Labeled packing of a non-star tree into its sixth power

In 2013, Duchêne et al. [3] introduced a new variant of the graph packing problem, called labeled packing of a graph. In this paper, we introduce some results on the labeled packing of a non-star tree into its sixth power. First, we show that there exists a labeled packing of a path P n , n ≥ 4 , into P n 4 with ⌈ n 4 ⌉ labels. We also prove that we can find a labeled packing of a non-star tree T into T 6 with m T + ⌈ n − m T 5 ⌉ labels, where n is the number of vertices of T and m T denotes the maximum number of leaves that can be removed from T in such a way that the obtained tree is a non-star one.

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Discrete Mathematics
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2026-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2026.115429
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Optimization and Packing Problems
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Labeled packing of a non-star tree into its sixth power

Maidoun Mortada, Sara Nasser, Hamamache Kheddouci
Discrete Mathematics
Optimization and Packing Problems
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Labeled packing of a non-star tree into its sixth power

Maidoun Mortada, Sara Nasser, Hamamache Kheddouci
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Abstract

In 2013, Duchêne et al. [3] introduced a new variant of the graph packing problem, called labeled packing of a graph. In this paper, we introduce some results on the labeled packing of a non-star tree into its sixth power. First, we show that there exists a labeled packing of a path P n , n ≥ 4 , into P n 4 with ⌈ n 4 ⌉ labels. We also prove that we can find a labeled packing of a non-star tree T into T 6 with m T + ⌈ n − m T 5 ⌉ labels, where n is the number of vertices of T and m T denotes the maximum number of leaves that can be removed from T in such a way that the obtained tree is a non-star one.

Discrete MathematicsVol. 350(2)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Lebanese University (LB), Laboratoire d'Informatique en Images et Systèmes d'Information (FR), Lebanese International University (LB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 11%
Optimization and Packing Problems
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