Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences
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Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences


Volume
& Issue

Volume 3, Issue 1


Published
on

June 30, 2018


Pages

321-330


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Article

WALK POLYNOMIAL: A New Graph Invariant

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Authors

Abdul Rauf Nizami Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
, Afshan Perveen Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Lahore Pakpattan Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
, Waqas Nazeer Affiliation:
Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore-Pakistan
and Mahnoor Baqir Affiliation:
Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore-Pakistan


Abstract

In this paper we introduce the walk polynomial to find the number of walks of different lengths in a simple connected graph. We also give the walk polynomial of the bipartite, star, wheel, and gear graphs in closed forms.


Keywords

Walk, Walk polynomial, Adjacency matrix, Bipartite graph, Gear graph, 05C31, 05C30


Citation

Nizami, A. R., Perveen, A., Nazeer, W., & Baqir, M. (2018). WALK POLYNOMIAL: A new graph invariant. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 3(1), 321–330. https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2018.1.00025
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