Maximum Number of Edges of (rK_t)-Free Graphs

With positive integers r,t and n,where n≥rt and t≥2,the maximum number of edges of a simple graph of order n is estimated,which does not contain r disjoint copies of K_r for r=2 and 3.

EDGE-FACE CHROMATIC NUMBER OF 2-CONNECTED PLANE GRAPHS WITH HIGH MAXIMUM DEGREE

The edge-face chromatic number Xef （G） of a plane graph G is the least number of colors assigned to the edges and faces such that every adjacent or incident pair of them receives different colors. In this article, the authors prove that every 2-connected plane graph G with △（G）≥｜G｜ - 2≥9 has Xef（G） = △（G）.

A LOWER BOUND ON COCHROMATIC NUMBER FOR LINE GRAPHS OF A KIND OF GRAPHS

ErdOs,Gimbel and Straight （1990） conjectured that if ω（G）〈5 and z（G）〉3,then z（G）≥Z（G）-2. But by using the concept of edge cochromatic number it is proved that if G is the line graph of a connected triangle-free graph with ω（G）〈5 and G≠K4, then z（G）≥X（G）-2.

Smarandachely Adjacent-vertex-distinguishing Proper Edge Coloring ofK4 V Kn

Let f be a proper edge coloring of G using k colors. For each x ∈ V（G）, the set of the colors appearing on the edges incident with x is denoted by Sf（x） or simply S（x） if no confusion arise. If S（u） = S（v） and S（v） S（u） for any two adjacent vertices u and v, then f is called a Smarandachely adjacent vertex distinguishing proper edge col- oring using k colors, or k-SA-edge coloring. The minimum number k for which G has a Smarandachely adjacent-vertex-distinguishing proper edge coloring using k colors is called the Smarandachely adjacent-vertex-distinguishing proper edge chromatic number, or SA- edge chromatic number for short, and denoted by Xsa（G）. In this paper, we have discussed the SA-edge chromatic number of K4 V Kn.

Adjacent Strong Edge Chromatic Number of Series-Parallel Graphs

In this paper, we will study the adjacent strong edge coloring of series-parallel graphs, and prove that series-parallel graphs of △(G) = 3 and 4 satisfy the conjecture of adjacent strong edge coloring using the double inductions and the method of exchanging colors from the aspect of configuration property. For series-parallel graphs of △(G) ≥ 5, △(G) ≤ x'as(G) ≤ △(G) + 1. Moreover, x'as(G) = △(G) + 1 if and only if it has two adjacent vertices of maximum degree, where △(G) and X'as(G) denote the maximum degree and the adjacent strong edge chromatic number of graph G respectively.

An Upper Bound for the Adjacent Vertex Distinguishing Acyclic Edge Chromatic Number of a Graph

A proper k-edge coloring of a graph G is called adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge coloring if there is no 2-colored cycle in G and the color set of edges incident to u is not equal to the color set of edges incident to v, where uv ∈E（G）. The adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge chromatic number of G, denoted by χ＇αα（G）, is the minimal number of colors in an adjacent vertex distinguishing acyclic edge coloring of G. In this paper we prove that if G（V, E） is a graph with no isolated edges, then χ＇αα（G）≤32△.

Upper embeddability,edge independence number and girth

Combined with the edge-connectivity, this paper investigates the relationship between the edge independence number and upper embeddability. And we obtain the following result:Let G be a k-edge-connected graph with girth g. If $$ \alpha '(G) \leqslant ((k - 2)^2 + 2)\left\lfloor {\frac{g} {2}} \right\rfloor + \frac{{1 - ( - 1)^g }} {2}((k - 1)(k - 2) + 1) - 1, $$ where k = 1, 2, 3, and α′(G) denotes the edge independence number of G, then G is upper embeddable and the upper bound is best possible. And it has generalized the relative results.

On Signed Edge Total Domination Numbers of Graphs

Let G = （V,E） be a graph.A function f ： E → {-1,1} is said to be a signed edge total dominating function （SETDF） of G if e ∈N（e） f（e ） ≥ 1 holds for every edge e ∈ E（G）.The signed edge total domination number γ st （G） of G is defined as γ st （G） = min{ e∈E（G） f（e）｜f is an SETDF of G}.In this paper we obtain some new lower bounds of γ st （G）.

Number of edges in inhomogeneous random graphs

We study the number of edges in the inhomogeneous random graph when vertex weights have an infinite mean and show that the number of edges is O(n log n).Central limit theorems for the number of edges are also established.

On the Adjacent Strong Edge Coloring of Halin Graphs

A proper k-edge coloring f of graph G(V, E) is said to be a k:-adjacent strong edge coloring of graph G(V,E) iff every uv∈E(G) satisfy f[u]≠f/[v], where f[u] = {f(uw)|uw ∈E(G)} then f is called k-adjacent strong edge coloring of G, is abbreviated k-ASEC: and x'as(G) = min{k|k-ASEC of G} is called the adjacent strong edge chromatic number. In this paper, we study the x'as(G) of Halin graphs with △A(G)≥5.

EDGE COVERING COLORING AND FRACTIONAL EDGE COVERING COLORING

Abstract. Let G be a graph with edge set E(G). S E(G) is called an edge cover of G ifevery vertex of G is an end vertex of some edges in S. The edge covering chromatic numberof a graph G, denoted by Xc(G) is the maximum size of a partition of E(G) into edgecovers of G. It is known that for any graph G with minimum degree δ,δ- 1 The fractional edge covering chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by Xcf(G), is thefractional matching number of the edge covering hypergraph H of G whose vertices arethe edges of G and whose hyperedges the edge covers of G. In this paper, we studythe relation between X’c(G) and δ for any graph G, and give a new simple proof of theinequalities δ - 1 ≤ X’c(G) ≤ δ by the technique of graph coloring. For any graph G, wegive an exact formula of X’cf(G), that is,where A(G)=minand the minimum is taken over all noempty subsets S of V(G) and C[S] is the set of edgesthat have at least one end in S.

On the Relations of Graph Parameters and Its Total Parameters

In this paper we get some relations between α（G）, α＇（G）, β（G）, β＇（G） and αT（G）, βT（G）. And all bounds in these relations are best possible, where α（G）, α＇（G）,/3（G）, β（G）, αT（G） and βT（G） are the covering number, edge-covering number, independent number, edge-independent number （or matching number）, total covering number and total independent number, respectively.

On the Distribution of Laplacian Eigenvalues of a Graph

This paper presents some bounds on the number of Laplacian eigenvalues contained in various subintervals of [0, n] by using the matching number and edge covering number for G, and asserts that for a connected graph the Laplacian eigenvalue 1 appears with certain multiplicity. Furthermore, as an application of our result （Theorem 13）, Grone and Merris＇ conjecture [The Laplacian spectrum of graph II. SIAM J. Discrete Math., 7, 221-229 （1994）] is partially proved.