γ-graphs of graphs

Gerd H. Fricke; Sandra M. Hedetniemi; Stephen T. Hedetniemi; Kevin R. Hutson

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory (2011)

  • Volume: 31, Issue: 3, page 517-531
  • ISSN: 2083-5892

Abstract

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A set S ⊆ V is a dominating set of a graph G = (V,E) if every vertex in V -S is adjacent to at least one vertex in S. The domination number γ(G) of G equals the minimum cardinality of a dominating set S in G; we say that such a set S is a γ-set. In this paper we consider the family of all γ-sets in a graph G and we define the γ-graph G(γ) = (V(γ), E(γ)) of G to be the graph whose vertices V(γ) correspond 1-to-1 with the γ-sets of G, and two γ-sets, say D₁ and D₂, are adjacent in E(γ) if there exists a vertex v ∈ D₁ and a vertex w ∈ D₂ such that v is adjacent to w and D₁ = D₂ - {w} ∪ {v}, or equivalently, D₂ = D₁ - {v} ∪ {w}. In this paper we initiate the study of γ-graphs of graphs.

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Gerd H. Fricke, et al. "γ-graphs of graphs." Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 31.3 (2011): 517-531. <http://eudml.org/doc/270927>.

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AU - Gerd H. Fricke
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AU - Stephen T. Hedetniemi
AU - Kevin R. Hutson
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