ON HOP DOMINATION NUMBER OF SOME GENERALIZED GRAPH STRUCTURES

A subset \( H \subseteq V (G) \) of a graph \(G\) is a hop dominating set (HDS) if for every \({v\in (V\setminus H)}\) there is at least one vertex \(u\in H\) such that \(d(u,v)=2\). The minimum cardinality of a hop dominating set of \(G\) is called the hop domination number of \(G\) and is denoted by \(\gamma_{h}(G)\). In this paper, we compute the hop domination number for triangular and quadrilateral snakes. Also, we analyse the hop domination number of graph families such as generalized thorn path, generalized ciliates graphs, glued path graphs and generalized theta graphs.

Transversals and Bipancyclicity in Bipartite Graph Families

A bipartite graph is called bipancyclic if it contains cycles of every even length from four up to the number of vertices in the graph. A theorem of Schmeichel and Mitchem states that for $n \geqslant 4$, every balanced bipartite graph on $2n$ vertices in which each vertex in one color class has degree greater than $\frac{n}{2}$ and each vertex in the other color class has degree at least $\frac{n}{2}$ is bipancyclic. We prove a generalization of this theorem in the setting of graph transversals. Namely, we show that given a family $\mathcal{G}$ of $2n$ bipartite graphs on a common set $X$ of $2n$ vertices with a common balanced bipartition, if each graph of $\mathcal G$ has minimum degree greater than $\frac{n}{2}$ in one color class and minimum degree at least $\frac{n}{2}$ in the other color class, then there exists a cycle on $X$ of each even length $4 \leqslant \ell \leqslant 2n$ that uses at most one edge from each graph of $\mathcal G$. We also show that given a family $\mathcal G$ of $n$ bipartite graphs on a common set $X$ of $2n$ vertices meeting the same degree conditions, there exists a perfect matching on $X$ that uses exactly one edge from each graph of $\mathcal G$.

On the r-dynamic coloring of some fan graph families

In this paper, we determine the r-dynamic chromatic number of the fan graph Fm,n and determine sharp bounds of this graph invariant for four related families of graphs: The middle graph M(Fm,n ), the total graph T (Fm,n ), the central graph C(Fm,n ) and the line graph L(Fm,n ). In addition, we determine the r-dynamic chromatic number of each one of these four families of graphs in case of being m = 1.

Graphs where Search Methods are Indistinguishable

Graph searching is one of the simplest and most widely used tools in graph algorithms. Every graph search method is defined using some partic-ular selection rule, and the analysis of the corre-sponding vertex orderings can aid greatly in de-vising algorithms, writing proofs of correctness, or recognition of various graph families. We study graphs where the sets of vertex order-ings produced by two di˙erent search methods coincide. We characterise such graph families for ten pairs from the best-known set of graph searches: Breadth First Search (BFS), Depth First Search (DFS), Lexicographic Breadth First Search (LexBFS) and Lexicographic Depth First Search (LexDFS), and Maximal Neighborhood Search (MNS).

Fast Recognition of Some Parametric Graph Families

Recognizing graphs with high level of symmetries is hard in general, and usually requires additional structural understanding. In this paper we study a particular graph parameter and motivate its usage by devising eÿcient recognition algorithm for the family of I-graphs. For integers m a simple graph is cycle regular if every path of length ` belongs to exactly cycles of length m. We identify all cycle regular I-graphs and, as a conse-quence, describe linear recognition algorithm for the observed family. Similar procedure can be used to devise the recog-nition algorithms for Double generalized Petersen graphs and folded cubes. Besides that, we believe the structural observations and methods used in the paper are of independent interest and could be used for solving other algorithmic problems.

Quadruple Roman domination in graphs

Let [Formula: see text] be a finite and simple graph with vertex set [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be a function that assigns label from the set [Formula: see text] to the vertices of a graph [Formula: see text]. For a vertex [Formula: see text], the active neighborhood of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text], is the set of vertices [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text]. A quadruple Roman dominating function (QRDF) is a function [Formula: see text] satisfying the condition that for any vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. The weight of a QRDF is [Formula: see text]. The quadruple Roman domination number [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is the minimum weight of a QRDF on [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we investigate the properties of the quadruple Roman domination number of graphs, present bounds on [Formula: see text] and give exact values for some graph families. In addition, complexity results are also obtained.

On r− dynamic coloring of the gear graph families

An r-dynamic coloring of a graph G is a proper coloring c of the vertices such that |c(N(v))| ≥ min {r, d(v)}, for each v ∈ V (G). The r-dynamic chromatic number of a graph G is the minimum k such that G has an r-dynamic coloring with k colors. In this paper, we obtain the r−dynamic chromatic number of the middle, central and line graphs of the gear graph.