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Zero Forcing sets and Power Dominating sets of cardinality at most 2

Combinatorics 2019-08-09 v1

Abstract

Let SS be a set of vertices of a graph GG. Let cl(S)cl(S) be the set of vertices built from SS, by iteratively applying the following propagation rule: if a vertex and all but exactly one of its neighbors are in cl(S)cl(S), then the remaining neighbor is also in cl(S)cl(S). A set SS is called a zero forcing set of GG if cl(S)=V(G)cl(S)=V(G). The zero forcing number Z(G)Z(G) of GG is the minimum cardinality of a zero forcing set. Let cl(N[S])cl(N[S]) be the set of vertices built from the closed neighborhood N[S]N[S] of SS, by iteratively applying the previous propagation rule. A set SS is called a power dominating set of GG if cl(N[S])=V(G)cl(N[S])=V(G). The power domination number \gp(G)\gp(G) of GG is the minimum cardinality of a power dominating set. In this paper, we characterize the set of all graphs GG for which Z(G)=2Z(G)=2. On the other hand, we present a variety of sufficient and/or necessary conditions for a graph GG to satisfy 1\gp(G)21 \le \gp(G) \le 2.

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@article{arxiv.1908.03039,
  title  = {Zero Forcing sets and Power Dominating sets of cardinality at most 2},
  author = {Najibeh Shahbaznejad and Ignacio M. Pelayo and Adel P. Kazemi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03039},
  year   = {2019}
}

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12 pages, 8 figures

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