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Paper   IPM / Computer Science / 10980
School of Computer Science
  Title:   Some topological properties of star graphs: The surface area and volume
  Author(s): 
1.  N. Imani
2.  H. Sarbazi-Azad
3.  S.G. Akl
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Discrete Mathematics
  No.:  3
  Vol.:  309
  Year:  2008
  Pages:   560-569
  Publisher(s):   Elsevier B.V.
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
The star graph, as an interesting network topology, has been extensively studied in the past. In this paper, we address some of the combinatorial properties of the star graph. In particular, we consider the problem of calculating the surface area and volume of the star graph, and thus answering an open problem previously posed in the literature. The surface area of a sphere with radius i in a graph is the number of nodes in the graph whose distance from a given node is exactly i. The volume of a sphere with radius i in a graph is the number of nodes within distance i from the given node. In this paper, we derive explicit expressions to calculate the surface area and volume in the star graph.

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