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On Pancyclicity in a Mixed Model for Domination Reconfiguration

Combinatorics 2026-04-22 v3

Abstract

A new model for domination reconfiguration is introduced which combines the properties of the preexisting token addition/removal (TAR) and token sliding (TS) models. The vertices of the TARS-graph correspond to the dominating sets of GG, where two vertices are adjacent if and only if they are adjacent via either the TAR reconfiguration rule or the TS reconfiguration rule. While the domination reconfiguration graph obtained by using only the TAR rule (sometimes called the dominating graph) will never have a Hamilton cycle, we show that for some classes of graphs GG, by adding a relatively small number of token sliding edges, the resulting graph is not only hamiltonian, but is in fact pancyclic. In particular, if the underlying graphs are trees, complete graphs, or complete multipartite graphs, we show that their TARS-graphs will be pancyclic. Notably, we prove that if the TARS-graphs of GG and HH are pancyclic, then the TARS-graph of the join GHG \vee H will also be pancyclic. We conclude by posing the question: Are all TARS-graphs pancyclic?

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@article{arxiv.2502.17227,
  title  = {On Pancyclicity in a Mixed Model for Domination Reconfiguration},
  author = {Margaret-Ellen Messinger and Logan Pipes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17227},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, 4 figures

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