The degree sequence of Fibonacci and Lucas cubes

AbstractThe Fibonacci cube Γn is the subgraph of the n-cube induced by the binary strings that contain no two consecutive 1’s. The Lucas cube Λn is obtained from Γn by removing vertices that start and end with 1. It is proved that the number of vertices of degree k in Γn and Λn is ∑i=0k(n−2ik−i)(i+1n−k−i+1) and ∑i=0k[2(i2i+k−n)(n−2i−1k−i)+(i−12i+k−n)(n−2ik−i)], respectively. Both results are obtained in two ways, since each of the approaches yields additional results on the degree sequences of these cubes. In particular, the number of vertices of high resp. low degree in Γn is expressed as a sum of few terms, and the generating functions are given from which the moments of the degree sequences of Γn and Λn are easily computed

Maximal hypercubes in Fibonacci and Lucas cubes

The Fibonacci cube $\Gamma_n$ is the subgraph of the hypercube induced by the binary strings that contain no two consecutive 1's. The Lucas cube $\Lambda_n$ is obtained from $\Gamma_n$ by removing vertices that start and end with 1. We characterize maximal induced hypercubes in $\Gamma_n$ and $\Lambda_n$ and deduce for any $p\leq n$ the number of maximal $p$-dimensional hypercubes in these graphs

On Disjoint hypercubes in Fibonacci cubes

The {\em Fibonacci cube} of dimension $n$, denoted as $\Gamma\_n$, is the subgraph of $n$-cube $Q\_n$ induced by vertices with no consecutive 1's. We study the maximum number of disjoint subgraphs in $\Gamma\_n$ isomorphic to $Q\_k$, and denote this number by $q\_k(n)$. We prove several recursive results for $q\_k(n)$, in particular we prove that $q\_{k}(n) = q\_{k-1}(n-2) + q\_{k}(n-3)$. We also prove a closed formula in which $q\_k(n)$ is given in terms of Fibonacci numbers, and finally we give the generating function for the sequence $\{q\_{k}(n)\}\_{n=0}^{ \infty}$