The detour covering number and cummerbund covering number of a graph

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Main Authors: Li, Chengli, Zhan, Xingzhi
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author Li, Chengli
Zhan, Xingzhi
author_facet Li, Chengli
Zhan, Xingzhi
contents We introduce several new concepts about graphs and investigate their basic properties. A longest path in a graph is called a detour and a longest cycle is called a cummerbund. The detour covering number of a graph is the number of vertices that lie in a detour. A graph is said to be detour covered if every vertex lies in a detour. The cummerbund covering number and cummerbund covered graphs are defined similarly. Some of the main results are as follows. (1) Minimum degree and forbidden subgraph conditions that ensure a graph to be cummerbund covered or detour covered. (2) The minimum cummerbund covering number and minimum detour covering number of a graph with connectivity or girth conditions. (3) The minimum cummerbund covering number of a $2$-connected bipartite graph and the extremal graphs.
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spellingShingle The detour covering number and cummerbund covering number of a graph
Li, Chengli
Zhan, Xingzhi
Combinatorics
05C38, 05C35, 05C40, 05C07
We introduce several new concepts about graphs and investigate their basic properties. A longest path in a graph is called a detour and a longest cycle is called a cummerbund. The detour covering number of a graph is the number of vertices that lie in a detour. A graph is said to be detour covered if every vertex lies in a detour. The cummerbund covering number and cummerbund covered graphs are defined similarly. Some of the main results are as follows. (1) Minimum degree and forbidden subgraph conditions that ensure a graph to be cummerbund covered or detour covered. (2) The minimum cummerbund covering number and minimum detour covering number of a graph with connectivity or girth conditions. (3) The minimum cummerbund covering number of a $2$-connected bipartite graph and the extremal graphs.
title The detour covering number and cummerbund covering number of a graph
topic Combinatorics
05C38, 05C35, 05C40, 05C07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04131