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Let P_G(q) denote the number of proper q-colorings of a graph G. This function, called the chromatic polynomial of G, was introduced by Birkhoff in 1912, who sought to attack the famous four-color problem by minimizing P_G(4) over all planar graphs G. Since then, motivated by a variety of applications, much research was done on minimizing or maximizing P_G(q) over various families of graphs. In this paper, we study an old problem of Linial and Wilf, to find the graphs with n vertices and m edges which maximize the number of q-colorings. We provide the first approach which enables one to solve this problem for many nontrivial ranges of parameters. Using our machinery, we show that for each q >= 4 and sufficiently large m < kappa_q n^2 where kappa_q is approximately 1/(q log q), the extremal graphs are complete bipartite graphs minus the edges of a star, plus isolated vertices. Moreover, for q = 3, we establish the structure of optimal graphs for all large m <= n^2/4, confirming (in a stronger form) a conjecture of Lazebnik from 1989.
An emph{interval $t$-coloring} of a multigraph $G$ is a proper edge coloring with colors $1,dots,t$ such that the colors on the edges incident to every vertex of $G$ are colored by consecutive colors. A emph{cyclic interval $t$-coloring} of a multigr
Let $q_{min}(G)$ stand for the smallest eigenvalue of the signless Laplacian of a graph $G$ of order $n.$ This paper gives some results on the following extremal problem: How large can $q_minleft( Gright) $ be if $G$ is a graph of order $n,$ with n
We give two proofs of the $q,t$-symmetry of the generalized $q,t$-Catalan number $C_{vec{k}}(q,t)$ for $vec{k}=(k_1,k_2,k_3)$. One is by MacMahons partition analysis as we proposed; the other is by a direct bijection.
Colored triangulations offer a generalization of combinatorial maps to higher dimensions. Just like maps are gluings of polygons, colored triangulations are built as gluings of special, higher-dimensional building blocks, such as octahedra, which we
In this paper, we study the achromatic and the pseudoachromatic numbers of planar and outerplanar graphs as well as planar graphs of girth 4 and graphs embedded on a surface. We give asymptotically tight results and lower bounds for maximal embedded graphs.