Graceful labellings of new families of windmill and snake graphs

A function ƒ is a graceful labelling of a graph G = (V,E) with m edges if ƒ is an injection ƒ : V (G) → {0, 1, 2, . . . ,m} such that each edge uv ∈ E is assigned the label |ƒ(u) − ƒ(v)| ∈ {1, 2, . . . ,m}, and no two edge labels are the same. If a graph G has a graceful labelling, we say that G itself is graceful. A variant is a near graceful labelling, which is similar, except the co-domain of f is {0, 1, 2, . . . ,m + 1} and the set of edge labels are either {1, 2, . . . ,m − 1,m} or {1, 2, . . . ,m − 1,m + 1}. In this thesis, we prove any Dutch windmill with three pendant triangles is (near) graceful, which settles Rosa’s conjecture for a new family of triangular cacti. Further, we introduce graceful and near graceful labellings of several families of windmills. In particular, we use Skolem-type sequences to prove (near) graceful labellings exist for windmills with C₃ and C₄ vanes, and infinite families of 3,5-windmills and 3,6-windmills. Furthermore, we offer a new solution showing that the graph obtained from the union of t 5-cycles with one vertex in common (Ct₅ ) is graceful if and only if t ≡ 0,3 (mod 4) and near graceful when t ≡ 1, 2 (mod 4). Also, we present a new sufficiency condition to obtain a graceful labelling for every kC₄ₙ snake and use this condition to label every such snake for n = 1, 2, . . . , 6. Then, we extend this result to cyclic snakes where the cycles lengths vary. Also, we obtain new results on the (near) graceful labelling of cyclic snakes based on cycles of lengths n = 6, 10, 14, completely solving the case n = 6

Almost all trees are almost graceful

The Graceful Tree Conjecture of Rosa from 1967 asserts that the vertices of each tree T of order n can be injectively labeled by using the numbers {1,2,…,n} in such a way that the absolute differences induced on the edges are pairwise distinct. We prove the following relaxation of the conjecture for each γ>0 and for all n>n 0(γ). Suppose that (i) the maximum degree of T is bounded by (Formula presented.)), and (ii) the vertex labels are chosen from the set {1,2,…,⌈(1+γ)n⌉}. Then there is an injective labeling of V(T) such that the absolute differences on the edges are pairwise distinct. In particular, asymptotically almost all trees on n vertices admit such a labeling. The proof proceeds by showing that a certain very natural randomized algorithm produces a desired labeling with high probability

All trees are six-cordial

For any integer $k>0$, a tree $T$ is $k$-cordial if there exists a labeling of the vertices of $T$ by $\mathbb{Z}_k$, inducing a labeling on the edges with edge-weights found by summing the labels on vertices incident to a given edge modulo $k$ so that each label appears on at most one more vertex than any other and each edge-weight appears on at most one more edge than any other. We prove that all trees are six-cordial by an adjustment of the test proposed by Hovey (1991) to show all trees are $k$-cordial.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figure

K-product cordial labeling of fan graphs

Let f be a map from V (G) to {0, 1, ..., k − 1} where k is an integer, 1 ≤ k ≤ |V (G)|. For each edge uv assign the label f(u)f(v)(mod k). f is called a k-product cordial labeling if |vf (i) − vf (j)| ≤ 1, and |ef (i) − ef (j)| ≤ 1, i, j ∈ {0, 1, ..., k − 1}, where vf (x) and ef (x) denote the number of vertices and edges respectively labeled with x (x = 0, 1, ..., k − 1). In this paper we prove that fan Fn and double fan DFn when k=4 and 5 admit k-product cordial labeling.Publisher's Versio

On the Graceful Game

A graceful labeling of a graph $G$ with $m$ edges consists of labeling the vertices of $G$ with distinct integers from $0$ to $m$ such that, when each edge is assigned as induced label the absolute difference of the labels of its endpoints, all induced edge labels are distinct. Rosa established two well known conjectures: all trees are graceful (1966) and all triangular cacti are graceful (1988). In order to contribute to both conjectures we study graceful labelings in the context of graph games. The Graceful game was introduced by Tuza in 2017 as a two-players game on a connected graph in which the players Alice and Bob take turns labeling the vertices with distinct integers from 0 to $m$. Alice's goal is to gracefully label the graph as Bob's goal is to prevent it from happening. In this work, we study winning strategies for Alice and Bob in complete graphs, paths, cycles, complete bipartite graphs, caterpillars, prisms, wheels, helms, webs, gear graphs, hypercubes and some powers of paths

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