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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-2000</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Minimum cycle basis of the α–product of Pm with Pn</article-title>
      </title-group>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Alzoubi</surname>
            <given-names>Maref Y. M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163, Jordan</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Al-Hawary</surname>
            <given-names>Talal Ali</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163, Jordan</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>28</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>797</fpage>
      <lpage>807</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>18</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>For a graph, its cycle space has a lot of bases, out of which we are interested in finding a basis of minimum length. A cycle basis length is the sum of all cycles lengths. In this work, we give cycle basis of the α–product of different Paths of minimal length.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>α–product</kwd>
        <kwd>Cycle basis</kwd>
        <kwd>Minimum cycle basis</kwd>
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