K. Manickam1, M. Marudai2, R. Kala3
1Department of Mathematics Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi-627 412, India.
2Department of Mathematics Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, India.
3Department of Mathematics Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli-627 012, India.
Abstract:

Figueroa-Centeno, Ichishima, and Muntaner-Batle [3, 4] proved some results on felicitous graphs and raised the following conjectures:

  1. The one-point union of \( m \) copies of \( C_n \) is felicitous if and only if \( mn \equiv 2 \pmod{4} \).
  2. \( mC_n \) is felicitous if and only if \( mn \not\equiv 2 \pmod{4} \).

In this paper, the conjectures are partially settled by proving the following results:

  1. For any odd positive integers \( m \) and \( n \), the one-point union of \( m \) copies of \( C_n \) is felicitous if \( mn \equiv 1, 3 \).
  2. For any positive integer \( m \), the one-point union of \( m \) copies of \( C_4 \) is felicitous.
  3. For any two odd positive integers \( m \) and \( n \), \( mC_n \) is felicitous if \( mn \equiv 1, 3 \pmod{4} \).
  4. For any positive integer \( m \), \( mC_4 \) is felicitous.
S. Al- Addasi1, O. A. AbuGhneim2, H. Al-Ezeh2
1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Hashemite University, Zarga 13115, Jordan
2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
Abstract:

In this paper, we characterize the graphs \( G \) and \( H \) for which the Cartesian product \( G \Box H \) is a divisor graph. We show that divisor graphs form a proper subclass of perfect graphs. Additionally, we prove that cycle permutation graphs of order at least 8 are divisor graphs if and only if they are perfect. Some results concerning amalgamation operations for obtaining new divisor graphs from old ones are presented. We view block graphs as vertex amalgams.

Martin Krone1, Ingrid Mengersen1
1Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Department of Computer Science Wolfenbiittel, Germany
Abstract:

This note will complete the computation of all Ramsey numbers \( r(G, H) \) for graphs \( G \) of order at most five and disconnected graphs \( H \) of order six.

Shu-Yu Cui1, Gui-Xian Tian2
1Xingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 821004, P.R. China
2College of Mathematics, Physics and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 821004, P.R. China
Abstract:

For a graph \( G \) and a real number \( \alpha \neq 0 \), the graph invariant \( s_\alpha^+(G) \) is the sum of the \( \alpha \)th power of the non-zero signless Laplacian eigenvalues of \( G \). In this paper, several lower and upper bounds for \( s_\alpha^+(G) \) with \( \alpha \neq 0, 1 \) are obtained. Applying these results, we also derive some bounds for the incidence energy of graphs, which generalize and improve on some known results.

Kinnari Amin1, Jill Faudree2, Ronald Gould3
1Dept. of Math, CS and Eng., Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA 30021
2Dept. of Math and Stat, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99709
3Dept. of Math and CS, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Abstract:

Any \( H \)-free graph \( G \) is called \( H \)-saturated if the addition of any edge \( e \notin E(G) \) results in \( H \) as a subgraph of \( G \). The minimum size of an \( H \)-saturated graph on \( n \) vertices is denoted by \( sat(n, H) \). The edge spectrum for the family of graphs with property \( P \) is the set of all sizes of graphs with property \( P \). In this paper, we find the edge spectrum of \( K_4 \)-saturated graphs. We also show that if \( G \) is a \( K_4 \)-saturated graph, then either \( G \cong K_{1,1,n-2} \) or \( \delta(G) \geq 3 \), and we detail the exact structure of a \( K_4 \)-saturated graph with \( \kappa(G) = 2 \) and \( \kappa(G) = 3 \).

Hailiang Zhang1, Rongfei Lin2
1Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P.R. China
2Department of Mathematics, Taizhou University, Linhai, 317000, P.R. China
Abstract:

The Hosoya index of a graph is defined as the summation of the coefficients of the matching polynomial of a graph. In this paper, we give an explicit expression of the Hosoya index for the graphs \( C(n, v_1v_i) \), \( Q(n, v_1v_s) \), and \( D(s, t) \), and also characterize the extremal graphs with respect to the upper and lower bounds of the Hosoya index of these graphs. In particular, we provide the Hosoya index order for the graphs \( C(n, v_1v_i) \) and \( Q(n, v_1v_s) \), respectively.

Chuan-Min Leet1
1Department of Computer and Communication Engineering Ming Chuan University 5 De Ming Rd., Guishan District, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan.
Abstract:

Let \( \mathcal{P} = \{I, I_1+d, I_1+2d, \ldots, I_1+(\ell-1)d\} \), where \( \ell, d, I_1 \) are fixed integers and \( \ell, d > 0 \). Suppose that \( G = (V, E) \) is a graph and \( R \) is a labeling function which assigns an integer \( R(v) \) to each \( v \in V \). An \emph{\( R \)-total dominating function} of \( G \) is a function \( f: V \to \mathcal{P} \) such that

\[
\sum_{u \in N_G(v)} f(u) \geq R(v)
\]

for all vertices \( v \in V \), where \( N_G(v) = \{u \mid (u, v) \in E\} \). The \emph{\( R \)-total domination problem} is to find an \( R \)-total dominating function \( f \) of \( G \) such that

\[
\sum_{v \in V} f(v)
\]

is minimized. In this paper, we present a linear-time algorithm to solve the \( R \)-total domination problem on convex bipartite graphs. Our algorithm gives a unified approach to the \( k \)-total, signed total, and minus total domination problems for convex bipartite graphs.

Yujun Yang1
1School of Mathematics and Information Science, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, P.R. China
Abstract:

The Laplacian eigenvalues of linear phenylenes \( PH_n \) are partially determined, and a simple closed-form formula for the Kirchhoff index of \( PH_n \) is derived in terms of the index \( n \).

KALIRAJ. K1, Veninstine Vivik. J2, VERNOLD VIVIN. J3
1Department of Mathematics, R.V.S.College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore 641 402, Tamil Nadu, India
2Department of Mathematics, Karunya University, Coimbatore 641 114, Tamil Nadu, India.
3Department of Mathematics, University College of Engineering Nagercoil, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli (Nagercoil Campus), Nagercoil 629 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:

The notion of equitable coloring was introduced by Meyer in 1973. This paper presents exact values of the equitable chromatic number of three corona graphs, which include the complete graph and its complement \( K_m \circ \overline{K_n} \), the star graph and its complement \( K_{1,m} \circ \overline{K_{1,n}} \), and the complete graph and complete graph \( K_m \circ K_n \).

J. D. Key1, J. Moori2
1School of Mathematical Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
2School of Mathematical Sciences North-West University (Mafikeng) Mmabatho 2735, South Africa
Abstract:

A construction of graphs, codes, and designs acted on by simple primitive groups described in [9, 10] is used to find some self-orthogonal, irreducible, and indecomposable codes acted on by one of the simple Janko groups, \( J_1 \) or \( J_2 \). In particular, most of the irreducible modules over the fields \( \mathbb{F}_p \) for \( p \in \{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 19\} \) for \( J_1 \), and \( p \in \{2, 3, 5, 7\} \) for \( J_2 \), can be represented in this way as linear codes invariant under the groups.

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