Some Topics of Special Interest in Graph Theory

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Super edge-magic total strength of some unicyclic graphs

Let $G$ be a finite simple undirected $(p,q)$-graph, with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$ such that $p=|V(G)|$ and $q=|E(G)|$. A super edge-magic total labeling $f$ of $G$ is a bijection $f\colon V(G)\cup E(G)\longrightarrow \{1,2,\dots , p+q\}$ such that for all edges $u v\in E(G)$, $f(u)+f(v)+f(u v)=c(f)$, where $c(f)$ is called a magic constant, and $f(V(G))=\{1,\dots , p\}$. The minimum of all $c(f)$, where the minimum is taken over all the super edge-magic total labelings $f$ of $G$, is defined to be the super edge-magic total strength of the graph $G$. In this article, we work on certain classes of unicyclic graphs and provide shreds of evidence to conjecture that the super edge-magic total strength of a certain family of unicyclic $(p,q)$-graphs is equal to $2q+\frac{n+3}{2}$

Product of digraphs, (super) edge-magic valences and related problems

Discrete Mathematics, and in particular Graph Theory, has gained a lot of popularity during the last 7 decades. Among the many branches in Graph Theory, graph labelings has experimented a fast development, in particular during the last decade. One of the very important type of labelings are super edge-magic labelings introduced in 1998 by Enomoto et al. as a particular case of edge-magic labelings, introduced in 1970 by Kotzig and Rosa. An edge-magic labeling is a bijective mapping from the set of vertices and edges to [1, |V(G)|+|E(G)|], such that the sum of the labels of each edge and the incident vertices to it is constant. The constant is called the valence of the labeling. The edge-magic labeling is called super edge-magic if the smallest labels are assigned to the vertices. In this thesis, we consider three problems related to (super) edge-magic labelings and (di)graph products in which we use a family of super edge-magic digraphs as a second factor of the product. The digraph product we use, the h-product, was introduced by Figueroa-Centeno et al. in 2008. It is a generalization of the Kronecker product of digraphs. In Chapter 2, we study the super edge-magicness of graphs of equal order and size either by providing super edge-magic labelings of some elements in the family or proving that these labelings do not exist. The negative results are specially interesting since these kind of results are not common in the literature. Furthermore, the few results found in this direction usually meet one of the following reasons: too many vertices compared with the number of edges; too many edges compared with the number of vertices; or parity conditions. In our case, all previous reasons fail. In Chapter 3, we enlarge the family of perfect (super) edge-magic crowns. A crown is obtained from a cycle by adding the same number of pendant edges to each vertex of the cycle. Intuitively speaking, a (super) edge-magic graphs is perfect (super) edge-magic if all possible theoretical valences occur. The main result of the chapter is that the crowns defined by a cycle of length pq, where p and q are different odd primes, are perfect (super) edge-magic. We also provided lower bounds for the number of edge-magic valences of crowns. For graphs of equal order and size, the odd and the even labelling construction allows to obtain two edge-magic labelings from a particular super edge-magic labeling. The name refers to the parity of the vertex labels. In Chapter 4, we begin by providing some properties of odd and even labelling construction related to the (super) edge-magic labeling and also with respect to the digraph product. We also get a new application of the h-product by interchanging the role of the factors. This allows us to consider the classical conjecture of Godbold and Slater with respect to valences of cycles with a different point of view than the ones existing. Finally, we devote Chapter 5 to study the problem of edge-magic valences of crowns, in which even cycles appear, and to establish a relationship between super edge-magic graphs and graph decompositions. Some lower bounds on the number of (super) edge-magic valences are also established.La Matemàtica Discreta, i en particular la Teoria de Grafs, han guanyat molta popularitat durant les últimes set dècades. Entre les moltes branques de la Teoria de Grafs, els etiquetatges de grafs han experimentat un ràpid desenvolupament, especialment durant l'última dècada. Un dels tipus d'etiquetatges més importants són els etiquetatges super branca-màgics introduïts el 1998 per Enomoto et al. com un cas particular d'etiquetatges branca-màgics, introduïts el 1970 per Kotzig i Rosa. Un etiquetatge branca-màgic és una aplicació bijectiva del conjunt de vèrtexs i branques a [1, |V(G)|+|E(G)|], de manera que la suma de les etiquetes de cada branca i els vèrtexs incidents a ella és constant. La constant s'anomena valència de l'etiquetatge. L'etiquetatge branca-màgic s'anomena super branca-màgic si les etiquetes més petites s'assignen als vèrtexs. En aquesta tesi, considerem tres problemes relacionats amb etiquetatges (super) branca-màgic i productes de digrafs, en els que intervé una família de grafs super branca-màgic com a segon factor del producte. El producte de digrafs que usem, el producte h, va ser introduït per Figueroa-Centeno et al. el 2008. És una generalització del producte de Kronecker de digraphs. En el Capítol 2, estudiem el caràcter super branca-màgic de grafs d’ordre igual a mida, ja sigui proporcionant etiquetatges super branca-màgics d'alguns elements de la família o demostrant que aquests tipus d’etiquetatges no existeixen. Els resultats negatius són especialment interessants ja que aquest tipus de resultats no són comuns en la literatura. A més, els pocs resultats trobats en aquesta direcció solen encabir-se en una de les raons següents: massa vèrtexs en comparació amb el nombre de branques; massa branques en comparació amb el nombre de vèrtexs; o condicions de paritat. En el nostre cas, totes les raons anteriors fracassen. En el Capítol 3, ampliem la família de corones (super) branca-màgiques perfectes. Una corona és el graf que s’obté a partir d’un afegint el mateix nombre de branques a cada vèrtex del cicle. Intuïtivament parlant, un graf (super) branca màgic és (super) branca màgic si es donen totes les possibles valències teòriques. El resultat principal del capítol és que les corones definides per un cicle de longitud pq, on p i q són primers senars diferents, són (super) branca màgics perfectes. També proporcionem cotes inferiors per a la quantitat de valències màgiques de corones. Per a grafs d'igual ordre i mida, la construcció de l'etiquetatge senar i parell permet obtenir dos etiquetatges branca-màgics a partir d'un etiquetatge super branca-màgic. El nom fa referència a la paritat de les etiquetes de vèrtex. Al capítol 4, comencem proporcionant algunes propietats de la construcció de l'etiquetatge senar i parell relacionades amb l'etiquetatge (super) branca-màgic del que proven i també al producte h de dígrafs. També obtenim una nova aplicació del producte h intercanviant el paper dels factors. Això ens permet considerar la conjectura de Godbold i Slater respecte a les valències dels cicles des d’un punt de vista diferent a les existents. Finalment, dediquem el Capítol 5 a estudiar el problema de les valències branca-màgiques de les corones, en les que apareixen cicles parells, i a establir una relació entre els grafs super branca-màgic i les descomposicions de grafs. També s'estableixen alguns cotes inferiors del nombre de valències (super) branca-màgiques.Postprint (published version

Labeling Generating Matrices

This paper is mainly devoted to generate (special)(super) edge-magic labelings of graphs using matrices. Matrices are used in order to find lower bounds for the number of non-isomorphic (special)(super) edge-magic labelings of certain types of graphs. Also new applications of graph labelings are discussed

Structural properties and labeling of graphs

The complexity in building massive scale parallel processing systems has re- sulted in a growing interest in the study of interconnection networks design. Network design affects the performance, cost, scalability, and availability of parallel computers. Therefore, discovering a good structure of the network is one of the basic issues. From modeling point of view, the structure of networks can be naturally stud- ied in terms of graph theory. Several common desirable features of networks, such as large number of processing elements, good throughput, short data com- munication delay, modularity, good fault tolerance and diameter vulnerability correspond to properties of the underlying graphs of networks, including large number of vertices, small diameter, high connectivity and overall balance (or regularity) of the graph or digraph. The first part of this thesis deals with the issue of interconnection networks ad- dressing system. From graph theory point of view, this issue is mainly related to a graph labeling. We investigate a special family of graph labeling, namely antimagic labeling of a class of disconnected graphs. We present new results in super (a; d)-edge antimagic total labeling for disjoint union of multiple copies of special families of graphs. The second part of this thesis deals with the issue of regularity of digraphs with the number of vertices close to the upper bound, called the Moore bound, which is unobtainable for most values of out-degree and diameter. Regularity of the underlying graph of a network is often considered to be essential since the flow of messages and exchange of data between processing elements will be on average faster if there is a similar number of interconnections coming in and going out of each processing element. This means that the in-degree and out-degree of each processing element must be the same or almost the same. Our new results show that digraphs of order two less than Moore bound are either diregular or almost diregular.Doctor of Philosoph

New Methods for Magic Total Labelings of Graphs

University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. May 2015. Major: Mathematics. Advisors: Dalibor Froncek, Sylwia Cichacz-Przenioslo. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 117 pages.A \textit{vertex magic total (VMT) labeling} of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a bijection from the set of vertices and edges to the set of numbers defined by $\lambda:V\cup E\rightarrow\{1,2,\dots,|V|+|E|\}$ so that for every $x \in V$ and some integer $k$, $w(x)=\lambda(x)+\sum_{y:xy\in E}\lambda(xy)=k$. An \textit{edge magic total (EMT) labeling} is a bijection from the set of vertices and edges to the set of numbers defined by $\lambda:V\cup E\rightarrow\{1,2,\dots,|V|+|E|\}$ so that for every $xy \in E$ and some integer $k$, $w(xy)=\lambda(x)+\lambda(y)+\lambda(xy)=k$. Numerous results on labelings of many families of graphs have been published. In this thesis, we include methods that expand known VMT/EMT labelings into VMT/EMT labelings of some new families of graphs, such as unions of cycles, unions of paths, cycles with chords, tadpole graphs, braid graphs, triangular belts, wheels, fans, friendships, and more

Discussion On Some Important Topics in Graph Theory

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Some Investigations in the Theory of Graphs

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Magic and antimagic labeling of graphs

"A bijection mapping that assigns natural numbers to vertices and/or edges of a graph is called a labeling. In this thesis, we consider graph labelings that have weights associated with each edge and/or vertex. If all the vertex weights (respectively, edge weights) have the same value then the labeling is called magic. If the weight is different for every vertex (respectively, every edge) then we called the labeling antimagic. In this thesis we introduce some variations of magic and antimagic labelings and discuss their properties and provide corresponding labeling schemes. There are two main parts in this thesis. One main part is on vertex labeling and the other main part is on edge labeling."Doctor of Philosoph