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On the $\mu$-parameters of the Petersen graph

Discrete Mathematics 2013-07-16 v2

Abstract

For an undirected, simple, finite, connected graph GG, we denote by V(G)V(G) and E(G)E(G) the sets of its vertices and edges, respectively. A function φ:E(G){1,...,t}\varphi:E(G)\rightarrow \{1,...,t\} is called a proper edge tt-coloring of a graph GG, if adjacent edges are colored differently and each of tt colors is used. The least value of tt for which there exists a proper edge tt-coloring of a graph GG is denoted by χ(G)\chi'(G). For any graph GG, and for any integer tt satisfying the inequality χ(G)tE(G)\chi'(G)\leq t\leq |E(G)|, we denote by α(G,t)\alpha(G,t) the set of all proper edge tt-colorings of GG. Let us also define a set α(G)\alpha(G) of all proper edge colorings of a graph GG: α(G)t=χ(G)E(G)α(G,t). \alpha(G)\equiv\bigcup_{t=\chi'(G)}^{|E(G)|}\alpha(G,t). An arbitrary nonempty finite subset of consecutive integers is called an interval. If φα(G)\varphi\in\alpha(G) and xV(G)x\in V(G), then the set of colors of edges of GG which are incident with xx is denoted by SG(x,φ)S_G(x,\varphi) and is called a spectrum of the vertex xx of the graph GG at the proper edge coloring φ\varphi. If GG is a graph and φα(G)\varphi\in\alpha(G), then define fG(φ){xV(G)/SG(x,φ)is an interval}f_G(\varphi)\equiv|\{x\in V(G)/S_G(x,\varphi) \textrm{is an interval}\}|. For a graph GG and any integer tt, satisfying the inequality χ(G)tE(G)\chi'(G)\leq t\leq |E(G)|, we define: μ1(G,t)minφα(G,t)fG(φ),μ2(G,t)maxφα(G,t)fG(φ). \mu_1(G,t)\equiv\min_{\varphi\in\alpha(G,t)}f_G(\varphi),\qquad \mu_2(G,t)\equiv\max_{\varphi\in\alpha(G,t)}f_G(\varphi). For any graph GG, we set: μ11(G)minχ(G)tE(G)μ1(G,t),μ12(G)maxχ(G)tE(G)μ1(G,t), \mu_{11}(G)\equiv\min_{\chi'(G)\leq t\leq|E(G)|}\mu_1(G,t),\qquad \mu_{12}(G)\equiv\max_{\chi'(G)\leq t\leq|E(G)|}\mu_1(G,t), μ21(G)minχ(G)tE(G)μ2(G,t),μ22(G)maxχ(G)tE(G)μ2(G,t). \mu_{21}(G)\equiv\min_{\chi'(G)\leq t\leq|E(G)|}\mu_2(G,t),\qquad \mu_{22}(G)\equiv\max_{\chi'(G)\leq t\leq|E(G)|}\mu_2(G,t). For the Petersen graph, the exact values of the parameters μ11\mu_{11}, μ12\mu_{12}, μ21\mu_{21} and μ22\mu_{22} are found.

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@article{arxiv.1307.2348,
  title  = {On the $\mu$-parameters of the Petersen graph},
  author = {N. N. Davtyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2348},
  year   = {2013}
}

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arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1307.1389; and substantial text overlap with arXiv:1205.0125, arXiv:1307.1389 by other authors