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If $G$ is a graph, then $X\subseteq V(G)$ is a general position set if for every two vertices $v,u\in X$ and every shortest $(u,v)$-path $P$, it holds that no inner vertex of $P$ lies in $X$. In this note we propose three algorithms to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Zahra Hamed-Labbafian , Narjes Sabeghi , Mostafa Tavakoli , Sandi Klavžar

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…

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 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

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

The general position number ${\rm gp}(G)$ of a connected graph $G$ is the cardinality of a largest set $S$ of vertices such that no three distinct vertices from $S$ lie on a common geodesic; such sets are refereed to as gp-sets of $G$. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Sandi Klavžar , Balázs Patkós , Gregor Rus , Ismael G. Yero

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.

The general position problem for graphs asks for the largest number of vertices in a subset $S \subseteq V(G)$ of a graph $G$ such that for any $u,v \in S$ and any shortest $u,v$-path $P$ we have $S \cap V(P) = \{ u,v\} $, whereas the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Ethan Shallcross , James Tuite , Aoise Evans , Aditi Krishnakumar , Sumaiyah Boshar

Outer, dual, and total general position sets are studied on strong and lexicographic products of graphs. Sharp lower and upper bounds are proved for the outer and the dual general position number of strong products and several exact values…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Pakanun Dokyeesun , Sandi Klavžar , Dorota Kuziak , Jing Tian

The general position number of a connected graph is the cardinality of a largest set of vertices such that no three pairwise-distinct vertices from the set lie on a common shortest path. In this paper it is proved that the general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Jing Tian , Kexiang Xu , Sandi Klavžar

If $X$ is a subset of vertices of a graph $G$, then vertices $u$ and $v$ are $X$-visible if there exists a shortest $u,v$-path $P$ such that $V(P)\cap X \subseteq \{u,v\}$. If each two vertices from $X$ are $X$-visible, then $X$ is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Serafino Cicerone , Gabriele Di Stefano , Lara Drozek , Jaka Hedzet , Sandi Klavzar , Ismael G. Yero

The general position problem in graphs is to find the maximum number of vertices that can be selected such that no three vertices lie on a common shortest path. The mutual-visibility problem in graphs is to find the maximum number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Dhanya Roy , Sandi Klavžar , Aparna Lakshmanan

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

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

The general position number ${\rm gp}(G)$ of a connected graph $G$ is the cardinality of a largest set $S$ of vertices such that no three pairwise distinct vertices from $S$ lie on a common geodesic. It is proved that ${\rm gp}(G)\ge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Sandi Klavzar , Ismael G. Yero

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…

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

A subset $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is in \emph{general position} if no shortest path in $G$ contains three vertices of $S$. The \emph{general position problem} consists of finding the number of vertices in a largest general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Eartha Kruft Welton , Sharif Khudairi , James Tuite

A subset of vertices of a graph $G$ is a general position set if no triple of vertices from the set lie on a common shortest path in $G$. In this paper we introduce the general position polynomial as $\sum_{i \geq 0} a_i x^i$, where $a_i$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-12 Vesna Iršič , Sandi Klavžar , Gregor Rus , James Tuite
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