Qiu Weisheng1
1Institute of Mathematics Peking University Beijing 100871 People’s Republic of China
Abstract:

In this paper we obtain further results on the Multiplier Conjecture for the case \(n = 2n_1\), using our method.

Gary Chartrand1, Farrokh Saba1, Wayne Goddard2, Grzegorz Kubicki3, Christina M. Mynhardt4
1Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI 49008
2University of Natal, Durban 4001, Republic of South Africa
3University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292
4University of South Africa, Pretoria 0001
Abstract:

A graph \(H\) is \(G\)-decomposable if \(H\) can be decomposed into subgraphs, each of which is isomorphic to \(G\). A graph \(G\) is a greatest common divisor of two graphs \(G_1\) and \(G_2\) if \(G\) is a graph of maximum size such that both \(G_1\) and \(G_2\) are \(G\)-decomposable. The greatest common divisor index of a graph \(G\) of size \(q \geq 1\) is the greatest positive integer \(n\) for which there exist graphs \(G_1\) and \(G_2\), both of size at least \(nq\), such that \(G\) is the unique greatest common divisor of \(G_1\) and \(G_2\). If no such integer \(n\) exists, the greatest common divisor index of \(G\) is infinite. Several graphs are shown to have infinite greatest common divisor index, including matchings, stars, small paths, and the cycle \(C_4\). It is shown for an edge-transitive graph \(F\) of order \(p\) with vertex independence number less than \(p/2\) that if \(G\) is an \(F\)-decomposable graph of sufficiently large size, then \(G\) is also \((F – e) \cup K_2 -\)decomposable. From this it follows that each such edge-transitive graph has finite index. In particular, all complete graphs of order at least $3$ are shown to have greatest common divisor index \(1\) and the greatest common divisor index of the odd cycle \(C_{2k+1}\) lies between \(k\) and \(4k^2 – 2k – 1\). The graphs \(K_{p} – e\), \(p \geq 3\), have infinite or finite index depending on the value of \(p\); in particular, \(K_{p} – e\) has infinite index if \(p \leq 5\) and index \(1\) if \(p \geq 6\).

Lars Dgvling Andersen1, Songkang Ding2, Preben Dahl Vestergaard1
1Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Institute of Electronic Systems Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark
2Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai, The People’s Republic of China
Abstract:

We prove that the set edge-reconstruction conjecture is true for graphs with at most two graphs in the set of edge-deleted subgraphs.

L.J. Cummings1, D. Moore2, J. Karhumakit 3
1University of Waterloo
2 Curtin University of Technology
3Turku University
Abstract:

We determine all borders of the \(n\underline{th}\) Fibonacci string, \(f_n\), for \(n \geq 3\). In particular, we give two proofs that the longest border of \(f_n\) is \(f_{n-2}\). One proof is independent of the Defect Theorem.

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