August
1997 QUESTION 4 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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4. | (a) Find the adjacency matrix for | |||
(i) K4, the complete graph on four vertices. | [3] | |||
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Award three marks for all rows correct: two marks for three rows correct; one mark for two rows correct; otherwise no marks. | ||||
[3 marks] | ||||
(ii) K2,3 the complete bipartite graph on (2,3) vertices. | [3] | |||
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Award three marks for all rows correct; two marks for four rows correct; one mark for three rows correct; otherwise no marks. | ||||
[3 marks] | ||||
(b) Show that the following pairs of graphs are not isomorphic by finding an isomorphic invariant that they do not share. | ||||
(i) | [2] | |||
G has nine edges, but G' has only eight edges. | ||||
G has a vertex of degree four, but G' does not. | ||||
Award two marks for any correct reason, such as the above two. | ||||
[2 marks] | ||||
(ii) | [2] | |||
H has a vertex of degree four, but H' does not. | ||||
Award two marks for any correct reason, such as the above. | ||||
[2 marks] | ||||
(c) Show that the two graphs below are isomorphic by finding the two functions | ||||
g : V( G ) ® V( G' ) | ||||
h : E( G ) ® E( G' ) | ||||
by drawing the arrow diagrams, such that, for all v Î V(G) and e Î E(G) , v is an endpoint of e iff g(v) is an endpoint of h(e). | [5] | |||
Award one mark for each pair of correct arrows. | ||||
[5 marks] | ||||
(d) Redraw the following bipartite graphs, so that their bipartite natures are evident. | [5] | |||
Award one mark for each correct pair of arrows; maximum two marks. | ||||
Award three marks for all arrows correct; two marks for four correct; one mark for two correct; none otherwise. | ||||
[5 marks] |