Wiener index of graphs with fixed number of pendant or cut-vertices

Dinesh Pandey; Kamal Lochan Patra

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A remark on the (2,2)-domination number

Torsten Korneffel, Dirk Meierling, Lutz Volkmann (2008)

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A subset D of the vertex set of a graph G is a (k,p)-dominating set if every vertex v ∈ V(G)∖D is within distance k to at least p vertices in D. The parameter $γ_{k, p} (G)$ denotes the minimum cardinality of a (k,p)-dominating set of G. In 1994, Bean, Henning and Swart posed the conjecture that $γ_{k, p} (G) \leq (p / (p + k)) n (G)$ for any graph G with δₖ(G) ≥ k+p-1, where the latter means that every vertex is within distance k to at least k+p-1 vertices other than itself. In 2005, Fischermann and Volkmann confirmed this conjecture...

Wiener and vertex PI indices of the strong product of graphs

K. Pattabiraman, P. Paulraja (2012)

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The Wiener index of a connected graph G, denoted by W(G), is defined as $½ \sum_{u, v \in V (G)} d_{G} (u, v)$ . Similarly, the hyper-Wiener index of a connected graph G, denoted by WW(G), is defined as $½ W (G) + ¼ \sum_{u, v \in V (G)} d ²_{G} (u, v)$ . The vertex Padmakar-Ivan (vertex PI) index of a graph G is the sum over all edges uv of G of the number of vertices which are not equidistant from u and v. In this paper, the exact formulae for Wiener, hyper-Wiener and vertex PI indices of the strong product $G ⊠ K_{m ₀, m ₁, . . ., m_{r - 1}}$ , where $K_{m ₀, m ₁, . . ., m_{r - 1}}$ is the complete multipartite graph with partite sets...

A note on periodicity of the 2-distance operator

Bohdan Zelinka (2000)

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The paper solves one problem by E. Prisner concerning the 2-distance operator T₂. This is an operator on the class $C_{f}$ of all finite undirected graphs. If G is a graph from $C_{f}$ , then T₂(G) is the graph with the same vertex set as G in which two vertices are adjacent if and only if their distance in G is 2. E. Prisner asks whether the periodicity ≥ 3 is possible for T₂. In this paper an affirmative answer is given. A result concerning the periodicity 2 is added.

On arbitrarily vertex decomposable unicyclic graphs with dominating cycle

Sylwia Cichacz, Irmina A. Zioło (2006)

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A graph G of order n is called arbitrarily vertex decomposable if for each sequence (n₁,...,nₖ) of positive integers such that $\sum_{i = 1}^{k} n_{i} = n$ , there exists a partition (V₁,...,Vₖ) of vertex set of G such that for every i ∈ 1,...,k the set $V_{i}$ induces a connected subgraph of G on $n_{i}$ vertices. We consider arbitrarily vertex decomposable unicyclic graphs with dominating cycle. We also characterize all such graphs with at most four hanging vertices such that exactly two of them have a common neighbour. ...

Distance in stratified graphs

Gary Chartrand, Lisa Hansen, Reza Rashidi, Naveed Sherwani (2000)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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A graph $G$ is stratified if its vertex set is partitioned into classes, called strata. If there are $k$ strata, then $G$ is $k$ -stratified. These graphs were introduced to study problems in VLSI design. The strata in a stratified graph are also referred to as color classes. For a color $X$ in a stratified graph $G$ , the $X$ -eccentricity $e_{X} (v)$ of a vertex $v$ of $G$ is the distance between $v$ and an $X$ -colored vertex furthest from $v$ . The minimum $X$ -eccentricity among the vertices of $G$ is the $X$ -radius ${r a d}_{X} G$ of $G$ ...

Double domination critical and stable graphs upon vertex removal

Soufiane Khelifi, Mustapha Chellali (2012)

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In a graph a vertex is said to dominate itself and all its neighbors. A double dominating set of a graph G is a subset of vertices that dominates every vertex of G at least twice. The double domination number of G, denoted $γ_{\times 2} (G)$ , is the minimum cardinality among all double dominating sets of G. We consider the effects of vertex removal on the double domination number of a graph. A graph G is $γ_{\times 2}$ -vertex critical graph ( $γ_{\times 2}$ -vertex stable graph, respectively) if the removal of any vertex different...

Domination Subdivision Numbers

Teresa W. Haynes, Sandra M. Hedetniemi, Stephen T. Hedetniemi, David P. Jacobs, James Knisely, Lucas C. van der Merwe (2001)

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A set S of vertices of a graph G = (V,E) is a dominating set if every vertex of V-S is adjacent to some vertex in S. The domination number γ(G) is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of G, and the domination subdivision number $s d_{γ} (G)$ is the minimum number of edges that must be subdivided (each edge in G can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the domination number. Arumugam conjectured that $1 \leq s d_{γ} (G) \leq 3$ for any graph G. We give a counterexample to this conjecture. On the other hand,...

Graphs with large double domination numbers

Michael A. Henning (2005)

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In a graph G, a vertex dominates itself and its neighbors. A subset S ⊆ V(G) is a double dominating set of G if S dominates every vertex of G at least twice. The minimum cardinality of a double dominating set of G is the double domination number $γ_{\times 2} (G)$ . If G ≠ C₅ is a connected graph of order n with minimum degree at least 2, then we show that $γ_{\times 2} (G) \leq 3 n / 4$ and we characterize those graphs achieving equality.

The geodetic number of strong product graphs

A.P. Santhakumaran, S.V. Ullas Chandran (2010)

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For two vertices u and v of a connected graph G, the set $I_{G} [u, v]$ consists of all those vertices lying on u-v geodesics in G. Given a set S of vertices of G, the union of all sets $I_{G} [u, v]$ for u,v ∈ S is denoted by $I_{G} [S]$ . A set S ⊆ V(G) is a geodetic set if $I_{G} [S] = V (G)$ and the minimum cardinality of a geodetic set is its geodetic number g(G) of G. Bounds for the geodetic number of strong product graphs are obtainted and for several classes improved bounds and exact values are obtained.

Roman bondage in graphs

Nader Jafari Rad, Lutz Volkmann (2011)

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A Roman dominating function on a graph G is a function f:V(G) → 0,1,2 satisfying the condition that every vertex u for which f(u) = 0 is adjacent to at least one vertex v for which f(v) = 2. The weight of a Roman dominating function is the value $f (V (G)) = \sum_{u \in V (G)} f (u)$ . The Roman domination number, $γ_{R} (G)$ , of G is the minimum weight of a Roman dominating function on G. In this paper, we define the Roman bondage $b_{R} (G)$ of a graph G with maximum degree at least two to be the minimum cardinality of all sets E’ ⊆ E(G)...

On vertex stability with regard to complete bipartite subgraphs

Aneta Dudek, Andrzej Żak (2010)

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A graph G is called (H;k)-vertex stable if G contains a subgraph isomorphic to H ever after removing any of its k vertices. Q(H;k) denotes the minimum size among the sizes of all (H;k)-vertex stable graphs. In this paper we complete the characterization of $(K_{m, n}; 1)$ -vertex stable graphs with minimum size. Namely, we prove that for m ≥ 2 and n ≥ m+2, $Q (K_{m, n}; 1) = m n + m + n$ and $K_{m, n} * K ₁$ as well as $K_{m + 1, n + 1} - e$ are the only $(K_{m, n}; 1)$ -vertex stable graphs with minimum size, confirming the conjecture of Dudek and Zwonek.

Paired domination in prisms of graphs

Christina M. Mynhardt, Mark Schurch (2011)

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The paired domination number $γ_{p r} (G)$ of a graph G is the smallest cardinality of a dominating set S of G such that ⟨S⟩ has a perfect matching. The generalized prisms πG of G are the graphs obtained by joining the vertices of two disjoint copies of G by |V(G)| independent edges. We provide characterizations of the following three classes of graphs: $γ_{p r} (π G) = 2 γ_{p r} (G)$ for all πG; $γ_{p r} (K ₂ ☐ G) = 2 γ_{p r} (G)$ ; $γ_{p r} (K ₂ ☐ G) = γ_{p r} (G)$ .

Domination in partitioned graphs

Zsolt Tuza, Preben Dahl Vestergaard (2002)

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Let V₁, V₂ be a partition of the vertex set in a graph G, and let $γ_{i}$ denote the least number of vertices needed in G to dominate $V_{i}$ . We prove that γ₁+γ₂ ≤ [4/5]|V(G)| for any graph without isolated vertices or edges, and that equality occurs precisely if G consists of disjoint 5-paths and edges between their centers. We also give upper and lower bounds on γ₁+γ₂ for graphs with minimum valency δ, and conjecture that γ₁+γ₂ ≤ [4/(δ+3)]|V(G)| for δ ≤ 5. As δ gets large, however, the largest...