Distance-regular graphs

This is a survey of distance-regular graphs. We present an introduction to distance-regular graphs for the reader who is unfamiliar with the subject, and then give an overview of some developments in the area of distance-regular graphs since the monograph 'BCN' [Brouwer, A.E., Cohen, A.M., Neumaier, A., Distance-Regular Graphs, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1989] was written.Comment: 156 page

Rotulações graciosas e rotulações semifortes em grafos

Orientador: Christiane Neme CamposTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de ComputaçãoResumo: Três problemas de rotulação em grafos são investigados nesta tese: a Conjetura das Árvores Graciosas, a Conjetura 1,2,3 e a Conjetura 1,2. Uma rotulação graciosa de um grafo simples G=(V(G),E(G)) é uma função injetora f de V(G) em {0,...,|E(G)|} tal que {|f(u)-f(v)|: uv em E(G)} = {1,...,|E(G)|}. A Conjetura das Árvores Graciosas, proposta por Rosa e Kotzig em 1967, afirma que toda árvore possui uma rotulação graciosa. Um problema relacionado à Conjetura das Árvores Graciosas consiste em determinar se, para todo vértice v de uma árvore T, existe uma rotulação graciosa de T que atribui o rótulo 0 a v. Árvores com tal propriedade são denominadas 0-rotativas. Nesta tese, apresentamos famílias infinitas de caterpillars 0-rotativos. Nossos resultados reforçam a conjetura de que todo caterpillar com diâmetro pelo menos cinco é 0-rotativo. Também investigamos uma rotulação graciosa mais restrita, chamada rotulação-alpha. Uma rotulação graciosa f de G é uma rotulação-alpha se existir um inteiro k, 0 <= k <= |E(G)|, tal que, para toda aresta uv em E(G), f(u) <= k < f(v) ou f(v) <= k < f(u). Nesta tese, apresentamos duas famílias de lobsters com grau máximo três que possuem rotulações-alpha. Nossos resultados contribuem para uma caracterização de todos os lobsters com grau máximo três que possuem rotulações-alpha. Na segunda parte desta tese, investigamos generalizações da Conjetura 1,2,3 e da Conjetura 1,2. Dado um grafo simples G = (V(G),E(G)) e um subconjunto L dos números reais, dizemos que uma função f de E(G) em L é uma L-rotulação de arestas de G e dizemos que uma função f da união de V(G) com E(G) em L é uma L-rotulação total de G. Para todo vértice v de G, a cor de v, C(v), é definida como a soma dos rótulos das arestas incidentes em v, se f for uma L-rotulação de arestas de G. Se f for uma L-rotulação total, C(v) é a soma dos rótulos das arestas incidentes no vértice v mais o valor f(v). O par (f,C) é uma L-rotulação de arestas semiforte (L-rotulação total semiforte) se f for uma rotulação de arestas (rotulação total) e C(u) for diferente de C(v) para quaisquer dois vértices adjacentes u,v de G. A Conjetura 1,2,3, proposta por Karónski et al. em 2004, afirma que todo grafo simples e conexo com pelo menos três vértices possui uma {1,2,3}-rotulação de arestas semiforte. A Conjetura 1,2, proposta por Przybylo e Wozniak em 2010, afirma que todo grafo simples possui uma {1,2}-rotulação total semiforte. Sejam a,b,c três reais distintos. Nesta tese, nós investigamos {a,b,c}-rotulações de arestas semifortes e {a,b}-rotulações totais semifortes para cinco famílias de grafos: as potências de caminho, as potências de ciclo, os grafos split, os grafos cobipartidos regulares e os grafos multipartidos completos. Provamos que essas famílias possuem tais rotulações para alguns valores reais a,b,c. Como corolário de nossos resultados, obtemos que a Conjetura 1,2,3 e a Conjetura 1,2 são verdadeiras para essas famílias. Além disso, também mostramos que nossos resultados em rotulações de arestas semifortes implicam resultados similares para outro problema de rotulação de arestas relacionadoAbstract: This thesis addresses three labelling problems on graphs: the Graceful Tree Conjecture, the 1,2,3-Conjecture, and the 1,2-Conjecture. A graceful labelling of a simple graph G=(V(G),E(G)) is an injective function f from V(G) to {0,...,|E(G)|} such that {|f(u)-f(v)| : uv in E(G)} = {1,...,|E(G)|}. The Graceful Tree Conjecture, posed by Rosa and Kotzig in 1967, states that every tree has a graceful labelling. A problem connected with the Graceful Tree Conjecture consists of determining whether, for every vertex v of a tree T, there exists a graceful labelling of T that assigns label 0 to v. Trees with such a property are called 0-rotatable. In this thesis, we present infinite families of 0-rotatable caterpillars. Our results reinforce a conjecture that states that every caterpillar with diameter at least five is 0-rotatable. We also investigate a stronger type of graceful labelling, called alpha-labelling. A graceful labelling f of G is an alpha-labelling if there exists an integer k with 0<= k <= |E(G)| such that, for each edge uv in E(G), either f(u) <= k < f(v) or f(v) <= k < f(u). In this thesis, we prove that the following families of lobsters have alpha-labellings: lobsters with maximum degree three, without Y-legs and with at most one forbidden ending; and lobsters T with a perfect matching M such that the contracted tree T/M has a balanced bipartition. These results point towards a characterization of all lobsters with maximum degree three that have alpha-labellings. In the second part of the thesis, we focus on generalizations of the 1,2,3-Conjecture and the 1,2-Conjecture. Given a simple graph G=(V(G),E(G)) and a subset L of real numbers, we call a function f from E(G) to L an L-edge-labelling of G, and we call a function f from V(G) union E(G) to L an L-total-labelling of G. For each vertex v of G, the colour of v, C(v), is defined as the sum of the labels of its incident edges, if f is an L-edge-labelling. If f is an L-total-labelling, C(v) is the sum of the labels of the edges incident with vertex v plus the label f(v). The pair (f,C) is a neighbour-distinguishing L-edge-labelling (neighbour-distinguishing L-total-labelling) if f is an edge-labelling (total-labelling) and C(u) is different from C(v), for every edge uv in E(G). The 1,2,3-Conjecture, posed by Kar\'onski et al. in 2004, states that every connected simple graph with at least three vertices has a neighbour-distinguishing {1,2,3}-edge-labelling. The 1,2-Conjecture, posed by Przybylo and Wozniak in 2010, states that every simple graph has a neighbour-distinguishing {1,2}-total-labelling. Let a,b,c be distinct real numbers. In this thesis, we investigate neighbour-distinguishing {a,b,c}-edge-labellings and neighbour-distinguishing {a,b}-total labellings for five families of graphs: powers of paths, powers of cycles, split graphs, regular cobipartite graphs and complete multipartite graphs. We prove that these families have such labellings for some real values a, b, and c. As a corollary of our results, we obtain that the 1,2,3-Conjecture and the 1,2-Conjecture are true for these families. Furthermore, we also show that our results on neighbour-distinguishing edge-labellings imply similar results on a closely related problem called detectable edge-labelling of graphsDoutoradoCiência da ComputaçãoDoutor em Ciência da Computação2014/16861-8FAPESPCAPE

Extremal problems on special graph colorings

In this thesis, we study several extremal problems on graph colorings. In particular, we study monochromatic connected matchings, paths, and cycles in 2-edge colored graphs, packing colorings of subcubic graphs, and directed intersection number of digraphs. In Chapter 2, we consider monochromatic structures in 2-edge colored graphs. A matching M in a graph G is connected if all the edges of M are in the same component of G. Following Łuczak, there are a number of results using the existence of large connected matchings in cluster graphs with respect to regular partitions of large graphs to show the existence of long paths and other structures in these graphs. We prove exact Ramsey-type bounds on the sizes of monochromatic connected matchings in 2-edge-colored multipartite graphs. In addition, we prove a stability theorem for such matchings, which is used to find necessary and sufficient conditions on the existence of monochromatic paths and cycles: for every fixed s and large n, we describe all values of n_1, ...,n_s such that for every 2-edge-coloring of the complete s-partite graph K_{n_1, ...,n_s} there exists a monochromatic (i) cycle C_{2n} with 2n vertices, (ii) cycle C_{at least 2n} with at least 2n vertices, (iii) path P_{2n} with 2n vertices, and (iv) path P_{2n+1} with 2n+1 vertices. Our results also imply for large n of the conjecture by Gyárfás, Ruszinkó, Sárkőzy and Szemerédi that for every 2-edge-coloring of the complete 3-partite graph K_{n,n,n} there is a monochromatic path P_{2n+1}. Moreover, we prove that for every sufficiently large n, if n = 3t+r where r in {0,1,2} and G is an n-vertex graph with minimum degree at least (3n-1)/4, then for every 2-edge-coloring of G, either there are cycles of every length {3, 4, 5, ..., 2t+r} of the same color, or there are cycles of every even length {4, 6, 8, ..., 2t+2} of the same color. This result is tight and implies the conjecture of Schelp that for every sufficiently large n, every (3n-1)-vertex graph G with minimum degree larger than 3|V(G)|/4, in each 2-edge-coloring of G there exists a monochromatic path P_{2n} with 2n vertices. It also implies for sufficiently large n the conjecture by Benevides, Łuczak, Scott, Skokan and White that for every positive integer n of the form n=3t+r where r in {0,1,2} and every n-vertex graph G with minimum degree at least 3n/4, in each 2-edge-coloring of G there exists a monochromatic cycle of length at least 2t+r. In Chapter 3, we consider a collection of special vertex colorings called packing colorings. For a sequence of non-decreasing positive integers S = (s_1, ..., s_k), a packing S-coloring is a partition of V(G) into sets V_1, ..., V_k such that for each integer i in {1, ..., k} the distance between any two distinct x,y in V_i is at least s_i+1. The smallest k such that G has a packing (1,2, ..., k)-coloring is called the packing chromatic number of G and is denoted by \chi_p(G). The question whether the packing chromatic number of subcubic graphs is bounded appears in several papers. We show that for every fixed k and g at least 2k+2, almost every n-vertex cubic graph of girth at least g has the packing chromatic number greater than k, which answers the previous question in the negative. Moreover, we work towards the conjecture of Brešar, Klavžar, Rall and Wash that the packing chromatic number of 1-subdivision of subcubic graphs are bounded above by 5. In particular, we show that every subcubic graph is (1,1,2,2,3,3,k)-colorable for every integer k at least 4 via a coloring in which color k is used at most once, every 2-degenerate subcubic graph is (1,1,2,2,3,3)-colorable, and every subcubic graph with maximum average degree less than 30/11 is packing (1,1,2,2)-colorable. Furthermore, while proving the packing chromatic number of subcubic graphs is unbounded, we also consider improving upper bound on the independence ratio, alpha(G)/n, of cubic n-vertex graphs of large girth. We show that ``almost all" cubic labeled graphs of girth at least 16 have independence ratio at most 0.454. In Chapter 4, we introduce and study the directed intersection representation of digraphs. A directed intersection representation is an assignment of a color set to each vertex in a digraph such that two vertices form an edge if and only if their color sets share at least one color and the tail vertex has a strictly smaller color set than the head. The smallest possible size of the union of the color sets is defined to be the directed intersection number (DIN). We show that the directed intersection representation is well-defined for all directed acyclic graphs and the maximum DIN among all n vertex acyclic digraphs is at most 5n^2/8 + O(n) and at least 9n^2/16 + O(n)

Graphs with Few Eigenvalues. An Interplay between Combinatorics and Algebra.

Abstract: Two standard matrix representations of a graph are the adjacency matrix and the Laplace matrix. The eigenvalues of these matrices are interesting parameters of the graph. Graphs with few eigenvalues in general have nice combinatorial properties and a rich structure. A well investigated family of such graphs comprises the strongly regular graphs (the regular graphs with three eigenvalues), and we may see other graphs with few eigenvalues as algebraic generalizations of such graphs. We study the (nonregular) graphs with three adjacency eigenvalues, graphs with three Laplace eigenvalues, and regular graphs with four eigenvalues. The last ones are also studied in relation with three-class association schemes. We also derive bounds on the diameter and on the size of special subsets in terms of the eigenvalues of the graph. Included are lists of feasible parameter sets of graphs with three Laplace eigenvalues, regular graphs with four eigenvalues, and three-class association schemes.

LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volume

LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volum