The upper connected vertex detour number of a graph
For vertices x and y in a connected graph G = (V, E) of order at least two, the detour distance D(x, y) is the length of the longest x ? y path in G: An x ? y path of length D(x, y) is called an x ? y detour. For any vertex x in G, a set S ? V is an x-detour set of G if each vertex v ? V lies on an x ? y detour for some element y in S: The minimum cardinality of an x-detour set of G is defined as the x-detour number of G; denoted by dx(G): An x-detour set of cardinality dx(G) is called a dx-set of G: A connected x-detour set of G is an x-detour set S such that the subgraph G[S] induced by S is connected. The minimum cardinality of a connected x-detour set of G is the connected x-detour number of G and is denoted by cdx(G). A connected x-detour set of cardinality cdx(G) is called a cdx-set of G. A connected x-detour set Sx is called a minimal connected x-detour set if no proper subset of Sx is a connected x-detour set. The upper connected x-detour number, denoted by cd+ x (G), is defined as the maximum cardinality of a minimal connected x-detour set of G: We determine bounds for cd+ x (G) and find the same for some special classes of graphs. For any three integers a; b and c with 2 ? a < b ? c, there is a connected graph G with dx(G) = a; cdx(G) = b and cd+ x (G) = c for some vertex x in G: It is shown that for positive integers R,D and n ? 3 with R < D ? 2R; there exists a connected graph G with detour radius R; detour diameter D and cd+ x (G) = n for some vertex x in G.