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We prove that we can specify by formulas of monadic second-order logic the unique planar embedding of a 3-connected planar graph. If the planar graph is not 3-connected but given with a linear order of its set of edges, we can also define a planar embedding by monadic second-order formulas. We cannot do so in general without the ordering, even for 2-connected planar graphs. The planar embedding...

This article establishes that the split decomposition of graphs introduced by Cunnigham, is definable in Monadic Second-Order Logic.This result is actually an instance of a more general result covering canonical graph decompositions like the modular decomposition and the Tutte decomposition of 2-connected graphs into 3-connected components. As an application, we prove that the set of graphs hav...

cospectrality of two graphs measures the differences between the ordered spectrum of these graphs in various ways. actually,the origin of this concept came back to richard brualdi's problems that are proposed in cite{braldi}:let $g_n$ and $g'_n$ be two nonisomorphic simple graphs on $n$ vertices with spectra$$lambda_1 geq lambda_2 geq cdots geq lambda_n ;;;text{and};;; lambda'_1 geq lambda'_2 g...

in this paper, the weighted szeged indices of cartesian product and corona product of twoconnected graphs are obtained. using the results obtained here, the weighted szeged indices ofthe hypercube of dimension n, hamming graph, c4 nanotubes, nanotorus, grid, t− fold bristled,sunlet, fan, wheel, bottleneck graphs and some classes of bridge graphs are computed.

let $gamma_{n,kappa}$ be the class of all graphs with $ngeq3$ vertices and $kappageq2$ vertex connectivity. denote by $upsilon_{n,beta}$ the family of all connected graphs with $ngeq4$ vertices and matching number $beta$ where $2leqbetaleqlfloorfrac{n}{2}rfloor$. in the classes of graphs $gamma_{n,kappa}$ and $upsilon_{n,beta}$, the elements having maximum augmented zagreb index are determined.

in this paper, we determine the degree distance of the complement of arbitrary mycielskian graphs. it is well known that almost all graphs have diameter two. we determine this graphical invariant for the mycielskian of graphs with diameter two.

the stability of a communication network composed of processing nodes and communication links is of prime importance to network designers. as the network begins losing links or nodes, eventually there is a loss in its effectiveness. thus, communication networks must be constructed to be as stable as possible, not only with respect to the initial disruption, but also with respect to the possible...

a multicone graph is defined to be join of a clique and a regular graph. a graph $ g $ is  cospectral with  graph $ h $ if their adjacency matrices have the same eigenvalues. a graph $ g $ is  said to be  determined by its spectrum or ds for short, if for any graph $ h $ with $ spec(g)=spec(h)$, we conclude that $ g $ is isomorphic to $ h $. in this paper, we present new classes of  multicone g...