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A Note on the Immersion Number of Generalized Mycielski Graphs

Combinatorics 2021-05-13 v1

Abstract

The immersion number of a graph GG, denoted im(G)(G), is the largest tt such that GG has a KtK_t-immersion. In this note we are interested in determining the immersion number of the mm-Mycielskian of GG, denoted μm(G)\mu_m(G). Given the immersion number of GG we provide a lower bound for im(μm(G))(\mu_m(G)). To do this we introduce the "distinct neighbor property" of immersions. We also include examples of classes of graphs where im(μm(G))(\mu_m(G)) exceeds the lower bound. We conclude with a conjecture about im(μm(Kt))(\mu_m(K_t)).

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@article{arxiv.2105.05724,
  title  = {A Note on the Immersion Number of Generalized Mycielski Graphs},
  author = {Karen L. Collins and Megan E. Heenehan and Jessica McDonald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.05724},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Proceedings of the Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing