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In this paper, we define a new parameter of a graph as a spin-off of the pebbling number (which is the smallest $t$ such that every supply of $t$ pebbles can satisfy every demand of one pebble). This new parameter is the singular pebbling…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Harmony Morris

Consider a distribution of pebbles on a graph. A pebbling move removes two pebbles from a vertex and place one at an adjacent vertex. A vertex is reachable under a pebble distribution if it has a pebble after the application of a sequence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-25 László F. Papp

Graph pebbling is a combinatorial game played on an undirected graph with an initial configuration of pebbles. A pebbling move consists of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. The pebbling…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Dominic Flocco , Jonad Pulaj , Carl Yerger

It is shown that $S(G) = O\left(m/\log_2 m + d\right)$ pebbles are sufficient to pebble any DAG $G=(V,E)$, with $m$ edges and maximum in-degree $d$. It was previously known that $S(G) = O\left(d n/\log n\right)$. The result builds on two…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Gianfranco Bilardi , Lorenzo De Stefani

We explore the complexity of computing the optimal pebbling number and pebbling number of a graph. We show that deciding whether the optimal pebbling number of G is at most k is NP-complete and deciding whether the pebbling number of G is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 K. Milans , B. Clark

Given a connected graph $G$ and a configuration of $t$ pebbles on the vertices of G, a $q$-pebbling step consists of removing $q$ pebbles from a vertex, and adding a single pebble to one of its neighbors. Given a vector…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Neal Bushaw , Nathan Kettle

We say that a graph G is Class 0 if its pebbling number is exactly equal to its number of vertices. For a positive integer d, let k(d) denote the least positive integer so that every graph G with diameter at most d and connectivity at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrzej Czygrinow , Glenn Hurlbert , Hal Kierstead , Tom Trotter

Let $G$ be a connected graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. Pebbling shift is a deletion of two pebbles from a vertex and a placement of one pebble at a neighbouring vertex. The vertex cover set, $D_{vc}$ for graph $G$ is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-04 K. Christy Rani , I. Dhivviyanandam

Given an initial configuration of pebbles on a graph, one can move pebbles in pairs along edges, at the cost of one of the pebbles moved, with the objective of reaching a specified target vertex. The pebbling number of a graph is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Airat Bekmetjev , Glenn Hurlbert

A pebbling step on a graph consists of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. A graph is said to be cover pebbled if every vertex has a pebble on it after a series of pebbling steps. The cover…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Maggy Tomova , Cindy Wyels

Graph pebbling is a network optimization model for satisfying vertex demands with vertex supplies (called pebbles), with partial loss of pebbles in transit. The pebbling number of a demand in a graph is the smallest number for which every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Glenn Hurlbert , Essak Seddiq

Given a distribution of pebbles on the vertices of a graph, say that we can pebble a vertex if a pebble is left on it after some sequence of moves, each of which takes two pebbles from some vertex and places one on an adjacent vertex. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-03 David Moews

We expand the theory of pebbling to graphs with weighted edges. In a weighted pebbling game, one player distributes a set amount of weight on the edges of a graph and his opponent chooses a target vertex and places a configuration of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-09 Stephanie Jones , Joshua D. Laison , Cameron McLeman , Kathryn Nyman

In a graph $G$, we define a set of vertices to be a \emph{strong hub set} if for any two vertices in $G$, we can find a path between them whose internal vertices are all in this set. We define the \emph{strong hub cover pebbling number} of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Runze Wang

A new graph invariant called the secure vertex cover pebbling number, which is a combination of two graph invariants, namely secure vertex cover and cover pebbling number, is introduced in this paper. The secure vertex cover pebbling number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-22 Glenn H Hurlbert , Lian Mathew , Jasintha Quadras , S Sarah Surya

In this note we answer a question of Hurlbert about pebbling in graphs of high girth. Specifically we show that for every g there is a Class 0 graph of girth at least g. The proof uses the so-called Erdos construction and employs a recent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrzej Czygrinow , Glenn Hurlbert

Let $G$ be a connected graph. A pebbling move is defined as taking two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble to an adjacent vertex and throwing away the other pebble. The non-split domination cover pebbling number, $\psi_{ns}(G)$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-09 A. Lourdusamy , I. Dhivviyanandam , Lian Mathew

A pebbling move on a graph removes two pebbles at a vertex and adds one pebble at an adjacent vertex. Rubbling is a version of pebbling where an additional move is allowed. In this new move, one pebble each is removed at vertices $v$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-09-28 Gyula Y. Katona , Nandor Sieben

A pebbling move on a graph removes two pebbles at a vertex and adds one pebble at an adjacent vertex. Rubbling is a version of pebbling where an additional move is allowed. In this new move one pebble is removed at vertices v and w adjacent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-07-31 Christopher Belford , Nandor Sieben

A pebbling move refers to the act of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. The goal of graph pebbling is: Given an initial distribution of pebbles, use pebbling moves to reach a specified goal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-29 Garth Isaak , Matthew Prudente