Decreasing the mean subtree order by adding $k$ edges
Combinatorics
2023-08-25 v1
Abstract
The mean subtree order of a given graph , denoted , is the average number of vertices in a subtree of . Let be a connected graph. Chin, Gordon, MacPhee, and Vincent [J. Graph Theory, 89(4): 413-438, 2018] conjectured that if is a proper spanning supergraph of , then . Cameron and Mol [J. Graph Theory, 96(3): 403-413, 2021] disproved this conjecture by showing that there are infinitely many pairs of graphs and with , and such that . They also conjectured that for every positive integer , there exists a pair of graphs and with , and such that . Furthermore, they proposed that provided . In this note, we confirm these two conjectures.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2308.12808,
title = {Decreasing the mean subtree order by adding $k$ edges},
author = {Stijn Cambie and Guantao Chen and Yanli Hao and Nizamettin Tokar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.12808},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
11 Pages, 5 Figures Paper identical to JGT submission