On cubic graphs having the maximal coalition number

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Main Authors: Dobrynin, Andrey A., Golmohammadi, Hamidreza
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author Dobrynin, Andrey A.
Golmohammadi, Hamidreza
author_facet Dobrynin, Andrey A.
Golmohammadi, Hamidreza
contents A coalition in a graph $G$ with vertex set $V$ consists of two disjoint sets $V_1, V_2\subset V$ such that neither $V_1$ nor $V_2$ is a dominating set, but the union $V_1\cup V_2$ is a dominating set in $G$. A partition of graph vertices is called a coalition partition $\mathcal{P}$ if every non-dominating set of $\mathcal{P}$ is a member of a coalition and every dominating set is a single-vertex set. The coalition number $C(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the maximum cardinality of its coalition partition. It is known that for cubic graphs $C(G)\le 9$. The existence of cubic graphs with the maximal coalition number is an unsolved problem. In this paper, an infinite family of cubic graphs satisfying $C(G)=9$ is constructed.
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spellingShingle On cubic graphs having the maximal coalition number
Dobrynin, Andrey A.
Golmohammadi, Hamidreza
Combinatorics
A coalition in a graph $G$ with vertex set $V$ consists of two disjoint sets $V_1, V_2\subset V$ such that neither $V_1$ nor $V_2$ is a dominating set, but the union $V_1\cup V_2$ is a dominating set in $G$. A partition of graph vertices is called a coalition partition $\mathcal{P}$ if every non-dominating set of $\mathcal{P}$ is a member of a coalition and every dominating set is a single-vertex set. The coalition number $C(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the maximum cardinality of its coalition partition. It is known that for cubic graphs $C(G)\le 9$. The existence of cubic graphs with the maximal coalition number is an unsolved problem. In this paper, an infinite family of cubic graphs satisfying $C(G)=9$ is constructed.
title On cubic graphs having the maximal coalition number
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06245