On k-pairable graphs Original Research Article

Motivated by a 1994 result of Graham et al. (Amer. Math. Monthly 101(7) (1994) 664) about spanning trees of the graphs with an antipodal isomorphism, we introduce the concept of k-pairable graphs and extend the result in Graham et al. (Amer. Math. Monthly 101(7) (1994) 664) to this larger class of graphs. We then define a new graph parameter image, called the pair length of graph G. This parameter measures the maximum distance, in some sense, between a subgraph induced by half the vertices of G with the isomorphic subgraph induced by the other half of image. An upper bound for the parameter image is given. Some properties of the k-pairable graphs and their product graphs are studied. We also post some problems for further research.