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Let $G$ be a simple graph. A dissociation set of $G$ is defined as a set of vertices that induces a subgraph in which every vertex has a degree of at most 1. A dissociation set is maximal if it is not contained as a proper subset in any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Ziyuan Wang , Lei Zhang , Jianhua Tu , Liming Xiong

In a graph $G$, a subset of vertices is a dissociation set if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1. A maximum dissociation set is a dissociation set of maximum cardinality. The dissociation number of $G$, denoted by $\psi(G)$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-26 Jianhua Tu , Lei Zhang , Junfeng Du

A subset of vertices in a graph $G$ is considered a maximal dissociation set if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1 and it is not contained within any other dissociation sets. In this paper, it is shown that for $n\geq 3$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Junxia Zhang , Xiangyu Ren , Maoqun Wang

A potted graph is a unicyclic graph such that its cycle contains a unique vertex with degree larger than 2. Given a graph $G$, a subset of $V(G)$ is a dissociation set of $G$ if it induces a subgraph with maximum degree at most one. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Zejun Huang , Xinwei Zhang

A subset of vertices is called a dissociation set if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most one. Recently, Yuan et al. established the upper bound of the maximum number of dissociation sets among all connected graphs of order n…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Pingshan Li , Ke Yang , Wei Jin

Extremal problems related to the enumeration of graph substructures, such as independent sets, matchings, and induced matchings, have become a prominent area of research with the advancement of graph theory. A subset of vertices is called a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Bo-Jun Yuan , Ni Yang , Hong-Yan Ge , Shi-Cai Gong

The dissociation number ${\rm diss}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the maximum order of a set of vertices of $G$ inducing a subgraph that is of maximum degree at most $1$. Computing the dissociation number of a given graph is algorithmically hard…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-21 Felix Bock , Johannes Pardey , Lucia D. Penso , Dieter Rautenbach

A dissociation set in a graph is a set of vertices inducing a subgraph of maximum degree at most $1$. Computing the dissociation number ${\rm diss}(G)$ of a given graph $G$, defined as the order of a maximum dissociation set in $G$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-03 Felix Bock , Johannes Pardey , Lucia D. Penso , Dieter Rautenbach

A subset of vertices in a graph $G$ is called a maximum dissociation set if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1 and the subset has maximum cardinality. The dissociation number of $G$, denoted by $\psi(G)$, is the cardinality…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-08 Lei Zhang , Jianhua Tu , Chunlin Xin

A dissociation set in a graph is a subset of vertices which induces a subgraph with maximum degree at most one. The dissociation number of a graph is the maximum cardinality of its dissociation sets. In this paper, we consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Zejun Huang , Jiahui Liu , Chenxi Yang

A maximal independent set in a graph $G$ is an independent set that cannot be extended to a larger independent set by adding any vertex from $G$. This paper investigates the problem of determining the maximum number of maximal independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Yongtang Shi , Jianhua Tu , Ziyuan Wang

Let $G=(V,E)$ be an undirected graph without loops and multiple edges. A subset $C\subseteq V$ is called \emph{identifying} if for every vertex $x\in V$ the intersection of $C$ and the closed neighbourhood of $x$ is nonempty, and these…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-02-04 Sylvain Gravier , Svante Janson , Tero Laihonen , Sanna Ranto

A dissociation set of a graph is a set of vertices which induces a subgraph with maximum degree less than or equal to one. The dissociation number of a graph is the maximum cardinality of its dissociation sets. In this paper, we study the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Zejun Huang , Jiahui Liu , Xinwei Zhang

A subset of vertices is a {\it maximum independent set} if no two of the vertices are adjacent and the subset has maximum cardinality. A subset of vertices is called a {\it maximum dissociation set} if it induces a subgraph with vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-28 Tu Jianhua , Zhang Zhipeng , Shi Yongtang

The independence number $\alpha(G)$ and the dissociation number ${\rm diss}(G)$ of a graph $G$ are the largest orders of induced subgraphs of $G$ of maximum degree at most $0$ and at most $1$, respectively. We consider possible improvements…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-09 Felix Bock , Johannes Pardey , Lucia D. Penso , Dieter Rautenbach

The \emph{distance-number} of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of distinct edge-lengths over all straight-line drawings of $G$ in the plane. This definition generalises many well-known concepts in combinatorial geometry. We consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-09 Paz Carmi , Vida Dujmović , Pat Morin , David R. Wood

An independent dominating set of a graph, also known as a maximal independent set, is a set $S$ of pairwise non-adjacent vertices such that every vertex not in $S$ is adjacent to some vertex in $S$. We prove that for $\Delta=4$ or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Eun-Kyung Cho , Jinha Kim , Minki Kim , Sang-il Oum

In a graph G, a dissociation set is a subset of vertices which induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1. Finding a dissociation set of maximum cardinality in a graph is NP-hard even for bipartite graphs and is called the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Jianhua Tu , Lei Zhang , Junfeng Du , Rongling Lang

Given a graph $G,$ a subset of vertices is called a maximum dissociation set of $G$ if it induces a subgraph with vertex degree at most 1, and the subset has maximum cardinality. The cardinality of a maximum dissociation set is called the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Zihan Zhou , Shuchao Li

An isolating set of a graph is a set of vertices $S$ such that, if $S$ and its neighborhood is removed, only isolated vertices remain; and the isolation number is the minimum size of such a set. It is known that for every connected graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Geoffrey Boyer , Wayne Goddard
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