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On graphs having one size of maximal open packings

Combinatorics 2020-06-03 v1

Abstract

A set PP of vertices in a graph GG is an open packing if no two distinct vertices in PP have a common neighbor. Among all maximal open packings in GG, the smallest cardinality is denoted ρLo(G)\rho^{\rm o}_L(G) and the largest cardinality is ρo(G)\rho^{\rm o}(G). There exist graphs for which these two invariants are arbitrarily far apart. In this paper we begin the investigation of the class of graphs that have one size of maximal open packings. By presenting a method of constructing such graphs we show that every graph is the induced subgraph of a graph in this class. The main result of the paper is a structural characterization of those GG that do not have a cycle of order less than 1515 and for which ρLo(G)=ρo(G)\rho^{\rm o}_L(G)=\rho^{\rm o}(G).

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@article{arxiv.2006.01616,
  title  = {On graphs having one size of maximal open packings},
  author = {Bert L. Hartnell and Douglas F. Rall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.01616},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures, 12 references

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