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Strong Isometric Dimension, Biclique Coverings, and Sperner's Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

DALIBOR FRONČEK
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1117 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, USA (e-mail: dfroncek@d.umn.edu)
JANJA JEREBIC
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, PeF, University of Maribor, Korošska cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia (e-mail: janja.jerebic@uni-mb.si, sandi.klavzar@uni-mb.si)
SANDI KLAVŽAR
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, PeF, University of Maribor, Korošska cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia (e-mail: janja.jerebic@uni-mb.si, sandi.klavzar@uni-mb.si)
PETR KOVÁŘ
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry, Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic (e-mail: petr.kovar@vsb.cz)

Abstract

The strong isometric dimension of a graph G is the least number k such that G isometrically embeds into the strong product of k paths. Using Sperner's theorem, the strong isometric dimension of the Hamming graphs K2Kn is determined.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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