scholarly journals Connected domination game played on Cartesian products

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1269-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Csilla Bujtás ◽  
Pakanun Dokyeesun ◽  
Vesna Iršič ◽  
Sandi Klavžar
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Connected Subgraph ◽  
Arbitrary Graph ◽  
Cartesian Products ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs ◽  
Game Domination Number ◽  
Domination Game

Abstract The connected domination game on a graph G is played by Dominator and Staller according to the rules of the standard domination game with the additional requirement that at each stage of the game the selected vertices induce a connected subgraph of G. If Dominator starts the game and both players play optimally, then the number of vertices selected during the game is the connected game domination number of G. Here this invariant is studied on Cartesian product graphs. A general upper bound is proved and demonstrated to be sharp on Cartesian products of stars with paths or cycles. The connected game domination number is determined for Cartesian products of P3 with arbitrary paths or cycles, as well as for Cartesian products of an arbitrary graph with Kk for the cases when k is relatively large. A monotonicity theorem is proved for products with one complete factor. A sharp general lower bound on the connected game domination number of Cartesian products is also established.

scholarly journals Total connected domination game

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-464
Author(s):  
Csilla Bujtás ◽  
Michael A. Henning ◽  
Vesna Iršič ◽  
Sandi Klavžar
Keyword(s):  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Infinite Family ◽  
Connected Subgraph ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Game Domination Number ◽  
Total Domination Game ◽  
Domination Game

The (total) connected domination game on a graph \(G\) is played by two players, Dominator and Staller, according to the standard (total) domination game with the additional requirement that at each stage of the game the selected vertices induce a connected subgraph of \(G\). If Dominator starts the game and both players play optimally, then the number of vertices selected during the game is the (total) connected game domination number (\(\gamma_{\rm tcg}(G)\)) \(\gamma_{\rm cg}(G)\) of \(G\). We show that \(\gamma_{\rm tcg}(G) \in \{\gamma_{\rm cg}(G),\gamma_{\rm cg}(G) + 1,\gamma_{\rm cg}(G) + 2\}\), and consequently define \(G\) as Class \(i\) if \(\gamma_{\rm tcg}(G) = \gamma_{\rm cg} + i\) for \(i \in \{0,1,2\}\). A large family of Class \(0\) graphs is constructed which contains all connected Cartesian product graphs and connected direct product graphs with minumum degree at least \(2\). We show that no tree is Class \(2\) and characterize Class \(1\) trees. We provide an infinite family of Class \(2\) bipartite graphs.

scholarly journals Connected domination game

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Borowiecki ◽  
Anna Fiedorowicz ◽  
Elżbieta Sidorowicz
Keyword(s):  
Complete Graph ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Connected Subgraph ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Legal Move ◽  
Game Domination Number ◽  
Domination Game

In this paper we introduce a domination game based on the notion of connected domination. Let G = (V,E) be a connected graph of order at least 2. We define a connected domination game on G as follows: The game is played by two players, Dominator and Staller. The players alternate taking turns choosing a vertex of G (Dominator starts). A move of a player by choosing a vertex v is legal, if (1) the vertex v dominates at least one additional vertex that was not dominated by the set of previously chosen vertices and (2) the set of all chosen vertices induces a connected subgraph of G. The game ends when none of the players has a legal move (i.e., G is dominated). The aim of Dominator is to finish as soon as possible, Staller has an opposite aim. Let D be the set of played vertices obtained at the end of the connected domination game (D is a connected dominating set of G). The connected game domination number of G, denoted cg(G), is the minimum cardinality of D, when both players played optimally on G. We provide an upper bound on cg(G) in terms of the connected domination number. We also give a tight upper bound on this parameter for the class of 2-trees. Next, we investigate the Cartesian product of a complete graph and a tree, and we give exact values of the connected game domination number for such a product, when the tree is a path or a star. We also consider some variants of the game, in particular, a Staller-start game.

scholarly journals A Note on Total and Paired Domination of Cartesian Product Graphs

10.37236/2535 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Choudhary ◽  
S. Margulies ◽  
I. V. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Minimum Dominating Set ◽  
Cartesian Product Of Graphs ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs ◽  
Paired Domination ◽  
Product Of Graphs

A dominating set $D$ for a graph $G$ is a subset of $V(G)$ such that any vertex not in $D$ has at least one neighbor in $D$. The domination number $\gamma(G)$ is the size of a minimum dominating set in G. Vizing's conjecture from 1968 states that for the Cartesian product of graphs $G$ and $H$, $\gamma(G)\gamma(H) \leq \gamma(G \Box H)$, and Clark and Suen (2000) proved that $\gamma(G)\gamma(H) \leq 2 \gamma(G \Box H)$. In this paper, we modify the approach of Clark and Suen to prove a variety of similar bounds related to total and paired domination, and also extend these bounds to the $n$-Cartesian product of graphs $A^1$ through $A^n$.

Bounds for complete cototal domination number of Cartesian product graphs and complement graphs

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150090
Author(s):  
J. Maria Regila Baby ◽  
K. Uma Samundesvari
Keyword(s):  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Total Dominating Set ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs

A total dominating set [Formula: see text] is said to be a complete cototal dominating set if [Formula: see text] has no isolated nodes and it is represented by [Formula: see text]. The complete cototal domination number, represented by [Formula: see text], is the minimum cardinality of a [Formula: see text] set of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, the bounds for complete cototal domination number of Cartesian product graphs and complement graphs are determined.

scholarly journals Connected domination number of cartesian product graphs of Cayley graphs with arithmetic graphs

2020 ◽  
Vol S (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Uma Maheswari S. ◽  
Siva Parvathi M. ◽  
Bhatathi B. ◽  
Venkata Anusha M.
Keyword(s):  
Cayley Graphs ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Connected Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs

LIGHTS OUT! on Cartesian Products

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 464-474
Author(s):  
Travis Peters ◽  
John Goldwasser ◽  
Michael Young
Keyword(s):  
Open Neighborhood ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Finite Sequence ◽  
Initial Configuration ◽  
Cartesian Products ◽  
Simple Graphs ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs ◽  
Arbitrary Graphs ◽  
Universally Solvable

The game LIGHTS OUT! is played on a 5 by 5 square grid of buttons; each button may be on or off. Pressing a button changes the on/o state of the light of the button pressed and of all its vertical and horizontal neighbors. Given an initial configuration of buttons that are on, the object of the game is to turn all the lights out. The game can be generalized to arbitrary graphs. In this paper, Cartesian Product graphs (that is, graphs of the form G\box H, where G and H are arbitrary finite, simple graphs) are investigated. In particular, conditions for which GH is universally solvable (every initial configuration of lights can be turned out by a finite sequence of button presses), using both closed neighborhood switching and open neighborhood switching, are provided.

scholarly journals Roman domination in Cartesian product graphs and strong product graphs

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yero González ◽  
Juan Rodríguez-Velázquez
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Strong Product ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Roman Dominating Function ◽  
Cartesian Product Graphs ◽  
Dominating Function

A map f : V ? {0, 1, 2} is a Roman dominating function for G if for every vertex v with f(v) = 0, there exists a vertex u, adjacent to v, with f(u) = 2. The weight of a Roman dominating function is f(V ) = ?u?v f(u). The minimum weight of a Roman dominating function on G is the Roman domination number of G. In this article we study the Roman domination number of Cartesian product graphs and strong product graphs.

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