let $g$ be an $(n,m)$-graph. we say that $g$ has property $(ast)$if for every pair of its adjacent vertices $x$ and $y$, thereexists a vertex $z$, such that $z$ is not adjacentto either $x$ or $y$. if the graph $g$ has property $(ast)$, thenits complement $overline g$ is connected, has diameter 2, and itswiener index is equal to $binom{n}{2}+m$, i.e., the wiener indexis insensitive of any other...

Induction (or transformation) by bipartite graphs is one of the most important operations on matroids, and it is well known that the induction of a matroid by a bipartite graph is again a matroid. As an abstract form of this fact, the induction of a matroid by a linking system is known to be a matroid. M-convex functions are quantitative extensions of matroidal structures, and they are known as...

For any $k in mathbb{N}$, the $k$-subdivision of graph $G$ is a simple graph $G^{frac{1}{k}}$, which is constructed by replacing each edge of $G$ with a path of length $k$. In [Moharram N. Iradmusa, On colorings of graph fractional powers, Discrete Math., (310) 2010, No. 10-11, 1551-1556] the $m$th power of the $n$-subdivision of $G$ has been introduced as a fractional power of $G$, denoted by ...

The Birkhoff-von Neumann (BVN) strategy for offline switching does not support multicast, as it considers only permutation-based switch configurations. This thesis extends the BVN strategy to multicast switching. Using a graph theoretic model, we show that the capacity region for a traffic pattern is precisely the stable set polytope of the pattern’s “conflict graph”, in the no-fanout-splitting...

The problem of counting the number of independent sets of a graph G (denoted as NI(G)) is a classic #P-complete problem for graphs of degree 3 or higher. Exploiting the strong relation between NI(G) and Fibonacci numbers, we show that if the depth-first graph of G does not contain a pair of basic cycles with common edges, then NI(G) can be computed in linear time (in the size of the graph). Thi...

Let m and t be positive integers with t ≥ 2. An (m, t)-splitting system is a pair (X,B) where |X| = m and B is a collection of subsets of X called blocks, such that, for every Y ⊆ X with |Y | = t, there exists a block B ∈ B such that |B ∩ Y | = ⌊ t 2 ⌋ . An (m, t)-splitting system is uniform if every block has size ⌊ m 2 ⌋ . In this paper, we give several constructions and bounds for splitting ...

for any $k in mathbb{n}$, the $k$-subdivision of graph $g$ is a simple graph $g^{frac{1}{k}}$, which is constructed by replacing each edge of $g$ with a path of length $k$. in [moharram n. iradmusa, on colorings of graph fractional powers, discrete math., (310) 2010, no. 10-11, 1551-1556] the $m$th power of the $n$-subdivision of $g$ has been introduced as a fractional power of $g$, denoted by ...

ABSTRACT. Suppose G is a graph, A(G) its adjacency matrix and f(G, x)=x^n+a_(n-1)x^(n-1)+... is the characteristic polynomial of G. The matching polynomial of G is defined as M(G, x) = x^n-m(G,1)x^(n-2) + ... where m(G,k) is the number of k-matchings in G. In this paper, we determine the relationship between 2k-th coefficient of characteristic polynomial, a_(2k), and k-th coefficient of matchin...

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple connected graph. A matching $M$ in a graph $G$ is a collection of edges of $G$ such that no two edges from $M$ share a vertex. A matching $M$ is maximal if it cannot be extended to a larger matching in $G$. The cardinality of any smallest maximal matching in $G$ is the saturation number of $G$ and is denoted by $s(G)$. In this paper we study the saturation numbe...