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Abstract: The general position number gp(G) of a connected graph G is the cardinality of a largest set S of vertices such that no three distinct vertices from S lie on a common geodesic; such sets are refereed to as gp-sets of G. The general position number of cylinders Pr ◻ Cs is deduced. It is proved that (Cr ◻ Cs)∈{6,7} whenever r ≥ s ≥ 3, s ≠ 4, and r ≥ 6. A probabilistic lower bound on the general position number of Cartesian graph powers is achieved. Along the way a formula for the number of gp-sets in Pr ◻ Ps, where r,s ≥ 2, is also determined.
Keywords: general position problem, Cartesian product of graphs, paths and cycles, probabilistic constructions, exact enumeration
Published in DKUM: 27.08.2024; Views: 39; Downloads: 7
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Abstract: The domination game is played on an arbitrary graph ▫$G$▫ by two players, Dominator and Staller. The game is called Game 1 when Dominator starts it, and Game 2 otherwise. In this paper bluff graphs are introduced as the graphs in which every vertex is an optimal start vertex in Game 1 as well as in Game 2. It is proved that every minus graph (a graph in which Game 2 finishes faster than Game 1) is a bluff graph. A non-trivial infinite family of minus (and hence bluff) graphs is established. Minus graphs with game domination number equal to 3 are characterized. Double bluff graphs are also introduced and it is proved that Kneser graphs ▫$K(n,2)$▫, za ▫$n \ge 6$▫, are double bluff. The domination game is also studied on generalized Petersen graphs and on Hamming graphs. Several generalized Petersen graphs that are bluff graphs but not vertex-transitive are found. It is proved that Hamming graphs are not double bluff.
Keywords: domination game, game domination number, bluff graphs, minus graphs, generalized Petersen graphs, Kneser graphs, Cartesian product of graphs, Hamming graphs
Published in DKUM: 09.05.2017; Views: 1348; Downloads: 464
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Abstract: Rainbow connection number of Cartesian products and their subgraphs are considered. Previously known bounds are compared and non-existence of such bounds for subgraphs of products are discussed. It is shown that the rainbow connection number of an isometric subgraph of a hypercube is bounded above with the rainbow connection number of the hypercube. Isometric subgraphs of hypercubes with the rainbow connection number smaller as much as possible than the rainbow connection of the hypercube are constructed. The concept of c-strong rainbow coloring is introduced. In particular it is proved that the so-called ▫$\Theta$▫-coloring of an isometric subgraph of a hypercube is its unique optimal c-strong rainbow coloring.
Keywords: graph theory, rainbow connection, strong rainbow connection, Cartesian product of graphs, isometric subgraph, hypercube
Published in DKUM: 31.03.2017; Views: 1207; Downloads: 425
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Abstract: In this note connected, edge-transitive lexicographic and Cartesian products are characterized. For the lexicographic product ▫$G \circ H$▫ of a connected graph ▫$G$▫ that is not complete by a graph ▫$H$▫, we show that it is edge-transitive if and only if ▫$G$▫ is edge-transitive and ▫$H$▫ is edgeless. If the first factor of ▫$G \circ H$▫ is non-trivial and complete, then ▫$G \circ H$▫ is edge-transitive if and only if ▫$H$▫ is the lexicographic product of a complete graph by an edgeless graph. This fixes an error of Li, Wang, Xu, and Zhao (Appl. Math. Lett. 24 (2011) 1924--1926). For the Cartesian product it is shown that every connected Cartesian product of at least two non-trivial factors is edge-transitive if and only if it is the Cartesian power of a connected, edge- and vertex-transitive graph.
Keywords: edge-transitive graph, vertex-transitive graph, lexicographic product of graphs, Cartesian product of graphs
Published in DKUM: 31.03.2017; Views: 1072; Downloads: 441
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Abstract: In this article, we introduce and investigate bucolic complexes, a common generalization of systolic complexes and of CAT(0) cubical complexes. This class of complexes is closed under Cartesian products and amalgamations over some convex subcomplexes. We study various approaches to bucolic complexes: from graph-theoretic and topological viewpoints, as well as from the point of view of geometric group theory. Bucolic complexes can be defined as locally-finite simply connected prism complexes satisfying some local combinatorial conditions. We show that bucolic complexes are contractible, and satisfy some nonpositive-curvature-like properties. In particular, we prove a version of the Cartan-Hadamard theorem, the fixed point theorem for finite group actions, and establish some results on groups acting geometrically on such complexes. We also characterize the 1-skeletons (which we call bucolic graphs) and the 2-skeletons of bucolic complexes. In particular, we prove that bucolic graphs are precisely retracts of Cartesian products of locally finite weakly bridged graphs (i.e., of 1-skeletons of weakly systolic complexes). We show that bucolic graphs are exactly the weakly modular graphs satisfying some local conditions formulated in terms of forbidden induced subgraphs and that finite bucolic graphs can be obtained by gated amalgamations of products of weakly bridged graphs.
Keywords: CAT(0) kubni in sistolični kompleksi, medianski in mostovni grafi, zastražena amalgamacija, kartezični produkt, prizmični kompleksi, retrakti, fiksne točke, asferičnost, CAT(0) cubical and systolic complexes, median and bridged graphs, gated amalgamation, Cartesian product, prism complexes, retracts, fixed points, asphericity
Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1323; Downloads: 30
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