A NOTE ON CONNECTED FACTORS IN CLAW-FREE GRAPHS

1. IntroductionAll graphs considered here are finite and undirected, without loops or multiple edges. Thevertex set, edge set and the degree of a vertex v of a graph G are denoted, respectively, byV(G),E(G) and dG(v). For a set S G V(G) the subgraph of G induced by S is denoted byG[S].Let G be a graph, j and g positive integer Valued functions on V(G) with f(v) S g(v) 5dG(u) for all v 6 V(G). A spanmng SUbgraph F Of G is called an [f,g]-factor Of G if forall v E V(G), f(v) 5 dF(v…     

SOME RESULTS ON CIRCULAR PERFECT GRAPHS AND PERFECT GRAPHS

An r-circular coloring of a graph G is a map f from V(G) to the set of open unit intervals of an Euclidean circle of length r, such that f(u) ∩ f(v) = Ф whenever uv ∈ E(G). Circular perfect graphs are defined analogously to perfect graphs by means of two parameters, the circular chromatic number and the circular clique number. In this paper, we study the properties of circular perfect graphs. We give (1) a necessary condition for a graph to be circular perfect, (2) some circular critical imperfect graphs, and (3) a characterization of graphs with the property that each of their induced subgraphs has circular clique number the same as its clique number, and then the two conjectures that are equivalent to the perfect graph conjecture.     

An Upper Bound for the Cubicity of Folded Hypercube

For a graph, its boxicity is the minimum dimension k such that G is representable as the intersection graph of axis-parallel boxes＇in the k-dimension space. When the boxes are restricted to be axis-parallel k-dimension cube＇s, the minimum k required to represent G is called the cubicity of G. In this paper, a special graph .called unit-interval graph. IG[X, Y] is given, then 2n such graphs which have the same vertices as V（FQn） are constructed, where FQ, is the n-dimension folded hypercube. Thanks to the specia] structure of IG[X, Y], the result that cubicity（FQn）≤ 2n is proved.     

On the Star Chromatic Number of Graph Products

1　 IntroductionThroughout this paper,we only consider simple graphs.Letkanddbe natural numberssuch thatk 2 d.A ( k,d) -coloring of a graph G=( V,E) is a map c:V|→ Zk,such thatforeach edge( u,v)∈ E,|c( u) -c( v) |k d,where|x|k=min{|x|,k-|x|},and Zk={0 ,1 ,2 ,… ,k-1 }.Itis obvious thata( k,1 ) -coloring ofa graph is justan ordinaryk-coloringof G.The star-chromatic numberχ* ( G) of a graph G is defined by:χ* ( G) =inf{k/ d∶ G has a ( k,d) -coloring}.　　It is proved in[1 ,2 ] that th…     

EQUITABLE COLORINGS OF LINE GRAPHS AND COMPLETE r-PARTITE GRAPHS

1. IntroductionLet G be a graph with vertex set V(G), edge set E(G), maximum degree A(G), minimumdegree 8(G), vertex chromatic number X(G), and edge chromatic number X'(G). G is equitablyk-colorable if V(G) can be pajrtitioned icao k independent sets VI, V2,'', Vk such that llKI III 1 5 1 for all i and j. The such smallest integer k as above is called the equitable chromaticnumber of G, denoted by X= (G). Similaxly we can define the equitable edge chromatic numberof a graph G and d…     

STRONG EMBEDDING OF HP-GRAPHS ON SURFACE WITH HIGHER GENUS

In 1990, Bondy posed the small circuit double cover （SCDC） conjecture： Every 2-connected graph has a circuit double cover （CDC） with the number of circuits less than ｜v｜ （the order of the vertex set V）. The strong embedding conjecture states that every 2-connected graph has a strong embedding on some surface in which the boundary of each face is a circuit. In this paper, HP-graph is defined as the graph which has a strong embedding on the projective plane with one face of valence ｜V｜ and the other faces of valence 3. And it is proved that the HP-graph has a strong embedding with ｜V｜ - 1 or less faces on some surface, which confirms both the SCDC conjecture and the strong embedding conjecture.     

(4m, m)-CHOOSABILITY OF PLANE GRAPHS

1 IntroductionAll graphs considered in tabs paper are abate and sable. Undecked notations and termalnologies can be found in [if.Let G = (V, E,F) be a plase graph, where V, E and F denote the s6t of venices, edgesand faces of G, respectively. We use NG(v) and dG(v) to denote the set and nUmber of venicesadjacent to a vertex yi respectively, and use 6(G) to denote the inininuun degree of G. A vertexv is called a k-vertex if v has degree k. A face of a plane graph is said to be incident w…     

A FURTHER GENERALIZATION OF JUNG''''S THEOREM

Let G be a graph of order n. We define the distance between two vertices u andv in G, denoted by d(u, v), as the minimum value of the lengths of all u-v paths. We writeσ_k(G)=min{∑_i=1~k d(v_i)|{v_1, v_2,…, v_k} is an independent set in G} and NC2(G)=min {|N(u)∪N(v)| | d(u, v)=2}. We denote by ω(G) the number of components of agraph G. A graph G is called 1-tough if ω(G\S)≤|S| for every subset S of V(G) withω(G\S)>l. By c(G) we denote the length of the longest cycle in G; in particular, G iscalled a Hamiltonian graph if c(G)=n. H.A. Jung proved that every 1-tough graphwith order n≥11 and σ2≥n-4 is Hamiltonian. We generalize it further as follows: ifG is a 1-tough graph and σ3(G)≥n, then c(G)≥min {n,2NC2(G)+4}. Thus, theconjecture of D. Bauer, G. Fan and H.J. Veldman in [2] is completely solved.     

EDGE COVERING COLORING AND FRACTIONAL EDGE COVERING COLORING

11尬roductlonThe graPhs considered In this paper will be finite and undlrected．Let G be agraph withvertex set V(G)and edge set E(G)．Let。(G)一 IV(G)land。(G)一 IE(G)l．仇r a、rtex。ofG,the degree of。in G is denoted by d(。)．NG(u)is the set of、rtlces adjacent to。In G·We denote the minimum degree and m。lmum degM of G by 6 and凸,respectl。ly An edgec。er of G Is a subset EI of E(G)that saturates e、ry、rtex of G;l．e,e、ry、rtex of G Is an6lid V6Tt6X Of SOth6 6dg6s ill EI…     

Inverse Center Location Problem on a Tree

This paper discusses the inverse center location problem restricted on a tree with different costs and bound constraints. The authors first show that the problem can be formulated as a series of combinatorial linear programs, then an O（｜V｜^2 log ｜V｜） time algorithm to solve the problem is presented. For the equal cost case, the authors further give an O（｜V｜） time algorithm.     

MINIMALLY （n, λ）-CONNECTED GRAPHS OF LOW ORDER AND MAXIMAL SIZE＊

A. Kaneko and K. Ota proved that for a minimally （n, λ）-connected graph G, if ｜G｜ = p ≥ 3n - 1, then e（G） ≤ nλ（｜G｜ - n）; and if e（G） = nλ（｜G｜ - n）, then G is isomorphic to the graph Kn^λ,p-n which is obtained from the complete bipartite graph Kn,p-n by replacing each edge with A multiple edges; if 3n - 1 ≥ ｜G}≥ n ＋ 1, then e（G） ≤λ（｜G｜ ＋ n）^2/8. In this paper, we determine all the minimally （n, λ）-connected graphs with order p and the maximum size λ（p＋n）^2/8 for 3n- 1 ≥ p ≥ n＋ 1 for 3n-1≥p≥n＋1.     

FORBIDDEN SUBGRAPHS,DEGREES,NEIGHBORHOOD UNIONS AND CIRCUMFERENCES OF GRAPHS

Combining forbidden subgraphs with degree restrictions and neighborhood unionrestrictions,respectively,we prove the following results:(1) Let G be a 2-connected graph of order n,and 3≤c≤n.If for each induced subgraphL of order four of G(?)|V_1(L)∩S_c|≥2 if L≌K_(1,3),and |V(L)∩S_c|≥1 if L≌P_4,then thecircumference of G is at least c,where V_1(L)is the set of vertices with degree 1 of L,S_c isthe set of vertices with degree at least c/2 of G and P_4 is a path of order 4.(2) Let G be a 2-connected graph of order n,and n≥s+2.If for each induced subgraphL of G isomorphic to K_(1,3)or P_4,d_L(u,v)=2(?)|N(u)∪N(v)|≥s,then the circumferencec (G) of G is at least s+2.Moreover,if n≥s+3 and s is odd,then c(G)≥s+3.     

ON THE INVERSE MINIMUM SPANNING TREE PROBLEM WITH MINIMUM NUMBER OF PERTURBED EDGES

Let G=be a network with the vertex set V,the edge set E and the length vector L, andlet T~* be a prior determined spanning tree of G. The inverse minimum spanning tree problem withminimum number of perturbed edges is to perturb the length vector L to L+δ, such that T~* is one ofminimum spanning trees under the length vector L+δ and the number of perturbed edges is minimum.This paper establishes a mathematical model for this problem and transforms it into a minimumvertex covering problem in a bipartite graph G_0, a path-graph. Thus a strongly polynomial algorithmwith time complexity O(mn~2) can be designed by using Hungarian method.     

IMPLICIT DEGREES AND CHVATAL'S CONDITION FOR HAMILTONICITY

Based on the ideas in[9],an integer d~0(v),called the implicit degree of v whichsatisfies d~0(v)≥d(v),is associated with each vertex v of a graph G.It is proved that if theimplicit degree sequence d_1~0,d_2~0,…,d_n~0(where d_1~0≤d_2~0≤…≤d_n~0)of a simple graph G on n≥3vertices satisfiesd_i~0≤i相似文献   

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY OF VISCOUS SHOCK PROFILE FOR NON-CONVEX SYSTEM OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS WITH BOUNDARY EFFECT

1 IntroductionWe consider the system of one-dimensiona1 viscoelastic materials with non--convekity of thefOrm.with the illitial-boundary conditionshere v is the strain, u is the ve1ocity p > 0 is the viscous constallt, v and u are givenconstants, a is the pressure to be a known smooth fUnction of v satisfying the fOllOwing signconditions:a'(v) > 0 fOr all v u-nder consideration, (1.4)a"(v) 2 0 fOr v 2 0 under consideration, (l.5)so that rr(v) has a point of inflection at v = 0. We see that…     

LOCALLY SPARSE GRAPH WITH LARGE DENSITY

Using a technique of Erdos, we show that for any given M > 0 and (?) > 0, there exist δ = δ(M, (?)) > 0 and a graph G of any large order n such that the density of G is at least M, while the density of the subgraph induced by any subset U (?) V(G) with |U| ≤ δn is less than 1 (?). The constant 1 (?) cannot be improved to 1.     

A Degree Condition on Long Paths and Large Cycles

We present a new condition ensuring the existence of a large cycle of passing throughgiven edge.Let l(C)denote the length of the cycle C.Suppose G is a 4-connected graph withvertices set{x_1,x_2….x_n}and edge set E and with the property that,for any two positiveintegers j and k,j相似文献   

THE NORMALITY OF CAYLEY GRAPHS OF FINITE ABELIAN GROUPS WITH VALENCY 5

1. IntroductionLet G be a finite group and S a subset of G not colltaining the idelltity elemellt 1. TheCayley digraph X ~ Cay(G, S) of G on S is defined byV(X) = G, E(X) ~ {(g, sg)jg E G, s E S}.Immediately from the definition there are three obvious facts: (1) Ant(X), the automorphismgroup of X, contains the right regular representation GR of G; (2) X is connected if and onlyif G = (S}, (3) X is an undirected graph (by coalescing each pair (g, sg) and (sg, g) of directededges int…     

SOFT CONTROL ON COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF A GROUP OF AUTONOMOUS AGENTS BY A SHILL AGENT

This paper asks a new question： how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems？ We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called ＇Soft Control＇ which keeps the local rule of the existing agents in the system. We show the feasibility of soft control by a case study. Consider the simple but typical distributed multi-agent model proposed by Vicsek et al. for flocking of birds： each agent moves with the same speed but with different headings which are updated using a local rule based on the average of its own heading and the headings of its neighbors. Most studies of this model are about the self-organized collective behavior, such as synchronization of headings. We want to intervene in the collective behavior （headings） of the group by soft control. A specified method is to add a special agent, called a ＇Shill＇, which can be controlled by us but is treated as an ordinary agent by other agents. We construct a control law for the shill so that it can synchronize the whole group to an objective heading. This control law is proved to be effective analytically and numerieally. Note that soft control is different from the approach of distributed control. It is a natural way to intervene in the distributed systems. It may bring out many interesting issues and challenges on the control of complex systems.     

A STAGE-STRUCTURED SI ECO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODEL WITH TIME DELAY AND IMPULSIVE CONTROLLING*

This paper formulates a robust stage-structured SI eco-epidemiological model with periodic constant pulse releasing of infectious pests with pathogens. The authors show that the conditions for global attractivity of the ＇pest-eradication＇ periodic solution and permanence of the system depend on time delay, hence, the authors call it ＂profitless＂. Further, the authors present a pest management strategy in which the pest population is kept under the economic threshold level （ETL） when the pest population is uniformly persistent. By numerical analysis, the authors also show that constant maturation time delay for the susceptible pests and pulse releasing of the infectious pests can bring obvious effects on the dynamics of system.