Merrifield-Simmons index and minimum number of independent sets in shor trees

Autor: Frendrup, Allan, Pedersen, Anders Sune, Sapozhenko, Alexander A., Vestergaard, Preben D.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Zdroj: Frendrup, A, Pedersen, A S, Sapozhenko, A A & Vestergaard, P D 2009, Merrifield-Simmons index and minimum number of independent sets in shor trees . Research Report Series, no. R-2009-03, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Aalborg .
Popis: In Ars Comb. 84 (2007), 85-96, Pedersen and Vestergaard posed the problem of determining a lower bound for the number of independent sets in a tree of fixed order and diameter d. Asymptotically, we give here a complete solution for trees of diameter d ≤ 5. The lower bound is 5 n/3 and we give the structure of the extremal trees. A generalization to connected graphs is stated. In Ars Comb. 84 (2007), 85-96, Pedersen and Vestergaard posed the problem of determining a lower bound for the number of independent sets in a tree of fixed order and diameter d. Asymptotically, we give here a complete solution for trees of diameter d ≤ 5. The lower bound is 5 n/3 and we give the structure of the extremal trees. A generalization to connected graphs is stated.
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