The quadrilateral graph Q(G) is obtained from G by replacing each edge in G with two parallel paths of length 1 and 3, whereas the pentagonal graph W(G) is obtained from G by replacing each edge in G with two parallel paths of length 1 and 4. In this paper, closed-form formulas of resistance distance and Kirchhoff index for quadrilateral graph and pentagonal graph are obtained whenever G is an arbitrary graph.
The resistance between two nodes in some resistor networks has been studied extensively by mathematicians and physicists. Let $L_n$ be a linear hexagonal chain with $n$, 6-cycles. Then identifying the opposite lateral edges of $L_n$ in ordered way yields the linear hexagonal cylinder chain, written as $R_n$. We obtain explicit formulae for the resistance distance $r_{L_n}(i, j)$ (resp. $r_{R_n}(i,j)$) between any two vertices $i$ and $j$ of $L_n$ (resp. $R_n$). To the best of our knowledge ${L_n}_{n=1}^{infty}$ and ${R_n}_{n=1}^{infty}$ are two nontrivial families with diameter going to $infty$ for which all resistance distances have been explicitly calculated. We determine the maximum and the minimum resistance distances in $L_n$ (resp. $R_n$). The monotonicity and some asymptotic properties of resistance distances in $L_n$ and $R_n$ are given. As well we give formulae for the Kirchhoff indices of $L_n$ and $R_n$ respectively.
Xiong and Liu [L. Xiong and Z. Liu, Hamiltonian iterated line graphs, Discrete Math. 256 (2002) 407-422] gave a characterization of the graphs $G$ for which the $n$-th iterated line graph $L^n(G)$ is hamiltonian, for $nge2$. In this paper, we study the existence of a hamiltonian path in $L^n(G)$, and give a characterization of $G$ for which $L^n(G)$ has a hamiltonian path. As applications, we use this characterization to give several upper bounds on the hamiltonian path index of a graph.
A graph $G$ is $k$-path-coverable if its vertex set $V(G)$ can be covered by $k$ or fewer vertex disjoint paths. In this paper, using the $Q$-index of a connected graph $G$, we present a tight sufficient condition for $G$ with fixed minimum degree and large order to be $k$-path-coverable.
Let $ Pi_q $ be the projective plane of order $ q $, let $psi(m):=psi(L(K_m))$ the pseudoachromatic number of the complete line graph of order $ m $, let $ ain { 3,4,dots,tfrac{q}{2}+1 } $ and $ m_a=(q+1)^2-a $. In this paper, we improve the upper bound of $ psi(m) $ given by Araujo-Pardo et al. [J Graph Theory 66 (2011), 89--97] and Jamison [Discrete Math. 74 (1989), 99--115] in the following values: if $ xgeq 2 $ is an integer and $min {4x^2-x,dots,4x^2+3x-3}$ then $psi(m) leq 2x(m-x-1)$. On the other hand, if $ q $ is even and there exists $ Pi_q $ we give a complete edge-colouring of $ K_{m_a} $ with $(m_a-a)q$ colours. Moreover, using this colouring we extend the previous results for $a={-1,0,1,2}$ given by Araujo-Pardo et al. in [J Graph Theory 66 (2011), 89--97] and [Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex. (2014) 20:17--28] proving that $psi(m_a)=(m_a-a)q$ for $ ain {3,4,dots,leftlceil frac{1+sqrt{4q+9}}{2}rightrceil -1 } $.