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A class of graphs approaching Vizing's conjecture

Combinatorics 2016-04-06 v2

Abstract

For any graph G=(V,E)G=(V,E), a subset SVS\subseteq V \emph{dominates} GG if all vertices are contained in the closed neighborhood of SS, that is N[S]=VN[S]=V. The minimum cardinality over all such SS is called the domination number, written γ(G)\gamma(G). In 1963, V.G. Vizing conjectured that γ(GH)γ(G)γ(H)\gamma(G \square H) \geq \gamma(G)\gamma(H) where \square stands for the Cartesian product of graphs. In this note, we define classes of graphs An\mathcal{A}_n, for n0n\geq 0, so that every graph belongs to some such class, and A0\mathcal{A}_0 corresponds to class AA of Bartsalkin and German. We prove that for any graph GG in class A1\mathcal{A}_1, γ(GH)(γ(G)γ(G))γ(H)\gamma(G\square H)\geq \left(\gamma(G)-\sqrt{\gamma(G)}\right)\gamma(H).

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@article{arxiv.1512.01077,
  title  = {A class of graphs approaching Vizing's conjecture},
  author = {Aziz Contractor and Elliot Krop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.01077},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages in Theory and Applications of Graphs: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 4 (2016)

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