Extremal Trees With Prescribed Burning Numbers

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Main Authors: Leong, Eugene Jun Tong, Sim, Kai An, Teh, Wen Chean
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Published: 2025
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author Leong, Eugene Jun Tong
Sim, Kai An
Teh, Wen Chean
author_facet Leong, Eugene Jun Tong
Sim, Kai An
Teh, Wen Chean
contents Graph burning is motivated by the spread of social influence, and the burning number measures the speed of the spread. Given that the smallest burning number among the spanning trees of a graph determines the burning number of a connected graph, trees are the main objects of investigation in graph burning. Given a prescribed burning number, our study focuses on identifying the corresponding extremal trees with respect to order up to graph homeomorphism. In this work, we propose the concept of admissible sequences over a homeomorphically irreducible tree in addition to developing a general framework. We then determine whether an admissible sequence induces an extremal tree with a specified burning number. Additionally, we obtain some results on the smallest attainable diameter for extremal $n$-spiders with a prescribed burning number.
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spellingShingle Extremal Trees With Prescribed Burning Numbers
Leong, Eugene Jun Tong
Sim, Kai An
Teh, Wen Chean
Combinatorics
05C85, 68R10
Graph burning is motivated by the spread of social influence, and the burning number measures the speed of the spread. Given that the smallest burning number among the spanning trees of a graph determines the burning number of a connected graph, trees are the main objects of investigation in graph burning. Given a prescribed burning number, our study focuses on identifying the corresponding extremal trees with respect to order up to graph homeomorphism. In this work, we propose the concept of admissible sequences over a homeomorphically irreducible tree in addition to developing a general framework. We then determine whether an admissible sequence induces an extremal tree with a specified burning number. Additionally, we obtain some results on the smallest attainable diameter for extremal $n$-spiders with a prescribed burning number.
title Extremal Trees With Prescribed Burning Numbers
topic Combinatorics
05C85, 68R10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20427