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A note on the convexity number for complementary prisms

Discrete Mathematics 2023-06-22 v3

Abstract

In the geodetic convexity, a set of vertices SS of a graph GG is convex\textit{convex} if all vertices belonging to any shortest path between two vertices of SS lie in SS. The cardinality con(G)con(G) of a maximum proper convex set SS of GG is the convexity number\textit{convexity number} of GG. The complementary prism\textit{complementary prism} GGG\overline{G} of a graph GG arises from the disjoint union of the graph GG and G\overline{G} by adding the edges of a perfect matching between the corresponding vertices of GG and G\overline{G}. In this work, we we prove that the decision problem related to the convexity number is NP-complete even restricted to complementary prisms, we determine con(GG)con(G\overline{G}) when GG is disconnected or GG is a cograph, and we present a lower bound when diam(G)3diam(G) \neq 3.

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@article{arxiv.1809.08220,
  title  = {A note on the convexity number for complementary prisms},
  author = {Diane Castonguay and Erika M. M. Coelho and Hebert Coelho and Julliano R. Nascimento},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08220},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures

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