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Main Author: Pham, Andrew
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07411
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contents Given a simple, finite, nonempty graph $G=(V(G),E(G))$, a vertex subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is said to be a dominating set if every vertex $v\in V(G)-D$ is adjacent to a vertex in $D$. The independent domination number $γ_i(G)$ is the minimum cardinality among all independent dominating sets of $G$. Since determining the domination number for general graphs is NP-complete, we focus on the class of $k$-trees. Favaron established a tight upper bound for $1$-trees, while Campos and Wakabayashi determined a tight upper bound for maximal outerplanar graphs, a subclass of $2$-trees. We generalize these results and establish a tight upper bound for the independent domination number of $k$-trees for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$.
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Pham, Andrew
Combinatorics
Given a simple, finite, nonempty graph $G=(V(G),E(G))$, a vertex subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is said to be a dominating set if every vertex $v\in V(G)-D$ is adjacent to a vertex in $D$. The independent domination number $γ_i(G)$ is the minimum cardinality among all independent dominating sets of $G$. Since determining the domination number for general graphs is NP-complete, we focus on the class of $k$-trees. Favaron established a tight upper bound for $1$-trees, while Campos and Wakabayashi determined a tight upper bound for maximal outerplanar graphs, a subclass of $2$-trees. We generalize these results and establish a tight upper bound for the independent domination number of $k$-trees for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$.
title Independent Domination of k-Trees
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07411