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Extremal graphs for inequalities involving domination parameters
Abstract A characterization of n-vertex isolate-free connected graphs G whose domination number γ ( G ) satisfies γ(G)=⌊n/2⌋ is obtained. This result enables us to obtain extremal graphs of inequalities which bound the sum of two domination parameters in isolate-free graphs.
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A note on the lower bounds of signed domination number of a graph
Abstract Let G = (V, E) be a graph. For a function f : V → {−1, 1}, the weight of f is w(f) = Σv ∈ V f(v). For a vertex v in V, we define f[v] = Σu∈N[v] f(u). A signed dominating function of G is a function f : V → {−1, 1} such that f[v] ⩾ 1 for all v ∈ V. The signed domination number γs(G) of G is the minimum weight of a signed dominating function on G. A signed dominating function of a weight γs(G) we call a γs-function of G. In this paper, we study the signed domination problem of general graph, and obtain some lower bounds of the signed domination number of a graph, and show that these lower bounds are sharp, and extend a result in Dunbar et al. (1995).
29802636
Two classes of edge domination in graphs
Let γ's(G) (γ'l(G), resp.) be the number of (local) signed edge domination of a graph G [B. Xu, On signed edge domination numbers of graphs, Discrete Math. 239 (2001) 179-189]. In this paper, we prove mainly that γ's(G) ≤ ⌊11/6n - 1⌋ and γ's(G) ≤ 2n - 4 hold for any graph G of order n (n ≥ 4), and pose several open problems and conjectures.
12925025
The 4-Choosability of Plane Graphs without 4-Cycles'
A graphGis calledk-choosable ifkis a number such that if we give lists ofkcolors to each vertex ofGthere is a vertex coloring ofGwhere each vertex receives a color from its own list no matter what the lists are. In this paper, it is shown that each plane graph without 4-cycles is 4-choosable.
20988039
Two conjectures equivalent to the perfect graph conjecture
Abstract In this note, we study the graphs with the property that each of their induced subgraphs has circular clique number (defined in Section 2) the same as its clique number, prove that a graph satisfies such a property if and only if neither itself nor its complement contains an induced subgraph isomorphic to an odd cycle of length at least five, and then give two conjectures which are equivalent to the perfect graph conjecture.
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On structure of graphs embedded on surfaces of nonnegative characteristic with application to choosability
In this paper, we prove a structural theorem of Lebesgue's type concerning some unavoidable configurations for graphs which can be embedded on surfaces of nonnegative characteristic and in which no two 3-cycles share a common vertex. As a corollary, we get a result about choosability of graphs embedded in surface of positive characteristic.
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Geometric Algorithms for Density-Based Data Clustering
We present new geometric approximation and exact algorithms for the density-based data clustering problem in d-dimensional space Rd (for any constant integer d ? 2). Previously known algorithms for this problem are efficient only for uniformly-distributed points. However, these algorithms all run in ?(n2) time in the worst case, where n is the number of input points. Our approximation algorithm based on the ?-fuzzy distance function takes O(n log n) time for any given fixed value ? > 0, and our exact algorithms take sub-quadratic time. The running times and output quality of our algorithms do not depend on any particular data distribution. We believe that our fast approximation algorithm is of considerable practical importance, while our sub-quadratic exact algorithms are more of theoretical interest. We implemented our approximation algorithm and the experimental results show that our approximation algorithm is efficient on arbitrary input point sets.
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Decomposing toroidal graphs into circuits and edges
Erdos et al. (Canad. J. Math. 18 (1966) 106-112) conjecture that there exists a constant d"c"e such that every simple graph on n vertices can be decomposed into at most d"c"en circuits and edges. We consider toroidal graphs, where the graphs can be embedded on the torus, and give a polynomial time algorithm to decompose the edge set of an even toroidal graph on n vertices into at most (n+3)/2 circuits. As a corollary, we get a polynomial time algorithm to decompose the edge set of a toroidal graph (not necessarily even) on n vertices into at most 3(n-1)/2 circuits and edges. This settles the conjecture for toroidal graphs.