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SOME NEW RESULTS ON THE CURLING NUMBER OF GRAPHS

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by N. K. Sudev, C. Susanth, K. P. Chithra, Johan Kok, Sunny Joseph Kalayathankal · open

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Determine the compound curling numbers different products of graphs in which one graph is a regular graph.

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    Problem: The paper’s Problem 7.6 is not a yes/no conjecture but an open-ended determination problem. I formalize it as follows: for finite simple nonempty graphs, determine cnccn^c of the standard products considered or mentioned in the paper when one factor is regular.

    Use the paper’s convention that if the well-arranged degree sequence has degree-class multiplicities μX(q)=∣{v:dX(v)=q}∣\mu_X(q)=|\{v:d_X(v)=q\}|, then

    cnc(X)=∏μX(q)>0μX(q).cn^c(X)=\prod_{\mu_X(q)>0}\mu_X(q).

    Let RR be kk-regular on mm vertices, and let HH have order nn. Put

    D={d: ad>0},ad=∣{v∈V(H):dH(v)=d}∣,CH=∏d∈Dad.D=\{d:\ a_d>0\},\qquad a_d=|\{v\in V(H):d_H(v)=d\}|,\qquad C_H=\prod_{d\in D}a_d .

    Result: The compound curling numbers are as follows.

    cnc(R□H)=m∣D∣CH.cn^c(R\square H)=m^{|D|}C_H. cnc(R⊠H)=m∣D∣CH.cn^c(R\boxtimes H)=m^{|D|}C_H.

    For the direct/tensor product:

    cnc(R×H)={m∣D∣CH,k>0,mn,k=0.cn^c(R\times H)= \begin{cases} m^{|D|}C_H,& k>0,\\ mn,& k=0. \end{cases}

    For the lexicographic products:

    cnc(R[H])=cnc(H[R])=m∣D∣CH.cn^c(R[H])=cn^c(H[R])=m^{|D|}C_H.

    For the join R+HR+H, let d0=k+n−md_0=k+n-m. Then

    cnc(R+H)={(m+ad0)∏d∈D, d≠d0ad,d0∈D,mCH,d0∉D.cn^c(R+H)= \begin{cases} (m+a_{d_0})\displaystyle\prod_{d\in D,\ d\ne d_0}a_d,& d_0\in D,\\[1ex] mC_H,& d_0\notin D. \end{cases}

    For the corona R⊙HR\odot H, let d1=k+n−1d_1=k+n-1. Then

    cnc(R⊙H)={(m+mad1)∏d∈D, d≠d1(mad),d1∈D,m∣D∣+1CH,d1∉D.cn^c(R\odot H)= \begin{cases} (m+ma_{d_1})\displaystyle\prod_{d\in D,\ d\ne d_1}(ma_d),& d_1\in D,\\[1ex] m^{|D|+1}C_H,& d_1\notin D. \end{cases}

    For the reversed corona H⊙RH\odot R, let d2=k+1−md_2=k+1-m. Then

    cnc(H⊙R)={(nm+ad2)∏d∈D, d≠d2ad,d2∈D,nmCH,d2∉D.cn^c(H\odot R)= \begin{cases} (nm+a_{d_2})\displaystyle\prod_{d\in D,\ d\ne d_2}a_d,& d_2\in D,\\[1ex] nmC_H,& d_2\notin D. \end{cases}

    Proof. In each case, compute the degree of a product vertex.

    For R□HR\square H,

    dR□H(r,h)=k+dH(h),d_{R\square H}(r,h)=k+d_H(h),

    so each degree class dd of HH becomes a degree class of size madma_d.

    For R⊠HR\boxtimes H,

    dR⊠H(r,h)=k+dH(h)+kdH(h)=k+(k+1)dH(h),d_{R\boxtimes H}(r,h)=k+d_H(h)+kd_H(h)=k+(k+1)d_H(h),

    again injective in dH(h)d_H(h).

    For R×HR\times H,

    dR×H(r,h)=k dH(h).d_{R\times H}(r,h)=k\,d_H(h).

    If k>0k>0, the degree classes remain separated; if k=0k=0, all mnmn vertices have degree 00.

    For R[H]R[H],

    dR[H](r,h)=kn+dH(h),d_{R[H]}(r,h)=kn+d_H(h),

    and for H[R]H[R],

    dH[R](h,r)=m dH(h)+k,d_{H[R]}(h,r)=m\,d_H(h)+k,

    so the same multiplicities madma_d occur.

    For the join, vertices of RR have degree k+nk+n, while vertices of HH of original degree dd have degree d+md+m. These collide exactly when d=d0=k+n−md=d_0=k+n-m, giving the stated formula.

    For R⊙HR\odot H, vertices from RR have degree k+nk+n, while vertices in the attached copies of HH coming from degree dd have degree d+1d+1 and multiplicity madma_d. Collision occurs exactly when d=d1=k+n−1d=d_1=k+n-1.

    For H⊙RH\odot R, vertices from HH of degree dd become degree d+md+m, while all vertices in copies of RR have degree k+1k+1, with multiplicity nmnm. Collision occurs exactly when d=d2=k+1−md=d_2=k+1-m.

    In every case, cnccn^c is the product of the resulting degree-class multiplicities. This proves all formulas.

    Audit. The formulas use only the regularity, order, and degree-class multiplicities of the other graph; no hidden connectedness assumption is needed. If the paper’s standing convention “finite simple nontrivial connected” is imposed, these formulas remain valid, with the k=0k=0 degeneracies automatically excluded except for K1K_1-type boundary cases.

    Citation: Problem and terminology: N. K. Sudev, C. Susanth, K. P. Chithra, J. Kok, S. J. Kalayathankal, “Some New Results on the Curling Number of Graphs,” arXiv:1510.01271. Standard product degree formulas are classical; see R. Hammack, W. Imrich, S. Klavžar, Handbook of Product Graphs, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2011.

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    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The stated formulas are correct for the listed standard products. The proof rigorously reduces each case to the standard product degree formula, checks injectivity or the only possible degree-class collision, and then applies the paper’s definition of compound curling number as the product of degree-class multiplicities. I found no comparable existing resolution for these compound-curling formulas in the relevant arXiv/web searches.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The result is genuinely new only in a narrow formal sense. Once compound curling number is defined as the product of degree-class multiplicities, all stated formulas follow immediately from standard degree formulas for graph products and a one-line collision check. This is a routine completion of an open-ended problem, not substantial enough for a standalone combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found no exact published resolution of Problem 7.6 for one regular factor. The closest source is the original Sudev–Susanth–Chithra–Kok–Kalayathankal paper, which already treats several two-regular-factor cases and gives related product/corona/join formulas, but still lists Problem 7.6 as open. Searches of arXiv-related papers, Semantic Scholar citation data, and web queries for “compound curling number graph products,” “curling number graph products regular graph,” and the exact problem text did not reveal a later stronger statement. The only citations located were unrelated curling/chromatic-curling papers.

    Citation: N. K. Sudev, C. Susanth, K. P. Chithra, J. Kok, S. J. Kalayathankal, “Some New Results on the Curling Number of Graphs,” arXiv:1510.01271, JCMCC 2016. Standard product degree formulas: R. Hammack, W. Imrich, S. Klavžar, Handbook of Product Graphs, 2nd ed., CRC, 2011.

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