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Critical Pebbling Numbers of Graphs

Combinatorics 2017-04-25 v1

Abstract

We define three new pebbling parameters of a connected graph GG, the rr-, gg-, and uu-critical pebbling numbers. Together with the pebbling number, the optimal pebbling number, the number of vertices nn and the diameter dd of the graph, this yields 7 graph parameters. We determine the relationships between these parameters. We investigate properties of the rr-critical pebbling number, and distinguish between greedy graphs, thrifty graphs, and graphs for which the rr-critical pebbling number is 2d2^d.

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@article{arxiv.1501.04236,
  title  = {Critical Pebbling Numbers of Graphs},
  author = {Courtney R. Gibbons and Joshua D. Laison and Erick J. Paul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04236},
  year   = {2017}
}

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26 pages