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Graphlike families of multiweights

Combinatorics 2016-10-04 v3

Abstract

Let G=(G,w){\cal G}=(G,w) be a weighted graph , that is, a graph GG endowed with a function ww from the edge set of GG to the set of real numbers; for any subset SS of the vertex set of GG, we define DS(G)D_S({\cal G}) to be the minimum of the weights of the subgraphs of GG whose vertex set contains SS; we call DS(G)D_S({\cal G}) a multiweight of G{\cal G}. Let XX be a finite set and let {DS}SX,  S2\{D_S\}_{S \subset X, \; \sharp S \geq 2} be a family of positive real numbers. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the family to be the family of multiweights of a positive-weighted graph with vertex set XX. Moreover we study the analogous problem for trees. Finally, we find a criterion to say if there exists a nonnegative-weighted tree T{\cal T} with leaf set XX and such that DS(T)=DSD_S ({\cal T})=D_S for any SXS \subset X.

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@article{arxiv.1606.09183,
  title  = {Graphlike families of multiweights},
  author = {Agnese Baldisserri and Elena Rubei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.09183},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages, minor changes

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