3 papers
math.CO2025
Graphs with large maximum forcing number
Qianqian Liu, Ajit A. Diwan, Heping Zhang
For a graph with order and a perfect matching, let and denote the minimum and maximum forcing number of respectively. Then .…
math.CO2024
The maximum forcing numbers of quadriculated tori
Qianqian Liu, Yaxian Zhang, Heping Zhang
Klein and Randic (1985) proposed the concept of forcing number, which has an application in chemical resonance theory. Let be a graph with a perfect matching . The forcing n…
math.CO2024
Components of domino tilings under flips in quadriculated tori
Qianqian Liu, Yaxian Zhang, Heping Zhang
In a region R consisting of unit squares, a (domino) tiling is a collection of dominoes (the union of two adjacent squares) which pave fully the region. The flip graph of R is defi…