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A semitotal dominating set of a graph $G$ with no isolated vertex is a dominating set $D$ of $G$ such that every vertex in $D$ is within distance two of another vertex in $D$. The minimum size $\gamma_{t2}(G)$ of a semitotal dominating set…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-10-17 Esther Galby , Andrea Munaro , Bernard Ries

In the eternal domination game, an attacker attacks a vertex at each turn and a team of guards must move a guard to the attacked vertex to defend it. The guards may only move to adjacent vertices and no more than one guard may occupy a…

We say that a graph $H$ dominates another graph $H'$ if the number of homomorphisms from $H'$ to any graph $G$ is dominated, in an appropriate sense, by the number of homomorphisms from $H$ to $G$. We study the family of dominating graphs,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-27 David Conlon , Joonkyung Lee

In this paper, we prove a problem proposed by Bre\v{s}ar: for any graphs $G$ and $H$, $\Gamma(G\square H)\ge\Gamma(G)\Gamma(H)+ \min\{|V(G)|-\Gamma(G),|V(H)|-\Gamma(H)\}$, where $\Gamma(G)$ denotes the upper domination number of $G$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-20 Yu-Yen Chien

Let $(X, \mathcal{F})$ be a hypergraph. The Maker-Breaker game on $(X, \mathcal{F})$ is a combinatorial game between two players, Maker and Breaker. Beginning with Maker, the players take turns claiming vertices from $X$ that have not yet…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Finn Orson Koepke

Consider a vertex colouring game played on a simple graph with $k$ permissible colours. Two players, a maker and a breaker, take turns to colour an uncoloured vertex such that adjacent vertices receive different colours. The game ends once…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Dominique Andres , Edwin Lock

A set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ is a dominating set of $G$ if every vertex not in $S$ is adjacent to a vertex in~$S$. An independent dominating set in $G$ is a dominating set of $G$ with the additional property that it is an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Boštjan Brešar , Tanja Dravec , Michael A. Henning

In a directed graph $D$, a vertex subset $S\subseteq V$ is a total dominating set if every vertex of $D$ has an in-neighbor from $S$. A total dominating set exists if and only if every vertex has at least one in-neighbor. We call the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Zoltán L. Blázsik , Leila Vivien Nagy

As a natural variant of domination in graphs, Dankelmann et al. [Domination with exponential decay, Discrete Math. 309 (2009) 5877-5883] introduce exponential domination, where vertices are considered to have some dominating power that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-05 Stéphane Bessy , Pascal Ochem , Dieter Rautenbach

In a strong game played on the edge set of a graph G there are two players, Red and Blue, alternating turns in claiming previously unclaimed edges of G (with Red playing first). The winner is the first one to claim all the edges of some…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-07-19 Asaf Ferber , Pascal Pfister

Assume $n$ players are placed on the $n$ vertices of a graph $G$. The following game was introduced by Winkler: An adversary puts a hat on each player, where each hat has a colour out of $q$ available colours. The players can see the hat of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Charlotte Knierim , Anders Martinsson , Raphael Steiner

We consider some biased Maker-Breaker games. Starting with the complete $k$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices, at each turn Maker claims one edge, and then Breaker claims $b$ edges. Maker's goal is to obtain a set of edges having some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Patrick Bennett , Alan Frieze , Wesley Pegden

In a graph G, a vertex dominates itself and its neighbors. A subset S of V is called a dominating set in G if every vertex in V is dominated by at least one vertex in S. The domination number gamma G is the minimum cardinality of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-18 S. Mehry , R. Safakish

The modular product $G\diamond H$ of graphs $G$ and $H$ is a graph on vertex set $V(G)\times V(H)$. Two vertices $(g,h)$ and $(g^{\prime},h^{\prime})$ of $G\diamond H$ are adjacent if $g=g^{\prime}$ and $hh^{\prime}\in E(H)$, or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Sergio Bermudo , Iztok Peterin , Jelena Sedlar , Riste Škrekovski

Let G be a graph. The independence-domination number is the maximum over all independent sets I in G of the minimal number of vertices needed to dominate I. In this paper we investigate the computational complexity of independence…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-04-25 Wing-Kai Hon , Ton Kloks , Hsiang Hsuan Liu , Sheung-Hung Poon , Yue-Li Wang

Motivated by the burning and cooling processes, the burning game is introduced. The game is played on a graph $G$ by the two players (Burner and Staller) that take turns selecting vertices of $G$ to burn; as in the burning process, burning…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-18 Nina Chiarelli , Vesna Iršič , Marko Jakovac , William B. Kinnersley , Mirjana Mikalački

Eternal domination is a dynamic process by which a graph is protected from an infinite sequence of vertex intrusions. In eternal distance-$k$ domination, guards initially occupy the vertices of a distance-$k$ dominating set. After a vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-21 Danielle Cox , Erin Meger , M. E. Messinger

A set $D$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a dominating set if each vertex of $V(G)\setminus D$ is adjacent to some vertex of $D$. The domination number of $G$, $\gamma(G)$, is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of $G$. A graph $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-10 D. A. Mojdeh , S. R. Musawi , E. Nazari

Given a directed graph $D$, a set $S \subseteq V(D)$ is a total dominating set of $D$ if each vertex in $D$ has an in-neighbor in $S$. The total domination number of $D$, denoted $\gamma_t(D)$, is the minimum cardinality among all total…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-29 Sarah E. Anderson , Tanja Dravec , Daniel Johnston , Kirsti Kuenzel

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple graph. A dominating set of $G$ is a subset $S\subseteq V$ such that every vertex not in $S$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $S$. The cardinality of a smallest dominating set of $G$, denoted by $\gamma(G)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Nima Ghanbari