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The Maximum Size of an Edge Cut and Graph Homomorphisms
Author(s) -
Fan Suo-hai,
HongJian Lai,
Ju Zhou
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2152-7393
pISSN - 2152-7385
DOI - 10.4236/am.2011.210176
Subject(s) - combinatorics , mathematics , homomorphism , graph homomorphism , discrete mathematics , graph , line graph , symmetric graph , regular graph , graph power , voltage graph
For a graph G, let b(G)=max|D|: Dis an edge cut of G . For graphs G and H, a map Ψ: V(G)→V(H) is a graph homomorphism if for each e=uv∈E(G), Ψ(u)Ψ(v)∈E(H). In 1979, Erdös proved by probabilistic methods that for p ≥ 2 with if there is a graph homomorphism from G onto Kp then b(G)f(p)|E(G)| In this paper, we obtained the best possible lower bounds of b(G) for graphs G with a graph homomorphism onto a Kneser graph or a circulant graph and we characterized the graphs G reaching the lower bounds when G is an edge maximal graph with a graph homomorphism onto a complete graph, or onto an odd cycle

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