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Fair coalition in graphs

Combinatorics 2025-09-23 v2

Abstract

Let G=(V,E)G=(V,E) be a simple graph. A dominating set of GG is a subset DVD\subseteq V such that every vertex not in DD is adjacent to at least one vertex in DD. The cardinality of a smallest dominating set of GG, denoted by γ(G)\gamma(G), is the domination number of GG. For k1k \geq 1, a kk-fair dominating set (kFDkFD-set) in GG, is a dominating set SS such that N(v)D=k|N(v) \cap D|=k for every vertex vVD v \in V\setminus D. A fair dominating set in GG is a kFDkFD-set for some integer k1k\geq 1. We consider 1FD1FD-sets and define a fair coalition in a graph GG as a pair of disjoint subsets A1,A2AA_1, A_2 \subseteq A that satisfy the following conditions: (a) neither A1A_1 nor A2A_2 constitutes a 11-fair dominating set of GG, and (b) A1A2A_1\cup A_2 constitutes a 11-fair dominating set of GG. A fair coalition partition of a graph GG is a partition Υ={A1,A2,,Ak}\Upsilon = \{A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_k\} of its vertex set such that every set AiA_i of Υ\Upsilon is either a singleton 11-fair dominating set of GG, or is not a 11-fair dominating set of GG but forms a fair coalition with another non-11-fair dominating set AjΥA_j\in \Upsilon. We define the fair coalition number of GG as the maximum cardinality of a fair coalition partition of GG, and we denote it by Cf(G)\mathcal{C}_f(G). We initiate the study of the fair coalition in graphs and obtain Cf(G)\mathcal{C}_f(G) for some specific graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2507.15080,
  title  = {Fair coalition in graphs},
  author = {Saeid Alikhani and Abbas Jafari and Maryam Safazadeh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.15080},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages, 3 figures

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