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Upper Bounds for Positive Semidefinite Propagation Time

Combinatorics 2021-11-25 v1

Abstract

The tight upper bound pt+(G)V(G)Z+(G)2\operatorname{pt}_+(G) \leq \left\lceil \frac{\left\vert \operatorname{V}(G) \right\vert - \operatorname{Z}_+(G)}{2} \right\rceil is established for the positive semidefinite propagation time of a graph in terms of its positive semidefinite zero forcing number. To prove this bound, two methods of transforming one positive semidefinite zero forcing set into another and algorithms implementing these methods are presented. Consequences of the bound, including a tight Nordhaus-Gaddum sum upper bound on positive semidefinite propagation time, are established.

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@article{arxiv.2111.12240,
  title  = {Upper Bounds for Positive Semidefinite Propagation Time},
  author = {Leslie Hogben and Mark Hunnell and Kevin Liu and Houston Schuerger and Ben Small and Yaqi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.12240},
  year   = {2021}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures

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