International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 9 (1986), Issue 1, Pages 193-195
doi:10.1155/S0161171286000224

Homomorphisms of complete n-partite graphs

Robert D. Girse

Department of Mathematics, Idaho State University, Pocatello 83209–0009, Idaho, USA

Received 24 January 1985; Revised 10 April 1985

Copyright © 1986 Robert D. Girse. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

It is shown that for every homomorphism ϕ of a graph G there exists a contraction θϕ on G¯, the complement of G, such that ϕ(G)¯=θϕ(G¯) if and only if G is a complete n-partite graph.