scholarly journals On the Total Outer k-Independent Domination Number of Graphs

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Cabrera-Martínez ◽  
Juan Carlos Hernández-Gómez ◽  
Ernesto Parra-Inza ◽  
José María Sigarreta Almira
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Np Hard Problem ◽  
Independent Domination ◽  
Independent Dominating Set ◽  
Computational Properties

A set of vertices of a graph G is a total dominating set if every vertex of G is adjacent to at least one vertex in such a set. We say that a total dominating set D is a total outer k-independent dominating set of G if the maximum degree of the subgraph induced by the vertices that are not in D is less or equal to k − 1 . The minimum cardinality among all total outer k-independent dominating sets is the total outer k-independent domination number of G. In this article, we introduce this parameter and begin with the study of its combinatorial and computational properties. For instance, we give several closed relationships between this novel parameter and other ones related to domination and independence in graphs. In addition, we give several Nordhaus–Gaddum type results. Finally, we prove that computing the total outer k-independent domination number of a graph G is an NP-hard problem.

scholarly journals New Bounds on the Double Total Domination Number of Graphs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cabrera-Martínez ◽  
F. A. Hernández-Mira
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

AbstractLet G be a graph of minimum degree at least two. A set $$D\subseteq V(G)$$ D ⊆ V ( G ) is said to be a double total dominating set of G if $$|N(v)\cap D|\ge 2$$ | N ( v ) ∩ D | ≥ 2 for every vertex $$v\in V(G)$$ v ∈ V ( G ) . The minimum cardinality among all double total dominating sets of G is the double total domination number of G. In this article, we continue with the study of this parameter. In particular, we provide new bounds on the double total domination number in terms of other domination parameters. Some of our results are tight bounds that improve some well-known results.

Pitchfork domination in graphs

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050025
Author(s):  
Manal N. Al-Harere ◽  
Mohammed A. Abdlhusein
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Undirected Graph ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
New Model ◽  
Domination In Graphs

In this paper, a new model of domination in graphs called the pitchfork domination is introduced. Let [Formula: see text] be a finite, simple and undirected graph without isolated vertices, a subset [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is a pitchfork dominating set if every vertex [Formula: see text] dominates at least [Formula: see text] and at most [Formula: see text] vertices of [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are non-negative integers. The domination number of [Formula: see text], denotes [Formula: see text] is a minimum cardinality over all pitchfork dominating sets in [Formula: see text]. In this work, pitchfork domination when [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is studied. Some bounds on [Formula: see text] related to the order, size, minimum degree, maximum degree of a graph and some properties are given. Pitchfork domination is determined for some known and new modified graphs. Finally, a question has been answered and discussed that; does every finite, simple and undirected graph [Formula: see text] without isolated vertices have a pitchfork domination or not?

scholarly journals Independent Domination Stable Trees and Unicyclic Graphs

Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 820
Author(s):  
Pu Wu ◽  
Huiqin Jiang ◽  
Sakineh Nazari-Moghaddam ◽  
Seyed Mahmoud Sheikholeslami ◽  
Zehui Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Unicyclic Graphs ◽  
Basic Properties ◽  
Independent Domination ◽  
Independent Dominating Set

A set S ⊆ V ( G ) in a graph G is a dominating set if every vertex of G is either in S or adjacent to a vertex of S . A dominating set S is independent if any pair of vertices in S is not adjacent. The minimum cardinality of an independent dominating set on a graph G is called the independent domination number i ( G ) . A graph G is independent domination stable if the independent domination number of G remains unchanged under the removal of any vertex. In this paper, we study the basic properties of independent domination stable graphs, and we characterize all independent domination stable trees and unicyclic graphs. In addition, we establish bounds on the order of independent domination stable trees.

scholarly journals ON THE ROOTS OF TOTAL DOMINATION POLYNOMIAL OF GRAPHS, II

2019 ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Saeid Alikhani ◽  
Nasrin Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Polynomial

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a simple graph of order $n$. A  total dominating set of $G$ is a subset $D$ of $V$, such that every vertex of $V$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in  $D$. The total domination number of $G$ is  minimum cardinality of  total dominating set in $G$ and is denoted by $\gamma_t(G)$. The total domination polynomial of $G$ is the polynomial $D_t(G,x)=\sum_{i=\gamma_t(G)}^n d_t(G,i)$, where $d_t(G,i)$ is the number of total dominating sets of $G$ of size $i$. In this paper, we study roots of the total domination polynomial of some graphs.  We show that  all roots of $D_t(G, x)$ lie in the circle with center $(-1, 0)$ and radius $\sqrt[\delta]{2^n-1}$, where $\delta$ is the minimum degree of $G$. As a consequence, we prove that if $\delta\geq \frac{2n}{3}$,  then every integer root of $D_t(G, x)$ lies in the set $\{-3,-2,-1,0\}$.

scholarly journals A New Upper Bound on the Total Domination Number of a Graph

10.37236/983 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Anders Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

A set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ is a total dominating set of $G$ if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to some vertex in $S$. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of $G$ is the total domination number of $G$. Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least two and with maximum degree at least three. We define a vertex as large if it has degree more than $2$ and we let ${\cal L}$ be the set of all large vertices of $G$. Let $P$ be any component of $G - {\cal L}$; it is a path. If $|P| \equiv 0 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$ and either the two ends of $P$ are adjacent in $G$ to the same large vertex or the two ends of $P$ are adjacent to different, but adjacent, large vertices in $G$, we call $P$ a $0$-path. If $|P| \ge 5$ and $|P| \equiv 1 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$ with the two ends of $P$ adjacent in $G$ to the same large vertex, we call $P$ a $1$-path. If $|P| \equiv 3 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$, we call $P$ a $3$-path. For $i \in \{0,1,3\}$, we denote the number of $i$-paths in $G$ by $p_i$. We show that the total domination number of $G$ is at most $(n + p_0 + p_1 + p_3)/2$. This result generalizes a result shown in several manuscripts (see, for example, J. Graph Theory 46 (2004), 207–210) which states that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least three, then the total domination of $G$ is at most $n/2$. It also generalizes a result by Lam and Wei stating that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least two and with no degree-$2$ vertex adjacent to two other degree-$2$ vertices, then the total domination of $G$ is at most $n/2$.

scholarly journals Independent Domination Number in Triangular & Quadrilateral Snake graph

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S5) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Independent Domination ◽  
Independent Dominating Set

Let V be the vertex set and E be the edge set of a graph G, the vertex set V has a subset S such that S contains vertices which is adjacent to atleast one vertex in V which is not in S, then S is said to be dominating set of G. If the vertex in S is not adjacent to each other, then S is said to be independent dominating set of G and so i(G) denotes the independent domination number, the minimum cardinality of an independent dominating set in G. In this paper, we obtain independent domination number for a triangular snake, alternate triangular snake, double triangular snake, alternate double triangular snake, quadrilateral snake, alternate quadrilateral snake, double quadrilateral snake and alternate double quadrilateral snake graphs.

scholarly journals Independent Domination Subdivision in Graphs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Babikir ◽  
Magda Dettlaff ◽  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Magdalena Lemańska
Keyword(s):  
Connected Graph ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Independent Domination ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Independent Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Subdivision Number

AbstractA set S of vertices in a graph G is a dominating set if every vertex not in S is ad jacent to a vertex in S. If, in addition, S is an independent set, then S is an independent dominating set. The independent domination number i(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of an independent dominating set in G. The independent domination subdivision number $$ \hbox {sd}_{\mathrm{i}}(G)$$ sd i ( 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 independent domination number. We show that for every connected graph G on at least three vertices, the parameter $$ \hbox {sd}_{\mathrm{i}}(G)$$ sd i ( G ) is well defined and differs significantly from the well-studied domination subdivision number $$\mathrm{sd_\gamma }(G)$$ sd γ ( G ) . For example, if G is a block graph, then $$\mathrm{sd_\gamma }(G) \le 3$$ sd γ ( G ) ≤ 3 , while $$ \hbox {sd}_{\mathrm{i}}(G)$$ sd i ( G ) can be arbitrary large. Further we show that there exist connected graph G with arbitrarily large maximum degree $$\Delta (G)$$ Δ ( G ) such that $$ \hbox {sd}_{\mathrm{i}}(G) \ge 3 \Delta (G) - 2$$ sd i ( G ) ≥ 3 Δ ( G ) - 2 , in contrast to the known result that $$\mathrm{sd_\gamma }(G) \le 2 \Delta (G) - 1$$ sd γ ( G ) ≤ 2 Δ ( G ) - 1 always holds. Among other results, we present a simple characterization of trees T with $$ \hbox {sd}_{\mathrm{i}}(T) = 1$$ sd i ( T ) = 1 .

scholarly journals Independent Domination Number in Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)-WENO Scheme Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S5) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Mesh Refinement ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Mesh Refinement ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Weno Scheme ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Independent Domination ◽  
Independent Dominating Set

Let G be the graph, consider the vertex set as V and edge set as E. If S is the subset of the vertex set V such that S contains vertices which has atleast one neighbor in V that is not in S, then S is said to be dominating set of G. If the vertex in S is not adjacent to one another, then S is called as the independent dominating set of G and so i(G) represents the independent domination number, the minimum cardinality of an independent dominating set in G. In this paper, we obtain independent domination number for triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal and octagonal networks by Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)-WENO Scheme.

scholarly journals On k-Fair Total Domination in Graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 578-589
Author(s):  
Wardah Masanggila Bent-Usman ◽  
Rowena T. Isla
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Domination In Graphs ◽  
Product Of Graphs

Let G = (V (G), E(G)) be a simple non-empty graph. For an integer k ≥ 1, a k-fairtotal dominating set (kf td-set) is a total dominating set S ⊆ V (G) such that |NG(u) ∩ S| = k for every u ∈ V (G)\S. The k-fair total domination number of G, denoted by γkf td(G), is the minimum cardinality of a kf td-set. A k-fair total dominating set of cardinality γkf td(G) is called a minimum k-fair total dominating set or a γkf td-set. We investigate the notion of k-fair total domination in this paper. We also characterize the k-fair total dominating sets in the join, corona, lexicographic product and Cartesian product of graphs and determine the exact values or sharpbounds of their corresponding k-fair total domination number.

scholarly journals Locating-Total Dominating Sets in Twin-Free Graphs: a Conjecture

10.37236/5147 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Foucaud ◽  
Michael A. Henning
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Open Neighborhood ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Isolated Vertex

A total dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex of $G$ has a neighbor in $D$. A locating-total dominating set of $G$ is a total dominating set $D$ of $G$ with the additional property that every two distinct vertices outside $D$ have distinct neighbors in $D$; that is, for distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ outside $D$, $N(u) \cap D \ne N(v) \cap D$ where $N(u)$ denotes the open neighborhood of $u$. A graph is twin-free if every two distinct vertices have distinct open and closed neighborhoods.  The location-total domination number of $G$, denoted $\gamma_t^L(G)$, is the minimum cardinality of a locating-total dominating set in $G$. It is well-known that every connected graph of order $n \ge 3$ has a total dominating set of size at most $\frac{2}{3}n$. We conjecture that if $G$ is a twin-free graph of order $n$ with no isolated vertex, then $\gamma_t^L(G) \le \frac{2}{3}n$. We prove the conjecture for graphs without $4$-cycles as a subgraph. We also prove that if $G$ is a twin-free graph of order $n$, then $\gamma_t^L(G) \le \frac{3}{4}n$.

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