characteristics are compared with those of randomly sampled \((n,2)\) de Bruijn sequences.




