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On $\mathcal{D}$-equivalence classes of some graphs

Combinatorics 2015-11-19 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a simple graph of order nn. The domination polynomial of GG is the polynomial D(G,x)=i=1nd(G,i)xiD(G, x)=\sum_{i=1}^n d(G,i) x^i, where d(G,i)d(G,i) is the number of dominating sets of GG of size ii. The nn-barbell graph BarnBar_n with 2n2n vertices, is formed by joining two copies of a complete graph KnK_n by a single edge. We prove that for every n2n\geq 2, BarnBar_n is not D\mathcal{D}-unique, that is, there is another non-isomorphic graph with the same domination polynomial. More precisely, we show that for every nn, the D\mathcal{D}-equivalence class of barbell graph, [Barn][Bar_n], contains many graphs, which one of them is the complement of book graph of order n1n-1, Bn1cB_{n-1}^c. Also we present many families of graphs in D\mathcal{D}-equivalence class of Kn1Kn2KnkK_{n_1}\cup K_{n_2}\cup \cdots\cup K_{n_k}.

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@article{arxiv.1511.00159,
  title  = {On $\mathcal{D}$-equivalence classes of some graphs},
  author = {Somayeh Jahari and Saeid Alikhani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.00159},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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