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On generating snarks

Busiso P. Chisala (1998)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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We discuss the construction of snarks (that is, cyclically 4-edge connected cubic graphs of girth at least five which are not 3-edge colourable) by using what we call colourable snark units and a welding process.

Total domination edge critical graphs with maximum diameter

Lucas C. van der Merwe, Cristine M. Mynhardt, Teresa W. Haynes (2001)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Denote the total domination number of a graph G by γₜ(G). A graph G is said to be total domination edge critical, or simply γₜ-critical, if γₜ(G+e) < γₜ(G) for each edge e ∈ E(G̅). For 3ₜ-critical graphs G, that is, γₜ-critical graphs with γₜ(G) = 3, the diameter of G is either 2 or 3. We characterise the 3ₜ-critical graphs G with diam G = 3.

On the Independence Number of Edge Chromatic Critical Graphs

Shiyou Pang, Lianying Miao, Wenyao Song, Zhengke Miao (2014)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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In 1968, Vizing conjectured that for any edge chromatic critical graph G = (V,E) with maximum degree △ and independence number α (G), α (G) ≤ [...] . It is known that α (G) < [...] |V |. In this paper we improve this bound when △≥ 4. Our precise result depends on the number n2 of 2-vertices in G, but in particular we prove that α (G) ≤ [...] |V | when △ ≥ 5 and n2 ≤ 2(△− 1)

A maximum degree theorem for diameter-2-critical graphs

Teresa Haynes, Michael Henning, Lucas Merwe, Anders Yeo (2014)

Open Mathematics

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A graph is diameter-2-critical if its diameter is two and the deletion of any edge increases the diameter. Let G be a diameter-2-critical graph of order n. Murty and Simon conjectured that the number of edges in G is at most ⌊n 2/4⌋ and that the extremal graphs are the complete bipartite graphs K ⌊n/2⌋,⌊n/2⌉. Fan [Discrete Math. 67 (1987), 235–240] proved the conjecture for n ≤ 24 and for n = 26, while Füredi [J. Graph Theory 16 (1992), 81–98] proved the conjecture for n > n 0 where...

The Connectivity Of Domination Dot-Critical Graphs With No Critical Vertices

Michitaka Furuya (2014)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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An edge of a graph is called dot-critical if its contraction decreases the domination number. A graph is said to be dot-critical if all of its edges are dot-critical. A vertex of a graph is called critical if its deletion decreases the domination number. In A note on the domination dot-critical graphs, Discrete Appl. Math. 157 (2009) 3743-3745, Chen and Shiu constructed for each even integer k ≥ 4 infinitely many k-dot-critical graphs G with no critical vertices and k(G) = 1. In this...

Critical Graphs for R(P n , P m ) and the Star-Critical Ramsey Number for Paths

Jonelle Hook (2015)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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The graph Ramsey number R(G,H) is the smallest integer r such that every 2-coloring of the edges of Kr contains either a red copy of G or a blue copy of H. The star-critical Ramsey number r∗(G,H) is the smallest integer k such that every 2-coloring of the edges of Kr − K1,r−1−k contains either a red copy of G or a blue copy of H. We will classify the critical graphs, 2-colorings of the complete graph on R(G,H) − 1 vertices with no red G or blue H, for the path-path Ramsey number. This...

Eternal Domination: Criticality and Reachability

William F. Klostermeyer, Gary MacGillivray (2017)

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We show that for every minimum eternal dominating set, D, of a graph G and every vertex v ∈ D, there is a sequence of attacks at the vertices of G which can be defended in such a way that an eternal dominating set not containing v is reached. The study of the stronger assertion that such a set can be reached after a single attack is defended leads to the study of graphs which are critical in the sense that deleting any vertex reduces the eternal domination number. Examples of these graphs...

A characterization of diameter-2-critical graphs with no antihole of length four

Teresa Haynes, Michael Henning (2012)

Open Mathematics

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A graph G is diameter-2-critical if its diameter is two and the deletion of any edge increases the diameter. In this paper we characterize the diameter-2-critical graphs with no antihole of length four, that is, the diameter-2-critical graphs whose complements have no induced 4-cycle. Murty and Simon conjectured that the number of edges in a diameter-2-critical graph of order n is at most n 2/4 and that the extremal graphs are complete bipartite graphs with equal size partite sets. As...