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Characterization of classes of graphs with large general position number

Combinatorics 2020-04-10 v1

Abstract

Getting inspired by the famous no-three-in-line problem and by the general position subset selection problem from discrete geometry, the same is introduced into graph theory as follows. A set SS of vertices in a graph GG is a general position set if no element of SS lies on a geodesic between any two other elements of SS. The cardinality of a largest general position set is the general position number gp(G){\rm gp}(G) of G.G. In \cite{ullas-2016} graphs GG of order nn with gp(G){\rm gp}(G) {2,n,n1}\in \{2, n, n-1\} were characterized. In this paper, we characterize the classes of all connected graphs of order n4n\geq 4 with the general position number n2.n-2.

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@article{arxiv.2004.04648,
  title  = {Characterization of classes of graphs with large general position number},
  author = {Elias John Thomas and Ullas Chandran S. V.},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.04648},
  year   = {2020}
}