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Efficient Domination in Lattice graphs

Combinatorics 2023-03-07 v1

Abstract

Given a graph GG, a subset SS of vertices of GG is an efficient dominating set (EDSEDS) if N[v]S=1,|N[v] \cap S|=1, for all vV(G)v\in V(G). A graph GG is efficiently dominatable if it possesses an EDSEDS. The efficient domination number of G is denoted by F(G) and is defined to be max{vS(1+degv):\max \left\{\sum_{v \in S}(1 + \operatorname{deg} v):\right. SV(G)\left.S \subseteq V(G)\right. and N[x]S1, xV(G)}\left.|N[x] \cap S| \leq 1, \forall~ x \in V(G)\right\}. In general, not every graph is efficiently dominatable. Further, the class of efficiently dominatable graphs has not been completely characterized and the problem of determining whether or not a graph is efficiently dominatable is NP-Complete. Hence, interest is shown to study the efficient domination property for graphs under restricted conditions or special classes of graphs. In this paper, we study the notion of efficient domination in some Lattice graphs, namely, rectangular grid graphs (PmPnP_m \Box P_n), triangular grid graphs, and hexagonal grid graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2303.03143,
  title  = {Efficient Domination in Lattice graphs},
  author = {A. Senthil Thilak and Bharadwaj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.03143},
  year   = {2023}
}
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