Chromaticity of Certain Bipartite Graphs

Since the introduction of the concepts of chromatically unique graphs and chromatically equivalent graphs, numerous families of such graphs have been obtained. The purpose of this thesis is to continue with the search of families of chromatically unique bipartite graphs. In Chapters 1 and 2, we define the concept of graph colouring, the associated chromatic polynomial and some properties of a chromatic polynomial. We also give some necessary conditions for graphs that are chromatically unique or chromatically equivalent. We end this chapter by stating some known results on the chromaticity of bipartite graphs, denoted as K(p,q)

Chromaticity of Certain 2-Connected Graphs

Since the introduction of the concepts of chromatically unique graphs and chromatically equivalent graphs, many families of such graphs have been obtained. In this thesis, we continue with the search of families of chromatically unique graphs and chromatically equivalent graphs. In Chapter 1, we define the concept of graph colouring, the associated chromatic polynomial and some properties of a chromatic polynomial. We also give some necessary conditions for graphs that are chromatically unique or chromatically equivalent. Chapter 2 deals with the chromatic classes of certain existing 2-connected (n, n + 1,)-graphs for z = 0, 1, 2 and 3. Many families of chromatically unique graphs and chromatically equivalent graphs of these classes have been obtained. At the end of the chapter, we re-determine the chromaticity of two families of 2-connected (n, n + 3)-graphs with at least two triangles. Our main results in this thesis are presented in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. In Chapter 3, we classify all the 2-connected (n, n + 4)-graphs wit h at least four triangles . In Chapter 4 , we classify all the 2-connected (n, n + 4)-graphs wit h t hree triangles and one induced 4-cycle. In Chapter 5, we classify all the 2-connected (n, n + 4)graphs with three triangles and at least two induced 4-cycles . In each chapter, we obtain new families of chromatically unique graphs and chromatically equivalent graphs. We end the thesis by classifying all the 2-connected (n, n + 4)-graphs with exactly three triangles. We also determine the chromatic polynomial of all these graphs. The determination of the chromaticity of most classes of these graphs is left as an open problem for future research

Graph homomorphisms, the Tutte polynomial and “q-state Potts uniqueness”

We establish for which weighted graphs H homomorphism functions from multigraphs G to H are specializations of the Tutte polynomial of G, answering a question of Freedman, Lov´asz and Schrijver. We introduce a new property of graphs called “q-state Potts uniqueness” and relate it to chromatic and Tutte uniqueness, and also to “chromatic–flow uniqueness”, recently studied by Duan, Wu and Yu.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia MTM2005-08441-C02-0

Distinguishing graphs by their left and right homomorphism profiles

We introduce a new property of graphs called ‘q-state Potts unique-ness’ and relate it to chromatic and Tutte uniqueness, and also to ‘chromatic–flow uniqueness’, recently studied by Duan, Wu and Yu. We establish for which edge-weighted graphs H homomor-phism functions from multigraphs G to H are specializations of the Tutte polynomial of G, in particular answering a question of Freed-man, Lovász and Schrijver. We also determine for which edge-weighted graphs H homomorphism functions from multigraphs G to H are specializations of the ‘edge elimination polynomial’ of Averbouch, Godlin and Makowsky and the ‘induced subgraph poly-nomial’ of Tittmann, Averbouch and Makowsky. Unifying the study of these and related problems is the notion of the left and right homomorphism profiles of a graph.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia MTM2008-05866-C03-01Junta de Andalucía FQM- 0164Junta de Andalucía P06-FQM-0164

Chromatic equivalence class of the join of certain tripartite graphs

For a simple graph G, let P(G;λ) be the chromatic polynomial of G. Two graphs G and H are said to be chromatically equivalent, denoted G ~ H if P(G;λ) = P(H;λ). A graph G is said to be chromatically unique, if H ~ G implies that H ≅ G. Chia [4] determined the chromatic equivalence class of the graph consisting of the join of p copies of the path each of length 3. In this paper, we determined the chromatic equivalence class of the graph consisting of the join of p copies of the complete tripartite graph K1,2,3. MSC: 05C15;05C6

Chromaticity of a family of 5-partite graphs

AbstractLet P(G,λ) be the chromatic polynomial of a graph G. Two graphs G and H are said to be chromatically equivalent, denoted G∼H, if P(G,λ)=P(H,λ). We write [G]={H∣H∼G}. If [G]={G}, then G is said to be chromatically unique. In this paper, we first characterize certain complete 5-partite graphs G with 5n vertices according to the number of 6-independent partitions of G. Using these results, we investigate the chromaticity of G with certain stars or matching deleted parts . As a by-product, two new families of chromatically unique complete 5-partite graphs G with certain stars or matching deleted parts are obtained

Chromaticity of a family of K4 homeomorphs

AbstractA K4 homeomorph can be described as a graph on n vertices having 4 vertices of degree 3 and n − 4 vertices of degree 2; each pair of degree 3 vertices is joined by a path. We study the chromatic uniqueness and chromatic equivalence of one family of K4 homeomorphs. This family has exactly 3 paths of length one. The results of this study leads us to solve 3 of the problems posed by Koh and Teo in their 1990 survey paper which appeared in Graphs and Combinatorics

Chromatic equivalence classes of complete tripartite graphs

AbstractSome necessary conditions on a graph which has the same chromatic polynomial as the complete tripartite graph Km,n,r are developed. Using these, we obtain the chromatic equivalence classes for Km,n,n (where 1≤m≤n) and Km1,m2,m3 (where |mi−mj|≤3). In particular, it is shown that (i) Km,n,n (where 2≤m≤n) and (ii) Km1,m2,m3 (where |mi−mj|≤3, 2≤mi,i=1,2,3) are uniquely determined by their chromatic polynomials. The result (i), proved earlier by Liu et al. [R.Y. Liu, H.X. Zhao, C.Y. Ye, A complete solution to a conjecture on chromatic uniqueness of complete tripartite graphs, Discrete Math. 289 (2004) 175–179], answers a conjecture (raised in [G.L. Chia, B.H. Goh, K.M. Koh, The chromaticity of some families of complete tripartite graphs (In Honour of Prof. Roberto W. Frucht), Sci. Ser. A (1988) 27–37 (special issue)]) in the affirmative, while result (ii) extends a result of Zou [H.W. Zou, On the chromatic uniqueness of complete tripartite graphs Kn1,n2,n3 J. Systems Sci. Math. Sci. 20 (2000) 181–186]