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On the Domination Number of Generalized Petersen Graphs P(ck,k)

Combinatorics 2015-03-19 v1

Abstract

Let G=(V(G),E(G))G=(V(G),E(G)) be a simple connected and undirected graph with vertex set V(G)V(G) and edge set E(G)E(G). A set SV(G)S \subseteq V(G) is a dominatingdominating setset if for each vV(G)v \in V(G) either vSv \in S or vv is adjacent to some wSw \in S. That is, SS is a dominating set if and only if N[S]=V(G)N[S]=V(G). The domination number γ(G)\gamma(G) is the minimum cardinalities of minimal dominating sets. In this paper, we give an improved upper bound on the domination number of generalized Petersen graphs P(ck,k)P(ck,k) for c3c\geq 3 and k3k\geq 3. We also prove that γ(P(4k,k))=2k+1\gamma(P(4k,k))=2k+1 for even kk, γ(P(5k,k))=3k\gamma(P(5k,k))=3k for all k1k\geq 1, and γ(P(6k,k))=10k3\gamma(P(6k,k))=\lceil\frac{10k}{3}\rceil for k1k\geq 1 and k2k\neq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1103.2427,
  title  = {On the Domination Number of Generalized Petersen Graphs P(ck,k)},
  author = {Haoli Wang and Xirong Xu and Yuansheng Yang and Guoqing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2427},
  year   = {2015}
}

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