Cycles passing through a prescribed path in a hypercube with faulty edges

Let Qn denote an n-dimensional hypercube with n?2, P be a path of length h in Qn and F⊂E(Qn)\E(P). Recently, Tsai proved that if 1?h?n−1 and |F|?n−1−h, then in the graph Qn−F the path P lies on a cycle of every even length from 2h+2 to n², and P also lies on a cycle of length 2h if |F|?h−2. In this paper, we show that if 1?h?2n−3 and |F|?n−2−⌊h/2⌋, then in Qn−F the path P lies on a cycle of every even length from 2h+2 to n², and P also lies on a cycle of length 2h if P contains two edges of the same dimension or P is a shortest path and |F∩E(Qh)|?h−2, where Qh is the h-dimensional subcube containing the path P. Moreover, the upper bound 2n−3 of h is sharp and the upper bound n−2−⌊h/2⌋ of |F| is sharp for any given h with 1?h?2n−3.     

Fault-tolerant hamiltonian laceability of hypercubes

It is known that every hypercube Q_n is a bipartite graph. Assume that n?2 and F is a subset of edges with |F|?n−2. We prove that there exists a hamiltonian path in Q_n−F between any two vertices of different partite sets. Moreover, there exists a path of length 2ⁿ−2 between any two vertices of the same partite set. Assume that n?3 and F is a subset of edges with |F|?n−3. We prove that there exists a hamiltonian path in Q_n−{v}−F between any two vertices in the partite set without v. Furthermore, all bounds are tight.     

A further result on fault-free cycles in faulty folded hypercubes

Folded hypercube is a well-known variation of the hypercube structure and can be constructed from a hypercube by adding a link to every pair of nodes with complementary addresses. Let FFv (respectively, FFe) be the set of faulty nodes (respectively, faulty links) in an n-dimensional folded hypercube FQn. Fu has showed that FQn−FFv−FFe for n?3 contains a fault-free cycle of length at least n²−2|FFv| if |FFv|+|FFe|?2n−4 and |FFe|?n−1. In this paper, we further consider the constraints |FFv|+|FFe|?2n−4 and |FFe|?n that were not covered by Fu's result. We obtain the same lower bound of the longest fault-free cycle length, n²−2|FFv|, under the constraints that (1) |FFv|+|FFe|?2n−4 and (2) every node in FQn is incident to at least two fault-free links.     

Hamiltonian paths and cycles passing through a prescribed path in hypercubes

Assume that P is any path in a bipartite graph G of length k with 2?k?h, G is said to be h-path bipancyclic if there exists a cycle C in G of every even length from 2k to |V(G)| such that P lies in C. In this paper, the following result is obtained: The n-dimensional hypercube Qn with n?3 is (2n−3)-path bipancyclic but is not (2n−2)-path bipancyclic, moreover, a path P of length k with 2?k?2n−3 lies in a cycle of length 2k−2 if and only if P contains two edges of the same dimension. In order to prove the above result we first show that any path of length at most 2n−1 is a subpath of a Hamiltonian path in Qn with n?2, moreover, the upper bound 2n−1 is sharp when n?4.     

On path bipancyclicity of hypercubes

Assume that P is any path in a bipartite graph G of length k with 2?k?h, G is said to be h-path bipancyclic if there exists a cycle C in G of every even length from 2k to |V(G)| such that P lies in C. Based on Lemma 5, the authors of [C.-H. Tsai, S.-Y. Jiang, Path bipancyclicity of hypercubes, Inform. Process. Lett. 101 (2007) 93-97] showed that the n-cube Qn with n?3 is (2n−4)-path bipancyclicity. In this paper, counterexamples to the lemma are given, therefore, their proof fails. And we show the following result: The n-cube Qn with n?3 is (2n−4)-path bipancyclicity but is not (2n−2)-path bipancyclicity, moreover, and a path P of length k with 2?k?2n−4 lies in a cycle of length 2k−2 if and only if P contains two edges of dimension i for some i, 1?i?n. We conjecture that if 2n−4 is replaced by 2n−3, then the above result also holds.     

Edge-fault-tolerant edge-bipancyclicity of hypercubes

In this paper, we consider the problem embedding a cycle into the hypercube Qn with existence of faulty edges and show that for any edge subset F of Qn with |F|?n−1 every edge of Qn−F lies on a cycle of every even length from 6 to n² inclusive provided n?4 and all edges in F are not incident with the same vertex. This result improves some known results.     

A fault-free Hamiltonian cycle passing through prescribed edges in a hypercube with faulty edges

In this paper, we consider the problem of a fault-free Hamiltonian cycle passing through prescribed edges in an n-dimensional hypercube Qn with some faulty edges. We obtain the following result: Let n?2, F⊂E(Qn), E₀⊂E(Qn)\F with 1?|E₀|?2n−3, |F|<n−(⌊|E₀|/2⌋+1). If the subgraph induced by E₀ is a linear forest (i.e., pairwise vertex-disjoint paths), then in the graph Qn−F all edges of E₀ lie on a Hamiltonian cycle.     

Bipanconnectivity and edge-fault-tolerant bipancyclicity of hypercubes

A bipartite graph is bipancyclic if it contains a cycle of every even length from 4 to |V(G)| inclusive. It has been shown that Q_n is bipancyclic if and only if n?2. In this paper, we improve this result by showing that every edge of Q_n−E′ lies on a cycle of every even length from 4 to |V(G)| inclusive where E′ is a subset of E(Q_n) with |E′|?n−2. The result is proved to be optimal. To get this result, we also prove that there exists a path of length l joining any two different vertices x and y of Q_n when h(x,y)?l?|V(G)|−1 and l−h(x,y) is even where h(x,y) is the Hamming distance between x and y.     

Fault-free cycles in folded hypercubes with more faulty elements

Let FFv (respectively, FFe) be the set of faulty vertices (respectively, faulty edges) in an n-dimensional folded hypercube FQn. In this paper, we show that FQn−FFv−FFe contains a fault-free cycle with length at least n²−2|FFv| if |FFe|+|FFv|?2n−4 and |FFe|?n−1, where n?3. Our result improves the previously known result of [S.-Y. Hsieh, A note on cycle embedding in folded hypercubes with faulty elements, Information Processing Letters (2008), in press, doi:10.1016/j.ipl.2008.04.003] where |FFe|+|FFv|?n−1 and n?4.     

Edge-bipancyclicity and edge-fault-tolerant bipancyclicity of bubble-sort graphs

A bipartite graph G is bipancyclic if G has a cycle of length l for every even 4?l?|V(G)|. For a bipancyclic graph G and any edge e, G is edge-bipancyclic if e lies on a cycle of any even length l of G. In this paper, we show that the bubble-sort graph Bn is bipancyclic for n?4 and also show that it is edge-bipancyclic for n?5. Assume that F is a subset of E(Bn). We prove that Bn−F is bipancyclic, when n?4 and |F|?n−3. Since Bn is a (n−1)-regular graph, this result is optimal in the worst case.     

Embedding hamiltonian paths in hypercubes with a required vertex in a fixed position

Assume that n is a positive integer with n?2. It is proved that between any two different vertices x and y of Qn there exists a path Pl(x,y) of length l for any l with h(x,y)?l?n²−1 and 2|(l−h(x,y)). We expect such path Pl(x,y) can be further extended by including the vertices not in Pl(x,y) into a hamiltonian path from x to a fixed vertex z or a hamiltonian cycle. In this paper, we prove that for any two vertices x and z from different partite set of n-dimensional hypercube Qn, for any vertex y∈V(Qn)−{x,z}, and for any integer l with h(x,y)?l?n²−1−h(y,z) and 2|(l−h(x,y)), there exists a hamiltonian path R(x,y,z;l) from x to z such that dR(x,y,z;l)(x,y)=l. Moreover, for any two distinct vertices x and y of Qn and for any integer l with h(x,y)?l?²n−1 and 2|(l−h(x,y)), there exists a hamiltonian cycle S(x,y;l) such that dS(x,y;l)(x,y)=l.     

Paths in Möbius cubes and crossed cubes

The Möbius cube MQn and the crossed cube CQn are two important variants of the hypercube Qn. This paper shows that for any two different vertices u and v in G∈{MQn,CQn} with n?3, there exists a uv-path of every length from dG(u,v)+2 to n²−1 except for a shortest uv-path, where dG(u,v) is the distance between u and v in G. This result improves some known results.     

Embedding paths and cycles in 3-ary n-cubes with faulty nodes and links

The k-ary n-cube, denoted by , is one of the most important interconnection networks for parallel computing. In this paper, we consider the problem of embedding cycles and paths into faulty 3-ary n-cubes. Let F be a set of faulty nodes and/or edges, and n?2. We show that when |F|?2n-2, there exists a cycle of any length from 3 to in . We also prove that when |F|?2n-3, there exists a path of any length from 2n-1 to between two arbitrary nodes in . Since the k-ary n-cube is regular of degree 2n, the fault-tolerant degrees 2n-2 and 2n-3 are optimal.     

On the average depth of asymmetric LC-tries

Andersson and Nilsson have already shown that the average depth Dn of random LC-tries is only Θ(log^∗n) when the keys are produced by a symmetric memoryless process, and that Dn=O(loglogn) when the process is asymmetric. In this paper we refine the second estimate by showing that asymptotically (with n→∞): , where n is the number of keys inserted in a trie, η=−log(1−h/h−∞), h=−plogp−qlogq is the entropy of a binary memoryless source with probabilities p, q=1−p (p≠q), and h−∞=−logmin(p,q).     

A combinatorial algorithm for max csp

We consider the problem max csp over multi-valued domains with variables ranging over sets of size s_i?s and constraints involving k_j?k variables. We study two algorithms with approximation ratios A and B, respectively, so we obtain a solution with approximation ratio max(A,B).The first algorithm is based on the linear programming algorithm of Serna, Trevisan, and Xhafa [Proc. 15th Annual Symp. on Theoret. Aspects of Comput. Sci., 1998, pp. 488-498] and gives ratio A which is bounded below by s^1−k. For k=2, our bound in terms of the individual set sizes is the minimum over all constraints involving two variables of , where s₁ and s₂ are the set sizes for the two variables.We then give a simple combinatorial algorithm which has approximation ratio B, with B>A/e. The bound is greater than s^1−k/e in general, and greater than s^1−k(1−(s−1)/2(k−1)) for s?k−1, thus close to the s^1−k linear programming bound for large k. For k=2, the bound is if s=2, 1/2(s−1) if s?3, and in general greater than the minimum of 1/4s₁+1/4s₂ over constraints with set sizes s₁ and s₂, thus within a factor of two of the linear programming bound.For the case of k=2 and s=2 we prove an integrality gap of . This shows that our analysis is tight for any method that uses the linear programming upper bound.     

Optimal fault-tolerant embedding of paths in twisted cubes

The twisted cube is an important variation of the hypercube. It possesses many desirable properties for interconnection networks. In this paper, we study fault-tolerant embedding of paths in twisted cubes. Let _TQn(V,E)${\mathit{TQ}}_n(V,E)$ denote the n-dimensional twisted cube. We prove that a path of length l   can be embedded between any two distinct nodes with dilation 1 for any faulty set F⊂V(_TQn)∪E(_TQn)$F\subset V({\mathit{TQ}}_n)\cup E({\mathit{TQ}}_n)$ with |F|?n-3$\left|F\right|?n-3$ and any integer l   with 2^n-1-1?l?|V(_TQn-F)|-1$2^{n-1}-1?l?|V({\mathit{TQ}}_n-F)|-1$ (n?3$n?3$). This result is optimal in the sense that the embedding has the smallest dilation 1. The result is also complete in the sense that the two bounds on path length l   and faulty set size |F|$\left|F\right|$ for a successful embedding are tight. That is, the result does not hold if l?2^n-1-2$l?2^{n-1}-2$ or |F|?n-2$\left|F\right|?n-2$. We also extend the result on (n-3)$(n-3)$-Hamiltonian connectivity of _TQn${\mathit{TQ}}_n$ in the literature.     

Path partitions of hypercubes

A path partition of a graph G is a set of vertex-disjoint paths that cover all vertices of G. Given a set of pairs of distinct vertices of the n-dimensional hypercube Qn, is there a path partition of Qn such that ai and bi are endvertices of Pi? Caha and Koubek showed that for 6m?n, such a path partition exists if and only if the set P is balanced in the sense that it contains the same number of vertices from both classes of bipartition of Qn.In this paper we show that this result holds even for 2m−e<n, where e is the number of pairs of P that form edges of Qn. Moreover, our bound is optimal in the sense that for every n?3, there is a balanced set P in Qn such that 2m−e=n, but no path partition with endvertices prescribed by P exists.     

A dynamic programming algorithm for simulation of a multi-dimensional torus in a crossed cube

The torus is a popular interconnection topology and several commercial multicomputers use a torus as the basis of their communication network. Moreover, there are many parallel algorithms with torus-structured and mesh-structured task graphs have been developed. If one network can embed a mesh or torus network, the algorithms with mesh-structured or torus-structured can also be used in this network. Thus, the problem of embedding meshes or tori into networks is meaningful for parallel computing. In this paper, we prove that for n ? 6 and 1 ? m ? ⌈n/2⌉ − 1, a family of 2^m disjoint k-dimensional tori of size 2^s₁×2^s₂×?×2^s_k each can be embedded in an n-dimensional crossed cube with unit dilation, where each s_i ? 2, , and max_1?i?k{s_i} ? 3 if n is odd and ; otherwise, max_1?i?k{s_i} ? n − 2m − 1. A new concept, cycle skeleton, is proposed to construct a dynamic programming algorithm for embedding a desired torus into the crossed cube. Furthermore, the time complexity of the algorithm is linear with respect to the size of desired torus. As a consequence, a family of disjoint tori can be simulated on the same crossed cube efficiently and in parallel.     

Cyclic codes over R = Fp + uFp +?+ uFp with length pn

In this paper, all cyclic codes with length p^sn, (n prime to p) over the ring R = F_p + uF_p +?+ u^k−1F_p are classified. It is first proved that Tor_j(C) is an ideal of , so that the structure of ideals over extension ring S_u^k(m,ω)=GR(u^k,m)[ω]/〈ω^ps-1〉 is determined. Then, an isomorphism between R[X]/〈X^N − 1〉 and a direct sum ⊕_h∈IS_u^k(m_h,ω) can be obtained using discrete Fourier transform. The generator polynomial representation of the corresponding ideals over F_p + uF_p +?+ u^k−1F_p is calculated via the inverse isomorphism. Moreover, torsion codes, MS polynomial and inversion formula are described.