Problem Sheet-1
Problem Sheet-1
(1) Find the number of graphs on n-vertices. How many of them contain exactly
m-edges?
(2) Let G and H be graphs. Show that if G ∼ = H, then χ(G) = χ(H).
(3) Show that if a graph G has maximum degree less than or equal to k, then it is
(k + 1)-colorable, i.e., χ(G) ≤ k + 1.
(4) Let G and H be graphs. If φ : G → H is an isomorphism, then show that for any
v ∈ V (G),
G[NG (v)] ∼
= H[NH (φ(v))].
(5) Show that Hypercube graph Qn are bipartite for all n ≥ 1.
(6) Let G and H be graphs. Show that G ∼ = H if and only if Ḡ ∼= H̄.
(7) A graph is called self-complementary if it is isomorphic to its complement. Prove
that there are no self-complementary graph of order 3, but there are such graphs
of order 4 and 5.
(8) How many edges does a self complementary graph of order n have ?
(9) Let n = 4k, k ≥ 1. Let V1 , V2 , V3 and V4 are disjoint sets of cardinality k and
V = V1 t V2 t V3 t V4 . Define a graph G on vertex set V and edge set E =
A1 ∪ A2 ∪ A3 ∪ A4 ∪ A5 , where
A1 = {xy : x 6= y, x, y ∈ V1 }
A2 = {xy : x 6= y, x, y ∈ V2 }
A3 = {xy : x ∈ V1 , y ∈ V3 }
A4 = {xy : x ∈ V3 , y ∈ V4 }
A5 = {xy : x ∈ V4 , y ∈ V2 }.