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Domination Cover Pebbling: Graph Families

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Given a configuration of pebbles on the vertices of a connected graph G, a pebbling move is defined as the removal of two pebbles from some vertex, and the placement of one of these on an adjacent vertex. We introduce the notion of domination cover pebbling, obtained by combining graph cover pebbling with the theory of domination in graphs. The domination cover pebbling number, psi(G), of a graph G is the minimum number of pebbles that must be placed on V(G) such that after a sequence of pebbling moves, the set of vertices with pebbles forms a dominating set of G, regardless of the initial configuration of pebbles. We discuss basic results and determine psi(G) for paths, cycles and complete binary trees.

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@article{arxiv.math/0507271,
  title  = {Domination Cover Pebbling: Graph Families},
  author = {James Gardner and Anant P. Godbole and Alberto Mokak Teguia and Annalies Z. Vuong and Nathaniel Watson and Carl R. Yerger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0507271},
  year   = {2007}
}

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18 pages

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