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Graphs with $C_3_-free vertices are not universal fixers

Combinatorics 2013-09-06 v2

Abstract

A non-isolated vertex xV(G)x\in V(G) is called C3C_{3}-free if xx belongs to no triangle of GG. In \cite{BMW} Burger, Mynhardt and Weakley introduced the idea of universal fixers. Let G=(V,E)G=(V,E) be a graph with nn vertices and GG' a copy of GG. For a bijective function π:V(G)V(G)\pi:V(G)\mapsto V (G'), we define the prism πG\pi G of GG as follows: V(πG)=V(G)V(G)V(\pi G)=V(G)\cup V(G') and E(πG)=E(G)E(G)MπE(\pi G)=E(G)\cup E(G')\cup M_{\pi}, where Mπ={uπ(u):uV(G)}M_{\pi}=\{u\pi (u): u\in V(G)\}. Let γ(G)\gamma(G) be the domination number of GG. If γ(πG)=γ(G)\gamma(\pi G)=\gamma(G) for any bijective function π\pi, then GG is called a universal fixer. In \cite{MX} it is conjectured that the only universal fixer is the edgeless graph Knˉ\bar{K_n}. In this note, we prove that any graph GG with C3C_3-free vertices is not a universal fixer graph.

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@article{arxiv.1309.0603,
  title  = {Graphs with $C_3_-free vertices are not universal fixers},
  author = {Magdalena Lemańska and Monika Rosicka and Rita Zuazua},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0603},
  year   = {2013}
}

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