scholarly journals New Bounds on the Double Total Domination Number of Graphs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cabrera-Martínez ◽  
F. A. Hernández-Mira
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

AbstractLet G be a graph of minimum degree at least two. A set $$D\subseteq V(G)$$ D ⊆ V ( G ) is said to be a double total dominating set of G if $$|N(v)\cap D|\ge 2$$ | N ( v ) ∩ D | ≥ 2 for every vertex $$v\in V(G)$$ v ∈ V ( G ) . The minimum cardinality among all double total dominating sets of G is the double total domination number of G. In this article, we continue with the study of this parameter. In particular, we provide new bounds on the double total domination number in terms of other domination parameters. Some of our results are tight bounds that improve some well-known results.

scholarly journals ON THE ROOTS OF TOTAL DOMINATION POLYNOMIAL OF GRAPHS, II

2019 ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Saeid Alikhani ◽  
Nasrin Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Polynomial

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a simple graph of order $n$. A  total dominating set of $G$ is a subset $D$ of $V$, such that every vertex of $V$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in  $D$. The total domination number of $G$ is  minimum cardinality of  total dominating set in $G$ and is denoted by $\gamma_t(G)$. The total domination polynomial of $G$ is the polynomial $D_t(G,x)=\sum_{i=\gamma_t(G)}^n d_t(G,i)$, where $d_t(G,i)$ is the number of total dominating sets of $G$ of size $i$. In this paper, we study roots of the total domination polynomial of some graphs.  We show that  all roots of $D_t(G, x)$ lie in the circle with center $(-1, 0)$ and radius $\sqrt[\delta]{2^n-1}$, where $\delta$ is the minimum degree of $G$. As a consequence, we prove that if $\delta\geq \frac{2n}{3}$,  then every integer root of $D_t(G, x)$ lies in the set $\{-3,-2,-1,0\}$.

scholarly journals Total Domination and Matching Numbers in Claw-Free Graphs

10.37236/1085 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Anders Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Matching Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Induced Subgraph ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

A set $M$ of edges of a graph $G$ is a matching if no two edges in $M$ are incident to the same vertex. The matching number of $G$ is the maximum cardinality of a matching of $G$. A set $S$ of vertices in $G$ is a total dominating set of $G$ if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to some vertex in $S$. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of $G$ is the total domination number of $G$. If $G$ does not contain $K_{1,3}$ as an induced subgraph, then $G$ is said to be claw-free. We observe that the total domination number of every claw-free graph with minimum degree at least three is bounded above by its matching number. In this paper, we use transversals in hypergraphs to characterize connected claw-free graphs with minimum degree at least three that have equal total domination and matching numbers.

scholarly journals A New Upper Bound on the Total Domination Number of a Graph

10.37236/983 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Anders Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

A set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ is a total dominating set of $G$ if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to some vertex in $S$. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of $G$ is the total domination number of $G$. Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least two and with maximum degree at least three. We define a vertex as large if it has degree more than $2$ and we let ${\cal L}$ be the set of all large vertices of $G$. Let $P$ be any component of $G - {\cal L}$; it is a path. If $|P| \equiv 0 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$ and either the two ends of $P$ are adjacent in $G$ to the same large vertex or the two ends of $P$ are adjacent to different, but adjacent, large vertices in $G$, we call $P$ a $0$-path. If $|P| \ge 5$ and $|P| \equiv 1 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$ with the two ends of $P$ adjacent in $G$ to the same large vertex, we call $P$ a $1$-path. If $|P| \equiv 3 \, ( {\rm mod} \, 4)$, we call $P$ a $3$-path. For $i \in \{0,1,3\}$, we denote the number of $i$-paths in $G$ by $p_i$. We show that the total domination number of $G$ is at most $(n + p_0 + p_1 + p_3)/2$. This result generalizes a result shown in several manuscripts (see, for example, J. Graph Theory 46 (2004), 207–210) which states that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least three, then the total domination of $G$ is at most $n/2$. It also generalizes a result by Lam and Wei stating that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with minimum degree at least two and with no degree-$2$ vertex adjacent to two other degree-$2$ vertices, then the total domination of $G$ is at most $n/2$.

scholarly journals On k-Fair Total Domination in Graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 578-589
Author(s):  
Wardah Masanggila Bent-Usman ◽  
Rowena T. Isla
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Domination In Graphs ◽  
Product Of Graphs

Let G = (V (G), E(G)) be a simple non-empty graph. For an integer k ≥ 1, a k-fairtotal dominating set (kf td-set) is a total dominating set S ⊆ V (G) such that |NG(u) ∩ S| = k for every u ∈ V (G)\S. The k-fair total domination number of G, denoted by γkf td(G), is the minimum cardinality of a kf td-set. A k-fair total dominating set of cardinality γkf td(G) is called a minimum k-fair total dominating set or a γkf td-set. We investigate the notion of k-fair total domination in this paper. We also characterize the k-fair total dominating sets in the join, corona, lexicographic product and Cartesian product of graphs and determine the exact values or sharpbounds of their corresponding k-fair total domination number.

scholarly journals Locating-Total Dominating Sets in Twin-Free Graphs: a Conjecture

10.37236/5147 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Foucaud ◽  
Michael A. Henning
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Open Neighborhood ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Isolated Vertex

A total dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex of $G$ has a neighbor in $D$. A locating-total dominating set of $G$ is a total dominating set $D$ of $G$ with the additional property that every two distinct vertices outside $D$ have distinct neighbors in $D$; that is, for distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ outside $D$, $N(u) \cap D \ne N(v) \cap D$ where $N(u)$ denotes the open neighborhood of $u$. A graph is twin-free if every two distinct vertices have distinct open and closed neighborhoods.  The location-total domination number of $G$, denoted $\gamma_t^L(G)$, is the minimum cardinality of a locating-total dominating set in $G$. It is well-known that every connected graph of order $n \ge 3$ has a total dominating set of size at most $\frac{2}{3}n$. We conjecture that if $G$ is a twin-free graph of order $n$ with no isolated vertex, then $\gamma_t^L(G) \le \frac{2}{3}n$. We prove the conjecture for graphs without $4$-cycles as a subgraph. We also prove that if $G$ is a twin-free graph of order $n$, then $\gamma_t^L(G) \le \frac{3}{4}n$.

scholarly journals Graphs with large disjunctive total domination number

2015 ◽  
Vol Vol. 17 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Viroshan Naicker
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Isolated Vertex ◽  
International Audience

Graph Theory International audience Let G be a graph with no isolated vertex. In this paper, we study a parameter that is a relaxation of arguably the most important domination parameter, namely the total domination number, γt(G). A set S of vertices in G is a disjunctive total dominating set of G if every vertex is adjacent to a vertex of S or has at least two vertices in S at distance 2 from it. The disjunctive total domination number, γdt(G), is the minimum cardinality of such a set. We observe that γdt(G) ≤γt(G). Let G be a connected graph on n vertices with minimum degree δ. It is known [J. Graph Theory 35 (2000), 21 13;45] that if δ≥2 and n ≥11, then γt(G) ≤4n/7. Further [J. Graph Theory 46 (2004), 207 13;210] if δ≥3, then γt(G) ≤n/2. We prove that if δ≥2 and n ≥8, then γdt(G) ≤n/2 and we characterize the extremal graphs.

scholarly journals Total Domination on Some Graph Operators

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
José M. Sigarreta
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Arbitrary Graph ◽  
Original Graph ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set

Let G=(V,E) be a graph; a set D⊆V is a total dominating set if every vertex v∈V has, at least, one neighbor in D. The total domination number γt(G) is the minimum cardinality among all total dominating sets. Given an arbitrary graph G, we consider some operators on this graph; S(G),R(G), and Q(G), and we give bounds or the exact value of the total domination number of these new graphs using some parameters in the original graph G.

scholarly journals On the Secure Total Domination Number of Graphs

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Cabrera Martínez ◽  
Luis P. Montejano ◽  
Juan A. Rodríguez-Velázquez
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Independence Number ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Matching Number ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Graph Parameters

A total dominating set D of a graph G is said to be a secure total dominating set if for every vertex u ∈ V ( G ) \ D , there exists a vertex v ∈ D , which is adjacent to u, such that ( D \ { v } ) ∪ { u } is a total dominating set as well. The secure total domination number of G is the minimum cardinality among all secure total dominating sets of G. In this article, we obtain new relationships between the secure total domination number and other graph parameters: namely the independence number, the matching number and other domination parameters. Some of our results are tight bounds that improve some well-known results.

scholarly journals On Independent Transversal Dominating Sets in Graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Daven Sapitanan Sevilleno ◽  
Ferdinand P. Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Maximum Independent Set ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Positive Integers

A set S ⊆ V (G) is an independent transversal dominating set of a graph G if S is a dominating set of G and intersects every maximum independent set of G. An independent transversal dominating set which is a total dominating set is an independent transversal total dominating set. The minimum cardinality γit(G) (resp. γitt(G)) of an independent transversal dominating set (resp. independent transversal total dominating set) of G is the independent transversal domination number (resp. independent transversal total domination number) of G. In this paper, we show that for every positive integers a and b with 5 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ 2a − 2, there exists a connected graph G for which γit(G) = a and γitt(G) = b. We also study these two concepts in graphs which are the join, corona or composition of graphs.

A note on improved upper bounds on the transversal number of hypergraphs

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950004
Author(s):  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Nader Jafari Rad
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Size ◽  
Total Domination ◽  
Total Domination Number ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Isolated Vertex ◽  
Transversal Number

A subset [Formula: see text] of vertices in a hypergraph [Formula: see text] is a transversal if [Formula: see text] has a nonempty intersection with every edge of [Formula: see text]. The transversal number of [Formula: see text] is the minimum size of a transversal in [Formula: see text]. A subset [Formula: see text] of vertices in a graph [Formula: see text] with no isolated vertex, is a total dominating set if every vertex of [Formula: see text] is adjacent to a vertex of [Formula: see text]. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set in [Formula: see text] is the total domination number of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we obtain a new (improved) probabilistic upper bound for the transversal number of a hypergraph, and a new (improved) probabilistic upper bound for the total domination number of a graph.

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