On the strength and independence number of powers of paths and cycles

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1 Department of Sport and Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education, Kokushikan University

2 The University of Newcastle

3 Department of Electronics and Informatics, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University

Abstract

A numbering $f$ of a graph $G$ of order $n$ is a labeling that assigns distinct elements of the set $\left\{1,2, \ldots, n \right\}$ to the vertices of $G$. The strength $\mathrm{str}\left(G\right) $ of $G$ is defined by $\mathrm{str}\left( G\right) =\min \left\{ \mathrm{str}_{f}\left( G\right)\left\vert f\text{ is a numbering of }G\right. \right\}$, where $\mathrm{str}_{f}\left( G\right) =\max \left\{ f\left( u\right)+f\left( v\right) \left\vert uv\in E\left( G\right) \right. \right\} $.
Using the concept of independence number of a graph, we determine formulas for the strength of powers of paths and cycles. To achieve the latter result, we establish a sharp upper bound for the strength of a graph in terms of its order and independence number and a formula for the independence number of powers of cycles.

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