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Article #202conjecture about graphs
From: HSNEV
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:20
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:20
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Def. Let G be a graph and let v be in V(G). Let S_v = bigsum d(u,v) for all u not= v ( u in V(G)). G is called self-median if S_v = S_u for all u and v in V(G). Def. A graph G is called self-centered if every vertex is in the center. (The eccenticity of a vertex v is max d(u,v) for all u in V(G). v is in the center if v has minimum eccentricity. It is well-know that a tree has at most two vertices in its center.) CONJECTURE: Every self-median graph is self-centered. Note that every vertex transitive graph is self-median. There are examples of self-centered graphs that are not self-median, so the above inclusion would be strict. There is no known characterization of self-median graphs. There are non-regular self-medain graphs - see the recent book by Buckley and Harary "Distances in Graphs" for more information. H.S. Snevily
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Newsgroups: sci.math.research Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!scsing.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!dan From: HSNEV@ROMEO.CALTECH.EDU Subject: conjecture about graphs Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <01GU0TLRH3N69ANTVT@ROMEO.CALTECH.EDU> X-Envelope-To: sci-math-research@uiuc.edu Originator: dan@symcom.math.uiuc.edu Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Submissions-To: sci-math-research@uiuc.edu Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana X-Administrivia-To: sci-math-research-request@uiuc.edu Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> X-Vms-To: IN%"sci-math-research@uiuc.edu" Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:20:35 GMT Lines: 17