{"title":"图的路径序列","authors":"Yirong Cai, Hanyuan Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.08.046","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Let <span><math><mrow><mi>P</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> be the path sequence of a graph <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>, where <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> is the number of paths with length <span><math><mi>i</mi></math></span> and <span><math><mi>ρ</mi></math></span> is the length of a longest path in <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>. In this paper, we first give the path sequences of some graphs and show that the number of paths with length <span><math><mi>h</mi></math></span> in a starlike tree is completely determined by its branches of length not more than <span><math><mrow><mi>h</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>. And then we consider whether the path sequence characterizes a graph from a different point of view and find that any two graphs in some graph families are isomorphic if and only if they have the same path sequence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"378 ","pages":"Pages 553-567"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"The path sequence of a graph\",\"authors\":\"Yirong Cai, Hanyuan Deng\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.dam.2025.08.046\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Let <span><math><mrow><mi>P</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> be the path sequence of a graph <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>, where <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> is the number of paths with length <span><math><mi>i</mi></math></span> and <span><math><mi>ρ</mi></math></span> is the length of a longest path in <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>. In this paper, we first give the path sequences of some graphs and show that the number of paths with length <span><math><mi>h</mi></math></span> in a starlike tree is completely determined by its branches of length not more than <span><math><mrow><mi>h</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>. And then we consider whether the path sequence characterizes a graph from a different point of view and find that any two graphs in some graph families are isomorphic if and only if they have the same path sequence.</div></div>\",\"PeriodicalId\":50573,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Discrete Applied Mathematics\",\"volume\":\"378 \",\"pages\":\"Pages 553-567\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":1.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-08-28\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Discrete Applied Mathematics\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"100\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X25004901\",\"RegionNum\":3,\"RegionCategory\":\"数学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q3\",\"JCRName\":\"MATHEMATICS, APPLIED\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X25004901","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
Let be the path sequence of a graph , where is the number of paths with length and is the length of a longest path in . In this paper, we first give the path sequences of some graphs and show that the number of paths with length in a starlike tree is completely determined by its branches of length not more than . And then we consider whether the path sequence characterizes a graph from a different point of view and find that any two graphs in some graph families are isomorphic if and only if they have the same path sequence.
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