• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.311-319
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• 2014

It is shown that, for an even positive integer m with $m{\geq}4$ and arbitrary positive integer k and t, the complete multipartite graph $K_{km+1(2t)}$ can be decomposed into edge-disjoint gregarious m-cycles in such a way that the decomposition is circulant.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.467-481
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• 2015

Choi and Park introduced an invariant of a finite simple graph, called signed a-number, arising from computing certain topological invariants of some specific kinds of real toric manifolds. They also found the signed a-numbers of path graphs, cycle graphs, complete graphs, and star graphs. We introduce a signed a-polynomial which is a generalization of the signed a-number and gives a-, b-, and c-numbers. The signed a-polynomial of a graph G is related to the $Poincar\acute{e}$ polynomial $P_{M(G)}(z)$, which is the generating function for the Betti numbers of the real toric manifold M(G). We give the generating functions for the signed a-polynomials of not only path graphs, cycle graphs, complete graphs, and star graphs, but also complete bipartite graphs and complete multipartite graphs. As a consequence, we find the Euler characteristic number and the Betti numbers of the real toric manifold M(G) for complete multipartite graphs G.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.67-74
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• 2017

Let k, m and t be positive integers with $m{\geq}4$ and even. It is shown that $K_{km+1(2t)}$ has a decomposition into gregarious m-cycles. Also, it is shown that $K_{km(2t)}$ has a decomposition into gregarious m-cycles if ${\frac{(m-1)^2+3}{4m}}$ < k. In this article, we make a remark that the decompositions can be circulant in the sense that it is preserved by the cyclic permutation of the partite sets, and we will exhibit it by examples.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.655-670
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• 2010

The complete multipartite graph $K_{n(m)}$ with n $ {\geq}$ 4 partite sets of size m is shown to have a decomposition into 4-cycles in such a way that vertices of each cycle belong to distinct partite sets of $K_{n(m)}$, if 4 divides the number of edges. Such cycles are called gregarious, and were introduced by Billington and Hoffman ([2]) and redefined in [3]. We independently came up with the result of [3] by using a difference set method, and improved the result so that the composition is circulant, in the sense that it is invariant under the cyclic permutation of partite sets. The composition is then used to construct gregarious 4-cycle decompositions when one partite set of the graph has different cardinality than that of others. Some results on joins of decomposable complete multipartite graphs are also presented.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.9
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• pp.1734-1740
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• 2015

This paper introduces a generalized notion, referred to as joint locality, of the usual locality in distributed storage systems and proposes a code construction of binary locally repairable codes with joint locality ($r_1$=2, $r_2$=3 or 4). Joint locality is a set of numbers of nodes for repairing various failure patterns of nodes. The proposed scheme simplifies the code design problem utilizing complete multipartite graphs. Moreover, our construction can generate binary locally repairable codes achieving (2,t)-availability for any positive integer t. It means that each node can be repaired by t disjoint repair sets of cardinality 2. This property is useful for distributed storage systems since it permits parallel access to hot data.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.1623-1634
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• 2008

The complete multipartite graph $K_{n(2t)}$ having n partite sets of size 2t, with $n\;{\geq}\;6$ and $t\;{\geq}\;1$, is shown to have a decomposition into gregarious 6-cycles, that is, the cycles which have at most one vertex from any particular partite set. Complete sets of differences of numbers in ${\mathbb{Z}}_n$ are used to produce starter cycles and obtain other cycles by rotating the cycles around the n-gon of the partite sets.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.1059-1075
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• 2019

Let G be a graph with no isolated vertex. A total dominating set, abbreviated TDS of G is a subset S of vertices of G such that every vertex of G is adjacent to a vertex in S. The total domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a TDS of G. In this paper, we study the total domination number of central graphs. Indeed, we obtain some tight bounds for the total domination number of a central graph C(G) in terms of some invariants of the graph G. Also we characterize the total domination number of the central graph of some families of graphs such as path graphs, cycle graphs, wheel graphs, complete graphs and complete multipartite graphs, explicitly. Moreover, some Nordhaus-Gaddum-like relations are presented for the total domination number of central graphs.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.34 no.3_4
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• pp.341-354
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• 2016

In this paper, the exact formulae for the generalized product degree distance, reciprocal product degree distance and product degree distance of tensor product of a connected graph and the complete multipartite graph with partite sets of sizes m₀, m₁, ⋯ , m_r−1 are obtained.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.709-719
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• 2007

In [8], it is shown that the complete multipartite graph $K_{n(2t)}$ having n partite sets of size 2t, where $n{\geq}6\;and\;t{\geq}1$, has a decomposition into gregarious 6-cycles if $n{\equiv}0,1,3$ or 4 (mod 6). Here, a cycle is called gregarious if it has at most one vertex from any particular partite set. In this paper, when $n{\equiv}0$ or 3 (mod 6), another method using difference set is presented. Furthermore, when $n{\equiv}0$ (mod 6), the decomposition obtained in this paper is ${\infty}-circular$, in the sense that it is invariant under the mapping which keeps the partite set which is indexed by ${\infty}$ fixed and permutes the remaining partite sets cyclically.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.337-347
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• 2013

For an even integer m at least 4 and any positive integer $t$, it is shown that the complete equipartite graph $K_{km(2t)}$ can be decomposed into edge-disjoint gregarious m-cycles for any positive integer ${\kappa}$ under the condition satisfying ${\frac{{(m-1)}^2+3}{4m}}$ < ${\kappa}$. Here it will be called a gregarious cycle if the cycle has at most one vertex from each partite set.