Weak integer additive set-labeled graphs: A creative review

Abstract

For a non-empty ground set [Formula: see text], finite or infinite, the set-valuation or set-labeling of a given graph [Formula: see text] is an injective function [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is the power set of the set [Formula: see text]. A set-valuation or a set-labeling of a graph [Formula: see text] is an injective set-valued function [Formula: see text] such that the induced function [Formula: see text] is defined by [Formula: see text] for every [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is a binary operation on sets. Let [Formula: see text] be the set of all non-negative integers and [Formula: see text] be its power set. An integer additive set-labeling (IASL) is defined as an injective function [Formula: see text] such that the induced function [Formula: see text] is defined by [Formula: see text]. An IASL [Formula: see text] is said to be an integer additive set-indexer if [Formula: see text] is also injective. A weak IASL is an IASL [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text]. In this paper, critical and creative review of certain studies made on the concepts and properties of weak integer additive set-valued graphs is intended.