T-Coloring of Certain Networks

Abstract

Given a graph G and a finite set T of non-negative integers containing zero, a T-coloring of G is a non-negative integer function f defined on V(G) such that \(|f(x)-f(y)|\not \in T\) whenever \((x,y)\in E(G)\). The span of T-coloring is the difference between the largest and smallest colors, and the T-span of G is the minimum span over all T-colorings f of G. The edge span of a T-coloring is the maximum value of \(|f(x)-f(y)|\) over all edges \((x,y)\in E(G)\), and the T-edge span of G is the minimum edge span over all T-colorings f of G. In this paper, we compute T-span and T-edge span of crown graph, circular ladder and mobius ladder, generalized theta graph, series-parallel graph and wrapped butterfly network.