Distance labelings: a generalization of Langford sequences

A Langford sequence of order m and defect d can be identified with a labeling of the vertices of a path of order 2m in which each label from d up to d + m − 1 appears twice and in which the vertices that have been labeled with k are at distance k. In this paper, we introduce two generalizations of t...

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Autores: López Masip, Susana-Clara, Muntaner Batle, Francesc Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/66439
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.26493/1855-3974.896.fbf
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/66439
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Langford sequence
Distance l-labeling
Distance J-labeling
Delta-sequence
Delta-set
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Sumario:A Langford sequence of order m and defect d can be identified with a labeling of the vertices of a path of order 2m in which each label from d up to d + m − 1 appears twice and in which the vertices that have been labeled with k are at distance k. In this paper, we introduce two generalizations of this labeling that are related to distances. The basic idea is to assign nonnegative integers to vertices in such a way that if n vertices (n > 1) have been labeled with k then they are mutually at distance k. We study these labelings for some well known families of graphs. We also study the existence of these labelings in general. Finally, given a sequence or a set of nonnegative integers, we study the existence of graphs that can be labeled according to this sequence or set.