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Computing the strong alliance polynomial of a graph

Combinatorics 2015-08-03 v1

Abstract

We introduce the strong alliance polynomial of a graph. The strong alliance polynomial of a graph GG with order n and strong defensive alliance number a(G)a(G) is the polynomial a(G;x):=i=a(G)nai(G) xia(G;x):=\sum_{i=a(G)}^{n}\, a_i(G)\ x^i, where ak(G)a_{k}(G) is the number of strong defensive alliances with cardinality kk in GG. We obtain some properties of a(G;x)a(G; x) and its coefficients. In particular, we compute strong alliance polynomial for path, cycle, complete, start, complete bipartite and double star graphs; some of them verify unimodality.

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@article{arxiv.1507.08654,
  title  = {Computing the strong alliance polynomial of a graph},
  author = {Walter Carballosa and Juan Carlos Hernandez-Gomez and Omar Rosario and Yadira Torres-Nunez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.08654},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Article accepted for publication in Investigacion Operacional

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