Journal of applied mathematics & informatics

한국전산응용수학회 (The Korean Society for Computational and Applied Mathematics)
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ON THE CRITICAL GROUP OF $\hat{W}_{4n}$

  • Raza, Zahid (Department of Mathematics, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences) ;
  • Waheed, Seemal Abdul (Department of Mathematics, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences)
  • 투고 : 2012.01.09
  • 심사 : 2012.03.14
  • 발행 : 2012.09.30
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The family of graphs $\hat{W}_{4n}$ is defined by taking the simple whee graph $W_{n+1}$ with $n$ rim vertices and then adding three extra vertices on every rim edge of the wheel. In this paper, the critical group of this whole family of graphs is investigated.

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