Bicritical domination

被引:23
作者
Brigham, RC [1 ]
Haynes, TW
Henning, MA
Rall, DF
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, Dept Math, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Math, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
[3] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Math Sci, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
[4] Furman Univ, Dept Math, Greenville, SC 29613 USA
关键词
domination; vertex critical domination; vertex bicritical domination; bounds; diameter;
D O I
10.1016/j.disc.2005.09.013
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
A graph G is domination bicritical if the removal of any pair of vertices decreases the domination number. Properties of bicritical graphs are studied. We show that a connected bicritical graph has domination number at least 3, minimum degree at least 3, and edge-connectivity at least 2. Ways of constructing a bicritical graph from smaller bicritical graphs are presented. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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页码:18 / 32
页数:15
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