Utilitas Algorithmica (UA)

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Utilitas Algorithmica (UA) is a premier, open-access international journal dedicated to advancing algorithmic research and its applications. Launched to drive innovation in computer science, UA publishes high-impact theoretical and experimental papers addressing real-world computational challenges. The journal underscores the vital role of efficient algorithm design in navigating the growing complexity of modern applications. Spanning domains such as parallel computing, computational geometry, artificial intelligence, and data structures, UA is a leading venue for groundbreaking algorithmic studies.

José Gomez1, Petr Kovar2
1Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain
2VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Let \(G = (V, E)\) be a finite non-empty graph. A vertex-magic total labeling (VMTL) is a bijection \(\lambda\) from \(V \cup E\) to the set of consecutive integers \(\{1, 2, \ldots, |V| + |E|\}\) with the property that for every \(v \in V\), \(\lambda(v) + \sum_{w \in N(v)} \lambda(vw) = h\), for some constant \(h\). Such a labeling is called super if the vertex labels are \(1, 2, \ldots, |V|\).
There are some results known about super VMTLs of \(kG\) only when the graph \(G\) has a super VMTL. In this paper, we focus on the case when \(G\) is the complete graph \(K_n\). It was shown that a super VMTL of \(kK_n\) exists for \(n\) odd and any \(k\), for \(4 < n \equiv 0 \pmod{4}\) and any \(k\), and for \(n = 4\) and \(k\) even. We continue the study and examine the graph \(kK_n\) for \(n \equiv 2 \pmod{4}\). Let \(n = 4l + 2\) for a positive integer \(l\). The graph \(kK_{4l+2}\) does not admit a super VMTL for \(k\) odd. We give a large number of super VMTLs of \(kK_{4l+2}\) for any even \(k\) based on super VMTLs of \(4K_{2l+1}\).

Lili Hu1, Chunhui Lai1
1Department of Mathematics, Zhangzhou Teachers College, Zhangzhou, Fujian 363000, P. R. of CHINA.
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For a given graph \(H\), a graphic sequence \(\pi = (d_1, d_2, \ldots, d_n)\) is said to be potentially \(H\)-graphic if there exists a realization of \(\pi\) containing \(H\) as a subgraph. Let \(K_m – H\) be the graph obtained from \(K_m\) by removing the edge set \(E(H)\), where \(H\) is a subgraph of \(K_m\). In this paper, we characterize the potentially \(K_6 – C_4\)-graphic sequences. This characterization implies a theorem due to Hu and Lai \([7]\).

Abdul Rauf Nizami1
1Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, Lahore-Pakistan.
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Double Fibonacci sequences \((x_{n,k})\) are introduced and they are related to operations with Fibonacci modules. Generalizations and examples are also discussed.

Joe Demaio1, Andy Lightcap1
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, 30144, USA
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A set \(S \subseteq V\) is a dominating set of a graph \(G = (V, E)\) if each vertex in \(V\) is either in \(S\) or is adjacent to a vertex in \(S\). A vertex is said to dominate itself and all its neighbors. The domination number \(\gamma(G)\) is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of \(G\). In terms of a chess board problem, let \(X_n\) be the graph for chess piece \(X\) on the square of side \(n\). Thus, \(\gamma(X_n)\) is the domination number for chess piece \(X\) on the square of side \(n\). In 1964, Yaglom and Yaglom established that \(\gamma(K_n) = \left\lceil \frac{n+2}{2} \right\rceil^2\). This extends to \(\gamma(K_{m,n}) = \left\lceil \frac{m+2}{3} \right\rceil \left\lceil \frac{n+2}{3} \right\rceil\) for the rectangular board. A set \(S \subseteq V\) is a total dominating set of a graph \(G = (V, E)\) if each vertex in \(V\) is adjacent to a vertex in \(S\). A vertex is said to dominate its neighbors but not itself. The total domination number \(\gamma_t(G)\) is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of \(G\). In 1995, Garnick and Nieuwejaar conducted an analysis of the total domination numbers for the king’s graph on the \(m \times n\) board. In this paper, we note an error in one portion of their analysis and provide a correct general upper bound for \(\gamma_t(K_{m,n})\). Furthermore, we state improved upper bounds for \(\gamma_t(K_n)\).

Martin Baca1,2, Francesc Antoni Muntaner-Batle3, Andrea Semanicova-Fenovcikova1, Muhammad Kashif Shafiq4
1Department of Appl. Mathematics, Technical University, Letnd 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovakia
2Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, 68-B, New Muslim Town, Lahore, Pakistan
3Facultat de Ciéncies Polttiques i Juridiques, Universitat Internacional de Catalunia, C/Immaculada 22, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
4 Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, 68-B, New Muslim Town, Lahore, Pakistan
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A labeling of a graph is a mapping that carries some set of graph elements into numbers (usually the positive integers). An \((a, d)\)-edge-antimagic total labeling of a graph with \(p\) vertices and \(q\) edges is a one-to-one mapping that takes the vertices and edges onto the integers \(1, 2, \ldots, p + q\), such that the sums of the label on the edges and the labels of their end points form an arithmetic sequence starting from \(a\) and having a common difference \(d\). Such a labeling is called \({super}\) if the smallest possible labels appear on the vertices. In this paper, we study the super \((a, 2)\)-edge-antimagic total labelings of disconnected graphs. We also present some necessary conditions for the existence of \((a, d)\)-edge-antimagic total labelings for \(d\) even.

Cheng-Kuan Lin1, Jimmy J. M. Tan1, Lih-Hsing Hsu2, Eddie Cheng3, Laszlo Liptak3
1Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University
2Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University
3Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University
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Fault tolerance is an important property of network performance. A graph \(G\) is \(k\)-edge-fault conditional Hamiltonian if \(G – F\) is Hamiltonian for every \(F \subset E(G)\) with \(|F| \leq k\) and \(\delta(G – F) \geq 2\). In this paper, we show that for \(n \geq 4\), the \(n\)-dimensional star graph \(S_n\) is \((3n – 10)\)-edge-fault conditional Hamiltonian.

Derya Saglam1, Ozgur Boyacioglu Kalkan1
1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Arts, ANS Campus, Afyon Ko- catepe University, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
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In this paper, we characterize all spacelike, timelike, and null curves lying on the pseudohyperbolic space \({H}^{4}_{v-1}\), in Minkowski space \({E}^5_v\). Moreover, we prove that there are no timelike and no null curves lying on the pseudohyperbolic space \({H}^{4}_{v-1}\) in \({E}^5_v\).

Juan Liu1, Xindong Zhang1, Jiziang Meng2
1School of Mathematical Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University Urumgi, Xinjiang 830054, P.R. China
2College of Mathematics and System Sciences, Xinjiang University Urumgi, Xinjiang 830046, P.R. China
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The local-restricted-edge-connectivity \(\lambda'(e, f)\) of two nonadjacent edges \(e\) and \(f\) in a graph \(G\) is the maximum number of edge-disjoint \(e\)-\(f\) paths in \(G\). It is clear that \(\lambda'(G) = \min\{\lambda'(e, f) \mid e \text{ and } f \text{ are nonadjacent edges in } G\}\), and \(\lambda'(e, f) \leq \min\{\xi(e), \xi(f)\}\) for all pairs \(e\) and \(f\) of nonadjacent edges in \(G\), where \(\lambda(G)\), \(\xi(e)\), and \(\xi(f)\) denote the restricted-edge-connectivity of \(G\), the edge-degree of edges \(e\) and \(f\), respectively. Let \(\xi(G)\) be the minimum edge-degree of \(G\). We call a graph \(G\) optimally restricted-edge-connected when \(\lambda'(G) = \xi(G)\) and optimally local-restricted-edge-connected if \(\lambda'(e, f) = \min\{\xi(e),\xi(f)\}\) for all pairs \(e\) and \(f\) of nonadjacent edges in \(G\). In this paper, we show that some known sufficient conditions that guarantee that a graph is optimally restricted-edge-connected also guarantee that it is optimally local-restricted-edge-connected.

Dan Saracino1
1Colgate University
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In 1982, Beutelspacher and Brestovansky proved that for every integer \(m \geq 3\), the \(2\)-color Rado number of the equation
\[x_1+x_2+ \ldots + x_{m-1}=x_m\]
is \(m^2 – m – 1\). In 2008, Schaal and Vestal proved that, for every \(m \geq 6\), the \(2\)-color Rado number of
\[x_1+x_2+ \ldots + x_{m-1}=2x_m\]
is \(\left\lceil \frac{m-1}{2}\left\lceil \frac{m-1}{2} \right\rceil \right\rceil \). Here, we prove that, for every integer \(a \geq 3\) and every \(m \geq 2a^2 – a + 2\), the 2-color Rado number of
\[x_1+x_2+ \ldots + x_{m-1}=ax_m\]
is \(\left\lceil \frac{m-1}{a}\left\lceil \frac{m-1}{a} \right\rceil \right\rceil\). For the case \(a = 3\), we show that our formula gives the Rado number for all \(m \geq 7\), and we determine the Rado number for all \(m \geq 3\).

Risheng Cui1, Guangzhi Jin2, Yinglie Jin1
1School of Mathematical Sciences and LPMC, Nankai University Tianjin 300071, P.R.China
2Mathematics Department, College of Science, Yanbian University Jilin 133002, P.R.China
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The general Randic index \(R_{-\alpha}(G)\) of a graph \(G\), defined by a real number \(\alpha\), is the sum of \((d(u)d(v))^{-\alpha}\) over all edges \(uv\) of \(G\), where \(d(u)\) denotes the degree of a vertex \(u\) in \(G\). In this paper, we have discussed some properties of the Max Tree which has the maximum general Randic index \(R_{-\alpha}(G)\), where \(\alpha \in (\alpha_0,2)\). Based on these properties, we are able to obtain the structure of the Max Tree among all trees of order \(k \geq 3\). Thus, the maximal value of \(R_{-\alpha}(G)\) follows easily.

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