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Grundy dominating sequences and zero forcing sets

Combinatorics 2017-02-06 v1

Abstract

In a graph GG a sequence v1,v2,,vmv_1,v_2,\dots,v_m of vertices is Grundy dominating if for all 2im2\le i \le m we have N[vi]⊈j=1i1N[vj]N[v_i]\not\subseteq \cup_{j=1}^{i-1}N[v_j] and is Grundy total dominating if for all 2im2\le i \le m we have N(vi)⊈j=1i1N(vj)N(v_i)\not\subseteq \cup_{j=1}^{i-1}N(v_j). The length of the longest Grundy (total) dominating sequence has been studied by several authors. In this paper we introduce two similar concepts when the requirement on the neighborhoods is changed to N(vi)⊈j=1i1N[vj]N(v_i)\not\subseteq \cup_{j=1}^{i-1}N[v_j] or N[vi]⊈j=1i1N(vj)N[v_i]\not\subseteq \cup_{j=1}^{i-1}N(v_j). In the former case we establish a strong connection to the zero forcing number of a graph, while we determine the complexity of the decision problem in the latter case. We also study the relationships among the four concepts, and discuss their computational complexities.

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@article{arxiv.1702.00828,
  title  = {Grundy dominating sequences and zero forcing sets},
  author = {Boštjan Brešar and Csilla Bujtás and Tanja Gologranc and Sandi Klavžar and Gašper Košmrlj and Balázs Patkós and Zsolt Tuza and Máté Vizer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.00828},
  year   = {2017}
}

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14 pages

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