English

Strong in-domatic number in digraphs

Combinatorics 2022-04-06 v1

Abstract

Let D=(V,A)D=(V,A) be a digraph and S\mathfrak{S} a partition of V(D)V(D). We say that S\mathfrak{S} is a strong in-domatic partition if every SS in S\mathfrak{S} holds that every vertex not in SS has at least one out-neighbor in SS, that is SS is an in-dominating set, and DSD\langle S \rangle is strongly connected. The maximum number of elements in a strong in-domatic partition is called the strong in-domatic number of DD and it is denoted by ds(D)\mathsf{d}_{s}^{-}(D). In this paper we introduce those concepts and determine the value of ds\mathsf{d}_{s}^{-} for semicomplete digraphs and planar digraphs. We show some structural properties of digraphs which have a strong in-domatic partition and we see some bounds for ds(D)\mathsf{d}_{s}^{-}(D). Then we study this concept in the Cartesian product, composition, line digraph and other associated digraphs. In addition, we characterize strong in-domatic critical digraphs and we give two families strong in-domatic critical digraphs which hold some properties, where a strong in-domatic critical digraph DD holds that ds(De)=ds(D)1\mathsf{d}_{s}^{-}(D-e) = \mathsf{d}_{s}^{-}(D) -1 for every ee in A(D)A(D).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2204.01822,
  title  = {Strong in-domatic number in digraphs},
  author = {Laura Pastrana-Ramírez and Rocío Sánchez-López and Miguel Tecpa-Galván},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.01822},
  year   = {2022}
}
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