Let P stand for Petersen graph. Let P* stand for the graph by deleting a vertex...
6. Prove that the following graphs are connected: (a) The 3 vertex cycle: (b) The following 4 vertex graph: (c) K 7. An edge e of a connected graph G is called a cut edge if the graph G obtained by deleting that edge (V(G) V(G) and E(G) E(G) \<ej) is not connected. Prove that if G1 and G2 are connected simple graphs which are isomorphic and if G1 has a cut edge, then G2 also has a cut edge....
4. Let G be a simple graph having at least one edge, and let L(G) be its line graph. (a) Show that x'(G) = x(L(G)). (b) Assume that the highest vertex degree in G is 3. Using the above, show Vizing's Theorem for G. You may use any theorem from class involving the chromatic number, but no theorem involving the chro- matic index.
3. Let P be the Petersen graph: (a) Find a maximum matching in P, and hence determine whether it has a perfect matching (b) Find a maximal matching of size 4 in P. (c) Find a maximal matching of size 3 in P.
) A vartex cover is n set af vertices for which esch edge has at lesst ane of its vertices in the set. What is the size of the smallest vertex ㏄ver in the Petersen graph? Give an example of such a set Prove that a smaller set does not exist. A dominating sot is a set of vertices for which all other vertices have nt lenst ane neighbar in this set. What is the e of the smallest dominating...
Problem 2.13 - page 31. Let G be an n-vertex graph such that for any non-adjacent vertices U, V EV(G), d(u) + d(u) > n. Prove that G is Hamiltonian
a). What is the chromatic number of the graph obtained from Kn by removing two edges with a common vertex? For credit, justify your answer by clearly explaining why the chromatic number is greater than your answer and why the chromatic number is less than or equal to your answer. (this will prove your answer correct). b) What is the chromatic number of the graph obtained from Kn by removing two edges without a common vertex? For credit, justify your...
Let G = (V;E) be an undirected and unweighted graph. Let S be a subset of the vertices. The graph induced on S, denoted G[S] is a graph that has vertex set S and an edge between two vertices u, v that is an element of S provided that {u,v} is an edge of G. A subset K of V is called a killer set of G if the deletion of K kills all the edges of G, that is...
Problem 12.29. A basic example of a simple graph with chromatic number n is the complete graph on n vertices, that is x(Kn) n. This implies that any graph with Kn as a subgraph must have chromatic number at least n. It's a common misconception to think that, conversely, graphs with high chromatic number must contain a large complete sub- graph. In this problem we exhibit a simple example countering this misconception, namely a graph with chromatic number four that...
Let G= (V, E) be a connected undirected graph and let v be a vertex in G. Let T be the depth-first search tree of G starting from v, and let U be the breadth-first search tree of G starting from v. Prove that the height of T is at least as great as the height of U
(2) Recall the following fact: In any planar graph, there exists a vertex whose degree is s 5 Use this fact to prove the six-color theorem: for any planar graph there exists a coloring with six colors, i.e. an assignment of six given colors (e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) to the vertices such that any two vertices connected by an edge have different colors. (Hint: use induction, and in the inductive step remove some verter and all edges...