Question 1.

In a hostel, there are around ‘n’ number of students (assume a number above 100 for n)

with rooms categorized as triple, double, and single occupancy. Explain how you will

represent the above data as a graph.

I. Will the graph be a simple graph or a multigraph?

Simple graph: A simple graph is an undirected graph with no loops or multiple edges

(Graph Theory-Discrete Mathematics (Types of Graphs), n.d.).

Multigraph: A graph that has several edges connecting the same set of vertices. It has

formed loops (Graph Theory-Discrete Mathematics (Types of Graphs), n.d.).

I've opted to utilize Students as the vertices rather than Rooms. The selection can be

made between students or rooms to depict the vertices of the graph.

 Vertex Representation: Each vertex represents an individual student residing in

the hostel. Students are the entities depicted by vertices in the graph.

 Edge Representation: Edges between vertices (students) indicate relationships

such as roommates or students sharing the same room. Connections (edges)

 represent the occupancy or adjacency between students within the hostel.

 Graph Type: It could be a simple graph if focusing on one connection (edge)

between any two distinct students, assuming a single student occupies a single

room and doesn't share with multiple others. Each student vertex connects to

others based on their room-sharing arrangement or interactions within the hostel.

 Room Allocation: Room allocation information can be inferred from the

connections between students. For instance, if students A and B share an edge,

they might be roommates or share the same room.

ii. Will it have loops?

According to Weisstein (n.d.), “A loop of a graph is a degenerate edge that joins a

vertex to itself, also called a self-loop. A Simple graph cannot contain any loops.”

When representing students as vertices in a hostel graph, loops, which indicate a

student is connected to themselves, are typically omitted. This scenario indicates that

a student has their own room, which is unusual in a dormitory setting. Loops are thus

unlikely in a student-vertices graph because a student cannot be assigned to themself

in the graph, just as rooms cannot be assigned to themselves. Furthermore, because

the graph shows links between students and rooms, it is a simple graph that precludes
 the appearance of loops. As a result, there are no loops in this graph portraying

students as vertices in a dormitory setting.

iii. What is the possible maximum and minimum degree for each student?

 Minimum Degree:

o The minimum degree for a student vertex is typically 0 if the student is not

connected to any room (vertex).

o However, in a typical hostel scenario where each student occupies at least one

room, the minimum degree for each student would be 1, indicating their

connection to a room (vertex).

 Maximum Degree:

If each student can occupy only one room, the maximum degree for each

student would be 1, as a student can connect to only one room (vertex). The

rooms, conversely, can exhibit a maximum degree of 3 and a minimum degree

of 0, indicating instances where no students occupy the room.

iv. If all problems are represented in the form of graphs, won’t the problems be

easily visualized and solved?

 Graphs serve as potent tools for visually representing problems, yet their setup

and solution often demand extensive computations. As the number of vertices

and edges increases, the computational complexity of solving the problem

also escalates. When dealing with an exceedingly large number of vertices,

solving problems using graphs becomes impractical due to the sheer

computational demands involved.

 So, not all problems are easily converted into graph structures, nor can

graphbased representations benefit all problems equally. Due to their

complexity or intrinsic structure, some problems may necessitate alternate

modeling methodologies or may be difficult to visualize using graphs.

 While graphs can be excellent problem-solving and visualization tools in

some situations, the applicability and effectiveness of graph-based solutions

are dependent on the nature and characteristics of the problem at hand.

v. Can we represent every problem with a graph? Explain the reason by

considering an example of a situation that has 11 vertices such that the degree of

each vertex is 11.

 Not every problem can be effectively represented by a graph. Graphs are useful

for modeling and visualizing relationships among entities, but not all scenarios

translate seamlessly into a graph representation (Levin, n.d.).

 Consider the following scenario: a situation with 11 vertices, each with a degree

of 11, indicates a full network. Every vertex in a complete graph is connected to

every other vertex, resulting in a dense and highly interconnected structure. A

complete graph with 11 vertices (denoted as K11) has 55 edges since each of the

11 vertices is connected to the other 10 vertices.

 Let’s represent this Mathematically:

K 11= (V , E )
 o V represents the set of vertices, which contains 11 elements

( V ={ v 1 , v 2 , v 3 , … , v 11} ) .

o E represents the set of edges, which contains all possible edges between

the vertices.

n × ( n−1 )
o Using the formula: E= : where n is the number of vertices.
2

n=11

11× 10 110
o E= E= E=55
2 2

Question 2.

A University is conducting a conference for two days on different subjects for students

pursuing their higher education. Your task is to create a time slot scheduling model for the

conference sessions (based on the subjects attended by students) using graph coloring.

Draw the graph for the same and answer the chromatic number of this problem of
scheduling time slots with the number of subjects of your choice.

If we consider 4 subjects with 4 sessions each, leading to a total of 16 sessions per day for two

days (32 sessions in total), and edges between vertices represent students attending both sessions,

the graph representation could look like this:

(Canva, 2024)

Let's denote the subjects as A, B, C, and D, and their sessions as

A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , B 4 , C 1 , C 2 ,C 3 ,C 4 , D 1 , D 2 , D 3 ,∧D 4.
  Vertices A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 , B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , B 4 , C 1 , C 2 ,C 3 ,C 4 , D 1 , D 2 , D 3 ,∧D 4

represent the sessions for the respective subjects.

 Edges between vertices indicate students attending both sessions connected by the edge.

For example, A 1∧ A 2 , A 1∧B1 , A 1∧B 2, etc., have edges representing students

attending both connected sessions.

This graph illustrates the connections between sessions, showing where students attend multiple

sessions across the four subjects. Each vertex represents a specific session, and the edges

between them indicate student attendance in both sessions.

Question 3.

Explain Euler and Hamiltonian cycles and provide one simple counter example for each.

Find the Euler circuit/path and Hamiltonian cycle/path for the given graph G.
According to (GeeKsForGeeks, n.d.), “Eulerian Path is a path in graph that visits every edge

exactly once. Eulerian Circuit is a Eulerian Path which starts and ends on the same vertex.”

“Hamiltonian Cycle or Circuit in a graph G is a cycle that visits every vertex of G exactly once

and returns to the starting vertex.” Hamiltonian Path in a graph G is a path that visits every

vertex of G exactly once and Hamiltonian Path doesn’t have to return to the starting vertex. It’s

an open path. (GeeKsForGeeks, n.d.),

Find the Euler circuit/path and Hamiltonian cycle/path for the given graph G.

 Euler circuit: No Cycle.

  Euler Path: 6→7→3→2→1→4→6→5→2→4 →5→3 (Introduction to Euler Paths and

Euler Circuits, n.d.)

 Hamiltonian Cycle: 1→2→3→7→6→5→4 →1

 Hamiltonian Path: 1→2→3→5→4 →6→7 (Introduction to Hamilton Paths and

Hamilton Circuits, n.d.).

Question 4:

Explain the spanning tree. Find at least two possible spanning trees for the following graph

H and explain how you determined that they are spanning trees. Draw a bipartite graph

from any one of the two spanning trees that you found.

As noted by Lippman (2020), A spanning tree is a connected graph that includes all vertices and

has no cycles. In simpler terms, it's a graph where there's a path between any two vertices, but no

loops or cycles exist within it.

  Spanning Tree H1: 3−6, 3−2,2−5, 2−1 , 1−4

 Spanning Tree H2: 3−2,2−1, 2−5 ,5−4 ,5−6

(Introduction to Spanning Trees, n.d.)

Draw a bipartite graph from any one of the two spanning trees that you found.

 Bipartite Graph of Spanning Tree H2:

 (Canva, 2024)

A Bipartite Graph is a graph that can be divided into two distinct sets, known as Bipartite Sets,

where edges exclusively link vertices from one set to vertices in the other set. This type of graph

lacks edges connecting vertices within the same set (Prepbytes, 2023).

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