ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Median of a graph with respect to edges

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, St.Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, India.

Abstract

For any vertex v and any edge e in a non-trivial connected graph G, the distance sum d(v) of v is d(v)=uVd(v,u), the vertex-to-edge distance sum d₁(v) of v is d(v)=eEd(v,e), the edge-to-vertex distance sum d₂(e) of e is d(e)=vVd(e,v) and the edge-to-edge distance sum d₃(e) of e is d(e)=fEd(e,f). The set M(G) of all vertices v for which d(v) is minimum is the median of G; the set M₁(G) of all vertices v for which d₁(v) is minimum is the vertex-to-edge median of G; the set M₂(G) of all edges e for which d₂(e) is minimum is the edge-to-vertex median of G; and the set M₃(G) of all edges e for which d₃(e) is minimum is the edge-to-edge median of G. We determine these medians for some classes of graphs. We prove that the edge-to-edge median of a graph is the same as the median of its line graph. It is shown that the center and the median; the vertex-to-edge center and the vertex-to-edge median; the edge-to-vertex center and the edge-to-vertex median; and the edge-to-edge center and the edge-to-edge median of a graph are not only different but can be arbitrarily far apart.

Keywords

median, vertex-to-edge median, edge-to-vertex median, edge-to-edge median

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Pages:
19-29
Main language of publication
English
Received
2010-06-04
Accepted
2010-12-25
Published
2012
Exact and natural sciences