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Bounding the search number of graph products

Combinatorics 2016-04-18 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we provide results for the search number of the Cartesian product of graphs. We consider graphs on opposing ends of the spectrum: paths and cliques. Our main result determines the pathwidth of the product of cliques and provides a lower bound for the search number of the product of cliques. A consequence of this result is a bound for the search number of arbitrary graphs G and H based on their respective clique numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1604.04509,
  title  = {Bounding the search number of graph products},
  author = {N. E. Clarke and M. E. Messinger and G. Power},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04509},
  year   = {2016}
}