• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.847-856
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• 2005

M. Junger, G. Reinelt, and W. R. Pulleyblank asked the following questions ([2]). (1) Is it true that every simple planar 2-edge connected bipartite graph has a 3-partition in which each component consists of the edge set of a simple path? (2) Does every simple planar 2-edge connected graph have a 3-partition in which every component consists of the edge set of simple paths and triangles? The purpose of this paper is to provide a positive answer to the second question for simple outerplanar 2-vertex connected graphs and a positive answer to the first question for simple planar 2-edge connected bipartite graphs one set of whose bipartition has at most 4 vertices.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.1169-1183
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• 2015

We describe generalized Cayley graphs of rectangular groups, so that we obtain (1) an equivalent condition for two Cayley graphs of a rectangular group to be isomorphic to each other, (2) a necessary and sufficient condition for a generalized Cayley graph of a rectangular group to be (strong) connected, (3) a necessary and sufficient condition for the colour-preserving automorphism group of such a graph to be vertex-transitive, and (4) a sufficient condition for the automorphism group of such a graph to be vertex-transitive.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.17 no.1_2_3
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• pp.643-651
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• 2005

In the first part of this paper we investigate several statements concerning infinite maximal planar graphs which are equivalent in finite case. In the second one, for a given induced $\theta$-path (a finite induced path whose endvertices are adjacent to a vertex of infinite degree) in a 4-connected VAP-free maximal planar graph containing a vertex of infinite degree, a new $\theta$-path is constructed such that the resulting fan is tight.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.24 no.1_2
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• pp.141-154
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• 2007

The connectivity problem is a fundamental problem in graph theory. The best known algorithm to solve the connectivity problem on general graphs with n vertices and m edges takes $O(K(G)mn^{1.5})$ time, where K(G) is the vertex connectivity of G. In this paper, an efficient algorithm is designed to solve vertex connectivity problem, which takes $O(n^2)$ time and O(n) space for a trapezoid graph.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.77-83
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• 2024

Chung defined a pebbling move on a graph G as the removal of two pebbles from one vertex and the addition of one pebble to an adjacent vertex. The monophonic pebbling number guarantees that a pebble can be shifted in the chordless and the longest path possible if there are any hurdles in the process of the supply chain. For a connected graph G a monophonic path between any two vertices x and y contains no chords. The monophonic pebbling number, µ(G), is the least positive integer n such that for any distribution of µ(G) pebbles it is possible to move on G allowing one pebble to be carried to any specified but arbitrary vertex using monophonic a path by a sequence of pebbling operations. The aim of this study is to find out the monophonic pebbling numbers of the sun graphs, (C_n × P₂) + K₁ graph, the spherical graph, the anti-prism graphs, and an n-crossed prism graph.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.60 no.5
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• pp.959-986
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• 2023

Zhai and Lin recently proved that if G is an n-vertex connected 𝜃(1, 2, r + 1)-free graph, then for odd r and n ⩾ 10r, or for even r and n ⩾ 7r, one has ${\rho}(G){\leq}{\sqrt{{\lfloor}{\frac{n^2}{4}}{\rfloor}}}$, and equality holds if and only if G is $K_{{\lceil}{\frac{n}{2}}{\rceil},{\lfloor}{\frac{n}{2}}{\rfloor}}$. In this paper, for large enough n, we prove a sharp upper bound for the spectral radius in an n-vertex H-free non-bipartite graph, where H is 𝜃(1, 2, 3) or 𝜃(1, 2, 4), and we characterize all the extremal graphs. Furthermore, for n ⩾ 137, we determine the maximum number of edges in an n-vertex 𝜃(1, 2, 4)-free non-bipartite graph and characterize the unique extremal graph.

• Honam Mathematical Journal
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.645-651
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• 2020

The distinguishing number (index) D(G) (D'(G)) of a graph G is the least integer d such that G has an vertex labeling (edge labeling) with d labels that is preserved only by a trivial automorphism. The strong product G ☒ H of two graphs G and H is the graph with vertex set V (G) × V (H) and edge set {{(x1, x2),(y1, y2)}|xiyi ∈ E(Gi) or xi = yi for each 1 ≤ i ≤ 2.}. In this paper we study the distinguishing number and the distinguishing index of strong product of two graphs. We prove that for every k ≥ 2, the k-th strong power of a connected S-thin graph G has distinguishing index equal two.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.60 no.3
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• pp.467-475
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• 2020

Let G be a chemical graph with vertex set {v₁, v₁, …, v_n} and degree sequence d(G) = (deg_G(v₁), deg_G(v₂), …, deg_G(v_n)). The inverse degree, R(G) of G is defined as $R(G)={\sum{_{i=1}^{n}}}\;{\frac{1}{deg_G(v_i)}}$. The cyclomatic number of G is defined as γ = m - n + k, where m, n and k are the number of edges, vertices and components of G, respectively. In this paper, some upper bounds on the diameter of a chemical graph in terms of its inverse degree are given. We also obtain an ordering of connected chemical graphs with respect to the inverse degree.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.63 no.1
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• pp.123-129
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• 2023

For an ordered set W = {w₁, w₂, . . . , w_k} of vertices and a vertex v in a connected graph G, the k-vector r(v|W) = (d(v, w₁), d(v, w₂), . . . , d(v, w_k)) is called the metric representation of v with respect to W, where d(x, y) is the distance between the vertices x and y. A set W is called a resolving set for G if distinct vertices of G have distinct metric representations with respect to W. The minimum cardinality of a resolving set for G is its metric dimension dim(G), and a resolving set of minimum cardinality is a basis of G. The corona product, G ⊙ H of graphs G and H is obtained by taking one copy of G and n(G) copies of H, and by joining each vertex of the ith copy of H to the ith vertex of G. In this paper, we obtain bounds for dim(G ⊙ K₁), characterize all graphs G with dim(G ⊙ K₁) = dim(G), and prove that dim(G ⊙ K₁) = n - 1 if and only if G is the complete graph K_n or the star graph K_1,n-1.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.14 no.1_2
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• pp.185-191
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• 2004

Given a connected graph G, we say that a set EC\;{\subseteq}\;V(G)$ is convex in G if, for every pair of vertices x, $y\;{\in}\;C$, the vertex set of every x - y geodesic in G is contained in C. The convexity number of G is the cardinality of a maximal proper convex set in G. In this paper, we show that every pair k, n of integers with $2\;{\leq}k\;{\leq}\;n\;-\;1$ is realizable as the convexity number and order, respectively, of some connected triangle-free graph, and give a lower bound for the convexity number of k-regular graphs of order n with n > k+1.