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WIENER INDEX AND TRACEABLE GRAPHS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2012

LIHUI YANG*
Affiliation:
College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hunan City University, Yiyang City, Hunan 413000, PR China email lhyang2009@163.com
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Abstract

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In this short paper, we show that, with three exceptions, if the Wiener index of a connected graph of order $n$ is at most $(n+ 5)(n- 2)/ 2$, then it is traceable.

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Research Article
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Copyright ©2012 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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