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On Grundy total domination number in product graphs

Combinatorics 2017-12-27 v1

Abstract

A longest sequence (v1,,vk)(v_1,\ldots,v_k) of vertices of a graph GG is a Grundy total dominating sequence of GG if for all ii, N(vi)j=1i1N(vj)N(v_i) \setminus \bigcup_{j=1}^{i-1}N(v_j)\not=\emptyset. The length kk of the sequence is called the Grundy total domination number of GG and denoted γgrt(G)\gamma_{gr}^{t}(G). In this paper, the Grundy total domination number is studied on four standard graph products. For the direct product we show that γgrt(G×H)γgrt(G)γgrt(H)\gamma_{gr}^t(G\times H) \geq \gamma_{gr}^t(G)\gamma_{gr}^t(H), conjecture that the equality always holds, and prove the conjecture in several special cases. For the lexicographic product we express γgrt(GH)\gamma_{gr}^t(G\circ H) in terms of related invariant of the factors and find some explicit formulas for it. For the strong product, lower bounds on γgrt(GH)\gamma_{gr}^t(G \boxtimes H) are proved as well as upper bounds for products of paths and cycles. For the Cartesian product we prove lower and upper bounds on the Grundy total domination number when factors are paths or cycles.

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@article{arxiv.1712.08780,
  title  = {On Grundy total domination number in product graphs},
  author = {Boštjan Brešar and Csilla Bujtás and Tanja Gologranc and Sandi Klavžar and Gašper Košmrlj and Tilen Marc and Balázs Patkós and Zsolt Tuza and Máté Vizer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.08780},
  year   = {2017}
}

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