MCS  236: Graph Theory
Spring 2004

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Due May 18
Practice problems:
  • None this time
Hand in:
Due April 19
Practice problems:
  • Section 4.2, #1,2,3,10
  • Section 5.1, #3,5,12
  • Section 5.2, #1,2,3,4,5,12,
Hand in:
  • Section 4.2, #11, 16, 17
  • Section 5.1, #8, 11
Due April 1
Practice problems:
  • Section 4.1, 4,13, 20, 21, 22, 24
Hand in:
  • Section 4.1, #8, 11, 12, 25
Due March 25
Practice problems:
  • Section 3.2, # 8, 9,11
  • Section 3.3, #2, 3,5, 11
Hand in:
  • Section 3.2, #5
  • Section 3.3, # 4, 9, 10  
Due March 22
Practice problems:
  • Section 3.1, #6, 13, 17, 18
  • Draw all trees with 5 or fewer vertices.
Hand in:
  • Section 3.1, #14
  • Suppose d1 >= d2 >= ...>=dn is the degree sequence for a tree.  Prove that when the tree has at leat 6 vertices, then di <= the ceiling of (n-1)/i.  Is this true for trees with fewer than 6 vertices?
Due March 16
Practice problems:
  • Section 3.1, #7, 15, 17
Hand in:
  • Section 3.1, #11, 12, 16
  • Prove that if a graph has fewer edges than vertices then at least one of its connected components must be a tree.
Due March 4
Practice problems:
  • Section 2.4, #8,10,14, 18
Hand in:
  • Section 2.4, #13
  • Prove that if a graph is disconnected then its complement must be connected.
Due March 2
Practice problems:
  • Section 2.3, # 4, 5, 11
Hand in:
  • Section 2.3, #17
  • Suppose that f: X->Y and g:Y->Z are bijective functions. Prove that the composition of g and f is bijective.
  • Prove that a 5 cycle can't be bipartite by doing a proof by contradiction
Due Feb. 26
Practice problems:
  • Section 1.1, #35 (a is not true), 38
  • A bridge in a graph is an edge in the graph whose removal disconnects the graph. Draw a connected graph with a bridge. Are the vertices of the bridges even or odd?
  • Does every disconnected graph have an isolated vertex?
Hand in:
  • Section 1.1,#37, 39
  • A sequence of numbers is defined by f(0) = f(1) = 1 and for n>1, f(n) = (-1)(f(n-2) + 2f(n-1)). Prove that f(n) = (1-2n)(-1)^n.
  • Suppose G is a connected graph with only even vertices. Prove that none of the edges in G is a bridge.
  • Suppose G is a graph, and u,v,and w are vertices. Prove that if u is connected to v and v is connected to w then u is connected to w. Is this true if we replace connected with adjacent?
Due Feb. 19
Practice problems:
  • Section 1.2, #6,12, 18
  • Section 2.2, # 5, 7, 18,19
Hand in:
  • Section 1.2, #19
  • Suppose you have tons of 5-cent and 7-cent stamps. What values of postage that are less than 25 cents are impossible to get using only these stamps? Prove that if p > 23, then there is a combination of 5-cent and 7-cent stamps that adds to p. Use strong induction
  • Let G be the graph whose vertices are {1,2,...,14,15}. Two vertices are adjacent if and only if they have a common factor which is greater than 1. Draw a picture of G. How many connected components does it have? What is the length of a longest path in G? A longest cycle?
  • Section 2.2, #16
Due Feb. 16
Practice problems:
  • Section 1.1, #6, 20, 23, 25 - 29
  • Section 2.1, #3, 4, 8
Hand in:
  • Section 1.1, #34, 39
  • Section 2.1, # 6
  • Prove that if n and k are both odd integers, then there is no k-regular graph on n vertices.
  • Recall that a rational number is simply a fraction of the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not zero. Prove that if r and s are rational numbers and s is non-zero, then r/s is an integer.




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