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A brief, simple proof of Vizing's conjecture

Combinatorics 2011-09-19 v2

Abstract

For any graph G=(V,E)G=(V,E), a subset SVS\subseteq V \emph{dominates} GG if all vertices are contained in the closed neighborhood of SS, that is N[S]=VN[S]=V. The minimum cardinality over all such SS is called the domination number, written γ(G)\gamma(G). In 1963, V.G. Vizing conjectured that γ(GH)γ(G)γ(H)\gamma(G \square H) \geq \gamma(G)\gamma(H) where \square stands for the Cartesian product of graphs. In this note, we prove the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1109.0707,
  title  = {A brief, simple proof of Vizing's conjecture},
  author = {Elliot Krop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0707},
  year   = {2011}
}

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This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a problem with the "label exchange"

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