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The general position problem in graph theory asks for the largest set $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ such that no shortest path of $G$ contains more than two vertices of $S$. In this paper we consider a variant of the general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-15 Elias John Thomas , S. V. Ullas Chandran , James Tuite , Gabriele Di Stefano

Inspired by a chessboard puzzle of Dudeney, the general position problem in graph theory asks for a largest set $S$ of vertices in a graph such that no three elements of $S$ lie on a common shortest path. The number of vertices in such a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Ullas Chandran S. V. , Sandi Klavžar , James Tuite

A subset $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a \emph{general position set} if no shortest path in $G$ contains three or more vertices of $S$. In this paper, we generalise a problem of M. Gardner to graph theory by introducing the \emph{lower…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Gabriele Di Stefano , Sandi Klavžar , Aditi Krishnakumar , James Tuite , Ismael Yero

Given a graph $G$, the (graph theory) general position problem is to find the maximum number of vertices such that no three vertices lie on a common geodesic. This graph invariant is called the general position number (gp-number for short)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Paul Manuel , Sandi Klavžar

The general position problem in graph theory asks for the number of vertices in a largest set $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ such that no shortest path of $G$ contains more than two vertices of $S$. The analogous monophonic position problem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Ullas Chandran S. V. , Sandi Klavžar , Neethu P. K. , James Tuite

The general position problem for graphs was inspired by the no-three-in-line problem from discrete geometry. A set $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a \emph{general position set} if no shortest path in $G$ contains three or more vertices of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Elias John Thomas , Ullas Chandran , James Tuite , Gabriele Di Stefano

A subset $R\subseteq V(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a general position set if any triple set $R_0$ of $R$ is non-geodesic in $G$, that is, no vertex of $R_0$ lies on any geodesic between the other two vertices of $R_0$ in $G$. Let $\mathcal{R}$ be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Jing Tian , Kexiang Xu , Daikun Chao

Getting inspired by the famous no-three-in-line problem and by the general position subset selection problem from discrete geometry, the same is introduced into graph theory as follows. A set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ is a general…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Elias John Thomas , Ullas Chandran S. V.

A vertex subset $S$ of a graph $G$ is a general position set of $G$ if no vertex of $S$ lies on a geodesic between two other vertices of $S$. The cardinality of a largest general position set of $G$ is the general position number ${\rm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Bijo S. Anand , Ullas Chandran S. V. , Manoj Changat , Sandi Klavžar , Elias John Thomas

A set of vertices $S$ of a graph $G$ is $monophonically \ convex$ if every induced path joining two vertices of $S$ is contained in $S$. The $monophonic \ convex \ hull$ of $S$, $\langle S \rangle$, is the smallest monophonically convex set…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Mitre C. Dourado , Vitor S. Ponciano , Rômulo L. O. da Silva

The general position problem is to find the cardinality of a largest vertex subset S such that no triple of vertices of S lie on a common geodesic. For a connected graph G, the cardinality of S is denoted by gp(G) and called gp-number (or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Yan Yao , Mengya He , Shengjin Ji , Guang Li

A set of edges $X\subseteq E(G)$ of a graph $G$ is an edge general position set if no three edges from $X$ lie on a common shortest path. The edge general position number ${\rm gp}_{\rm e}(G)$ of $G$ is the cardinality of a largest edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Jing Tian , Sandi Klavžar , Elif Tan

The general $d$-position number ${\rm gp}_d(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the cardinality of a largest set $S$ for which no three distinct vertices from $S$ lie on a common geodesic of length at most $d$. This new graph parameter generalizes the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Sandi Klavzar , Douglas F. Rall , Ismael G. Yero

A vertex subset $S$ of a graph $G$ is a general position set of $G$ if no vertex of $S$ lies on a geodesic between two other vertices of $S$. The cardinality of a largest general position set of $G$ is the general position number…

Given a graph $G$, the general position problem is to find a largest set $S$ of vertices of $G$ such that no three vertices of $S$ lie on a common geodesic. Such a set is called a ${\rm gp}$-$set$ of $G$ and its cardinality is the ${\rm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Paul Manuel , R. Prabha , Sandi Klavžar

The general position number for graphs ask for largest vertex subsets $S$ such that no three vertices are contained on a common shortest path. We examine this problem in the setting of directed graphs. We provide bounds for the general…

The classical no-three-in-line problem is to find the maximum number of points that can be placed in the $n \times n$ grid so that no three points lie on a line. Given a set $S$ of points in an Euclidean plane, the General Position Subset…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-31 Paul Manuel , Sandi Klavžar

The edge geodesic cover problem of a graph $G$ is to find a smallest number of geodesics that cover the edge set of $G$. The edge $k$-general position problem is introduced as the problem to find a largest set $S$ of edges of $G$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Paul Manuel , R. Prabha , Sandi Klavzar

A set of vertices $S$ \emph{resolves} a connected graph $G$ if every vertex is uniquely determined by its vector of distances to the vertices in $S$. The \emph{metric dimension} of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a resolving set of $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-05-21 Carmen Hernando , Merce Mora , Ignacio M. Pelayo , Carlos Seara , David R. Wood

Let $X$ be a vertex subset of a graph $G$. Then $u, v\in V(G)$ are $X$-positionable if $V(P)\cap X \subseteq \{u,v\}$ holds for any shortest $u,v$-path $P$. If each two vertices from $X$ are $X$-positionable, then $X$ is a general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Jing Tian , Sandi Klavžar
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