A note on the order of iterated line digraphs
Given a digraph G, we propose a new method to find the recurrence equation for the number of vertices n_k of the k-iterated line digraph L_k(G), for k>= 0, where L_0(G) = G. We obtain this result by using the minimal polynomial of a quotient digraph pi(G) of G. We show some examples of this metho...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/89923 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/89923 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgt.22068 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Graph theory Line digraph adjacency matrix minimal polynomial regular partition quotient digraph recurrence Teoria de grafs Classificació AMS::05 Combinatorics::05C Graph theory Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica discreta::Teoria de grafs |
| Summary: | Given a digraph G, we propose a new method to find the recurrence equation for the number of vertices n_k of the k-iterated line digraph L_k(G), for k>= 0, where L_0(G) = G. We obtain this result by using the minimal polynomial of a quotient digraph pi(G) of G. We show some examples of this method applied to the so-called cyclic Kautz, the unicyclic, and the acyclic digraphs. In the first case, our method gives the enumeration of the ternary length-2 squarefree words of any length. |
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