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Roman domination in graphs: the class $\mathcal{R}_\mathbf{UV R}$

Combinatorics 2015-08-11 v1

Abstract

For a graph G=(V,E)G = (V, E), a Roman dominating function f:V{0,1,2}f : V \rightarrow \{0, 1, 2\} has the property that every vertex vVv \in V with f(v)=0f (v) = 0 has a neighbor uu with f(u)=2f (u) = 2. The weight of a Roman dominating function ff is the sum f(V)=vVf(v)f (V) = \cup_{v\in V} f (v), and the minimum weight of a Roman dominating function on GG is the Roman domination number γR(G)\gamma_R(G) of GG. The Roman bondage number bR(G)b_R(G) of GG is the minimum cardinality of all sets FEF \subseteq E for which γR(GF)>γR(G)\gamma_R(G - F) > \gamma_R(G). A graph GG is in the class RUVR\mathcal{R}_{UVR} if the Roman domination number remains unchanged when a vertex is deleted. In this paper we obtain tight upper bounds for γR(G)\gamma_R(G) and bR(G)b_R(G) provided a graph GG is in RUVR\mathcal{R}_{UVR}. We present necessary and sufficient conditions for a tree to be in the class RUVR\mathcal{R}_{UV R}. We give a constructive characterization of RUVR\mathcal{R}_{UVR}-trees using labellings.

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@article{arxiv.1508.02089,
  title  = {Roman domination in graphs: the class $\mathcal{R}_\mathbf{UV R}$},
  author = {Vladimir Samodivkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02089},
  year   = {2015}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures