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Weighted graphs with distances in given ranges

Combinatorics 2014-12-18 v2

Abstract

Let G=(G,w){\cal G}=(G,w) be a weighted simple finite connected graph, that is, let GG be a simple finite connected graph endowed with a function ww from the set of the edges of GG to the set of real numbers. For any subgraph GG' of GG, we define w(G)w(G') to be the sum of the weights of the edges of GG'. For any i,ji,j vertices of GG, we define D{i,j}(G)D_{\{i,j\}} ({\cal G}) to be the minimum of the weights of the simple paths of GG joining ii and jj. The D{i,j}(G)D_{\{i,j\}} ({\cal G}) are called 22-weights of G{\cal G}. Let {mI}I({1,...,n}2)\{m_I\}_{I \in {\{1,...,n\} \choose 2}} and {MI}I({1,...,n}2)\{M_I\}_{I \in {\{1,...,n\} \choose 2}} be two families of positive real numbers parametrized by the 22-subsets of {1,...,n} \{1,..., n\} with mIMIm_I \leq M_I for any II; we study when there exist a positive-weighted graph G{\cal G} and an nn-subset {1,...,n}\{1,..., n\} of the set of its vertices such that DI(G)[mI,MI]D_I ({\cal G}) \in [m_I, M_I] for any I({1,...,n}2)I \in {\{1,...,n\} \choose 2}. Then we study the analogous problem for trees, both in the case of positive weights and in the case of general weights.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.3863,
  title  = {Weighted graphs with distances in given ranges},
  author = {Elena Rubei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3863},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Comments are welcome; some minor changes (thm.16)

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