Note: A simple criterion on degree sequences of graphs

  • Authors:
  • Amitabha Tripathi;Himanshu Tyagi

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India;Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

A finite sequence of nonnegative integers is called graphic if the terms in the sequence can be realized as the degrees of vertices of a finite simple graph. We present two new characterizations of graphic sequences. The first of these is similar to a result of Havel-Hakimi, and the second equivalent to a result of Erdos & Gallai, thus providing a short proof of the latter result. We also show how some known results concerning degree sets and degree sequences follow from our results.