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Let $L(n,d)$ denote the minimum possible number of leaves in a tree of order $n$ and diameter $d.$ In 1975 Lesniak gave the lower bound $B(n,d)=lceil 2(n-1)/drceil$ for $L(n,d).$ When $d$ is even, $B(n,d)=L(n,d).$ But when $d$ is odd, $B(n,d)$ is smaller than $L(n,d)$ in general. For example, $B(21,3)=14$ while $L(21,3)=19.$ We prove that for $dge 2,$ $ L(n,d)=leftlceil frac{2(n-1)}{d}rightrceil$ if $d$ is even and $L(n,d)=leftlceil frac{2(n-2)}{d-1}rightrceil$ if $d$ is odd. The converse problem is also considered. Let $D(n,f)$ be the minimum possible diameter of a tree of order $n$ with exactly $f$ leaves. We prove that $D(n,f)=2$ if $n=f+1,$ $D(n,f)=2k+1$ if $n=kf+2,$ and $D(n,f)=2k+2$ if $kf+3le nle (k+1)f+1.$
An oriented graph $G^sigma$ is a digraph without loops or multiple arcs whose underlying graph is $G$. Let $Sleft(G^sigmaright)$ be the skew-adjacency matrix of $G^sigma$ and $alpha(G)$ be the independence number of $G$. The rank of $S(G^sigma)$ is c
A signed graph $(G, sigma)$ is a graph with a sign attached to each of its edges, where $G$ is the underlying graph of $(G, sigma)$. Let $c(G)$, $alpha(G)$ and $r(G, sigma)$ be the cyclomatic number, the independence number and the rank of the adjace
The puzzle presented by the famous stumps of Gilboa, New York, finds a solution in the discovery of two fossil specimens that allow the entire structure of these early trees to be reconstructed.
Given a simple graph $G=(V_G, E_G)$ with vertex set $V_G$ and edge set $E_G$, the mixed graph $widetilde{G}$ is obtained from $G$ by orienting some of its edges. Let $H(widetilde{G})$ denote the Hermitian adjacency matrix of $widetilde{G}$ and $A(G)$
An $r$-matching in a graph $G$ is a collection of edges in $G$ such that the distance between any two edges is at least $r$. A $2$-matching is also called an induced matching. In this paper, we estimate the maximum number of $r$-matchings in a tree o