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Domination versus edge domination

Combinatorics 2019-07-09 v2

Abstract

We propose the conjecture that the domination number γ(G)\gamma(G) of a Δ\Delta-regular graph GG with Δ1\Delta\geq 1 is always at most its edge domination number γe(G)\gamma_e(G), which coincides with the domination number of its line graph. We prove that γ(G)(1+2(Δ1)Δ2Δ)γe(G)\gamma(G)\leq \left(1+\frac{2(\Delta-1)}{\Delta 2^{\Delta}}\right)\gamma_e(G) for general Δ1\Delta\geq 1, and γ(G)(761204)γe(G)\gamma(G)\leq \left(\frac{7}{6}-\frac{1}{204}\right)\gamma_e(G) for Δ=3\Delta=3. Furthermore, we verify our conjecture for cubic claw-free graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1906.10420,
  title  = {Domination versus edge domination},
  author = {Julien Baste and Maximilian Fürst and Michael A. Henning and Elena Mohr and Dieter Rautenbach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10420},
  year   = {2019}
}
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