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On d-graceful labelings
In this paper we introduce a generalization of the well known concept of a
graceful labeling. Given a graph G with e=dm edges, we call d-graceful labeling
of G an injective function from V(G) to the set {0,1,2,..., d(m+1)-1} such that
{|f(x)-f(y)| | [x,y]\in E(G)}
={1,2,3,...,d(m+1)-1}-{m+1,2(m+1),...,(d-1)(m+1)}. In the case of d=1 and of
d=e we find the classical notion of a graceful labeling and of an odd graceful
labeling, respectively. Also, we call d-graceful \alpha-labeling of a bipartite
graph G a d-graceful labeling of G with the property that its maximum value on
one of the two bipartite sets does not reach its minimum value on the other
one. We show that these new concepts allow to obtain certain cyclic graph
decompositions. We investigate the existence of d-graceful \alpha-labelings for
several classes of bipartite graphs, completely solving the problem for paths
and stars and giving partial results about cycles of even length and ladders.Comment: In press on Ars Combi
Discrete Mathematics and Symmetry
Some of the most beautiful studies in Mathematics are related to Symmetry and Geometry. For this reason, we select here some contributions about such aspects and Discrete Geometry. As we know, Symmetry in a system means invariance of its elements under conditions of transformations. When we consider network structures, symmetry means invariance of adjacency of nodes under the permutations of node set. The graph isomorphism is an equivalence relation on the set of graphs. Therefore, it partitions the class of all graphs into equivalence classes. The underlying idea of isomorphism is that some objects have the same structure if we omit the individual character of their components. A set of graphs isomorphic to each other is denominated as an isomorphism class of graphs. The automorphism of a graph will be an isomorphism from G onto itself. The family of all automorphisms of a graph G is a permutation group