Title
On the irregularity strength of trees
Abstract
For any graph G, let ni be the number of vertices of degree i, and $\lambda (G)={max} _{i\le j}\{ {n_i+\cdots +n_j+i-1\over j}\}$. This is a general lower bound on the irregularity strength of graph G. All known facts suggest that for connected graphs, this is the actual irregularity strength up to an additive constant. In fact, this was conjectured to be the truth for regular graphs and for trees. Here we find an infinite sequence of trees with λ(T) = n1 but strength converging to ${11-\sqrt 5\over 8} n_1$. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 45: 241–254, 2004
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1002/jgt.v45:4
Journal of Graph Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
lower bound,regular graph
Graph theory,Graph,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Upper and lower bounds,Sequence,Mathematics,Lambda
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
45
4
0364-9024
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
30
1.77
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tom Bohman125033.01
David Kravitz213815.71