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For a graph $G$, the vertices of the $k$-dominating graph, denoted $\mathcal{D}_k(G)$, correspond to the dominating sets of $G$ with cardinality at most $k$. Two vertices of $\mathcal{D}_k(G)$ are adjacent if and only if the corresponding…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-15 M. E. Messinger , A. Porter

A matching in a hypergraph $H$ is a set of pairwise disjoint hyperedges. The matching number $\alpha'(H)$ of $H$ is the size of a maximum matching in $H$. A subset $D$ of vertices of $H$ is a dominating set of $H$ if for every $v\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-09 Yanxia Dong , Erfang Shan , Shan Li , Liying Kang

In 2007, Ando and Egawa proved a theorem which provides a lower bound on the number of contractible edges preserving $4$-connectedness in $4$-connected graphs. In this paper, we refine their bounds, especially for the $4$-connected plane…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Toshiki Abe , Michitaka Furuya , Raiji Mukae , Shoichi Tsuchiya

The Gamma-Theta Conjecture states that if the domination number of a graph is equal to its eternal domination number, then it is also equal to its clique covering number. This conjecture is known to be true for several graph classes, such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Dmitrii Taletskii

We conjecture that every oriented graph $G$ on $n$ vertices with $\delta ^+ (G) , \delta ^- (G) \geq 5n/12$ contains the square of a Hamilton cycle. We also give a conjectural bound on the minimum semidegree which ensures a perfect packing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-22 Andrew Treglown

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite undirected graph. A set $S$ of vertices in $V$ is said to be total $k$-dominating if every vertex in $V$ is adjacent to at least $k$ vertices in $S$. The total $k$-domination number, $\gamma_{kt}(G)$, is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Walter Carballosa , Justin Wisby

The inflated graph $G_{I}$ of a graph $G$ with $n(G)$ vertices is obtained from $G$ by replacing every vertex of degree $d$ of $G$ by a clique, which is isomorph to the complete graph $K_{d}$, and each edge $(x_{i},x_{j})$ of $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Adel P. Kazemi

Hakimi, Schmeichel, and Thomassen in 1979 conjectured that every $4$-connected planar triangulation $G$ on $n$ vertices has at least $2(n-2)(n-4)$ Hamiltonian cycles, with equality if and only if $G$ is a double wheel. In this paper, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Xiaonan Liu , Zhiyu Wang , Xingxing Yu

A graph is outerplanar if it can be embedded in a plane such that all vertices lie on its outer face. The outerplanar Tur\'{a}n number of a given graph $H$, denoted by ${\rm ex}_{\mathcal{OP}}(n,H)$, is the maximum number of edges over all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Longfei Fang , Mingqing Zhai

The dominating number $\gamma(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum size of a vertex set whose closed neighborhood covers all the vertices of the graph. The packing number $\rho(G)$ of $G$ is the maximum size of a vertex set whose closed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Marthe Bonamy , Mónika Csikós , Anna Gujgiczer , Yelena Yuditsky

The power domination problem focuses on finding the optimal placement of phase measurement units (PMUs) to monitor an electrical power network. In the context of graphs, the power domination number of a graph $G$, denoted $\gamma_P(G)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-09 Sarah E. Anderson , Kirsti Kuenzel

A topological graph is $k$-quasi-planar if it does not contain $k$ pairwise crossing edges. A 20-year-old conjecture asserts that for every fixed $k$, the maximum number of edges in a $k$-quasi-planar graph on $n$ vertices is $O(n)$. Fox…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-28 Andrew Suk , Bartosz Walczak

A set $D$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a total dominating set if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to at least one vertex of $D$. The total domination number of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of any total dominating set of $G$ and is denoted…

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph. A set $S\subseteq V(G)$ is a dominating set, if every vertex in $V(G)\backslash S$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $S$. The $k$-dominating graph of $G$, $D_k (G)$, is defined to be the graph whose vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Saeid Alikhani , Davood Fatehi

A subset $D\subseteq V(G)$ is called a $k$-distance dominating set of $G$ if every vertex in $V(G)\setminus D$ is within distance $k$ from some vertex of $D$. The minimum cardinality among all $k$-distance dominating sets of $G$ is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-04 D. A. Mojdeh , S. R. Musawi , E. Nazari

A set of edges $F$ in a graph $G$ is an edge dominating set if every edge in $G$ is either in $F$ or shares a vertex with an edge in $F$. $G$ is said to be well-edge-dominated if all of its minimal edge dominating sets have the same…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Jake Berg , Perryn Chang , Claire Kaneshiro , Kirsti Kuenzel , Ryan Pellico , Isabel Renteria , Sumi Vora

The aim of this work is to investigate the nonnegative signed domination number $\gamma^{NN}_s$ with emphasis on regular, ($r+1$)-clique-free graphs and trees. We give lower and upper bounds on $\gamma^{NN}_s$ for regular graphs and prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Doost Ali Mojdeh , Babak Samadi , Lutz Volkmann

A graph is Hamiltonian if it contains a cycle which visits every vertex of the graph exactly once. In this paper, we consider the problem of Hamiltonicity of a graph $G_n$, which will be called the prime difference graph of order $n$, with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Hong-Bin Chen , Hung-Lin Fu , Jun-Yi Guo

A 1-plane graph is a graph together with a drawing in the plane in such a way that each edge is crossed at most once. A 1-plane graph is maximal if no edge can be added without violating either 1-planarity or simplicity. Let $m(n)$ denote…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Yuanqiu Huang , Zhangdong Ouyang , Licheng Zhang , Fengming Dong

Given a finite graph $G$, the maximum length of a sequence $(v_1,\ldots,v_k)$ of vertices in $G$ such that each $v_i$ dominates a vertex that is not dominated by any vertex in $\{v_1,\ldots,v_{i-1}\}$ is called the Grundy domination number,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Boštjan Brešar , Simon Brezovnik