General position sets in strong products with paths and cycles
Combinatorics
2026-07-29 v1
Abstract
We study general position sets in strong products involving paths and cycles. For every connected graph and every , we prove that gpgp. We also determine the corresponding values when the path is replaced by , , or , and establish a general upper bound for gp. These results are then applied to strong products of two cycles. We determine several exact values, construct infinite families attaining the general upper bound, and provide counterexamples to the conjectured multiplicativity of the general position number under the strong product.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.26844,
title = {General position sets in strong products with paths and cycles},
author = {Aleksander Vesel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.26844},
year = {2026}
}