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Improved upper bounds on the domination number of graphs with minimum degree at least five

Combinatorics 2014-10-17 v1

Abstract

An algorithmic upper bound on the domination number γ\gamma of graphs in terms of the order nn and the minimum degree δ\delta is proved. It is demonstrated that the bound improves best previous bounds for any 5δ505\le \delta \le 50. In particular, for δ=5\delta=5, Xing et al.\ proved in 2006 that γ5n/14<0.3572n\gamma \le 5n/14 < 0.3572 n. This bound is improved to 0.3440n0.3440 n. For δ=6\delta=6, Clark et al.\ in 1998 established γ<0.3377n\gamma <0.3377 n, while Bir\'o et al. recently improved it to γ<0.3340n\gamma <0.3340 n. Here the bound is further improved to γ<0.3159n\gamma < 0.3159 n. For δ=7\delta=7, the best earlier bound 0.3088n0.3 088 n is improved to γ<0.2927n\gamma < 0.2927 n.

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@article{arxiv.1410.4334,
  title  = {Improved upper bounds on the domination number of graphs with minimum degree at least five},
  author = {Csilla Bujtás and Sandi Klavžar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.4334},
  year   = {2014}
}