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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

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

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

The general position problem asks for large sets of vertices such that no three vertices of the set lie on a common shortest path. Recently a dynamic version of this problem was defined, called the \emph{mobile general position problem}, in…

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

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

In this paper we generalise the notion of visibility from a point in an integer lattice to the setting of graph theory. For a vertex $x$ of a connected graph $G$, we say that a set $S \subseteq V(G)$ is an \emph{$x$-position set} if for any…

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

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…

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

Determining the crossing numbers of Cartesian products of small graphs with arbitrarily large paths has been an ongoing topic of research since the 1970s. Doing so requires the establishment of coincident upper and lower bounds; the former…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Zayed Asiri , Ryan Burdett , Markus Chimani , Michael Haythorpe , Alex Newcombe , Mirko H. Wagner

Let $G \otimes _f H$ denote the Sierpi\'nski product of graphs $G$ and $H$ with respect to the function $f$. The Sierpi\'nski general position number ${\rm gp}{_{\rm S}}(G,H)$ is introduced as the cardinality of a largest general position…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Sandi Klavžar , Jing Tian

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 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 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 strong geodetic problem is a recent variation of the geodetic problem. For a graph $G$, its strong geodetic number ${\rm sg}(G)$ is the cardinality of a smallest vertex subset $S$, such that each vertex of $G$ lies on a fixed shortest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-09 Vesna Iršič , Sandi Klavžar

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

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

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 set $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a dominating set for $G$ if every vertex outside of $S$ is adjacent to at least one vertex belonging to $S$. The minimum cardinality of a dominating set for $G$ is called the domination number of $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-26 Ismael G. Yero , Juan A. Rodriguez-Velazquez
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