Maximum nullity‎, ‎zero forcing number and propagation time of $\ell$-path graphs

Subject Areas : Combinatorics, Graph theory

F. ‎Kheirydoost ¹ ( Department of Mathematics, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 34149-16818, Qazvin, Iran )
E. Vatandoost ² ( Department of Mathematics, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 34149-16818, Qazvin, Iran )
A. Bahraini ³ ( Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran )

Received: 2023-08-22 Accepted : 2023-11-23 Published : 2023-10-01

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