A note on the domination number of a graph and its complement

Dănuţ Marcu

Mathematica Bohemica (2001)

  • Volume: 126, Issue: 1, page 63-65
  • ISSN: 0862-7959

Abstract

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If G is a simple graph of size n without isolated vertices and G ¯ is its complement, we show that the domination numbers of G and G ¯ satisfy γ ( G ) + γ ( G ¯ ) n - δ + 2 if γ ( G ) > 3 , δ + 3 if γ ( G ¯ ) > 3 , where δ is the minimum degree of vertices in G .

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Marcu, Dănuţ. "A note on the domination number of a graph and its complement." Mathematica Bohemica 126.1 (2001): 63-65. <http://eudml.org/doc/248850>.

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