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Paired-domination Number in Cubic Graphs

Chen Xuegang; Sun Liang; Xing Huaming   

  1. Department of Mathematics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206
  • Received:2005-02-20 Revised:2006-03-25 Online:2007-02-25 Published:2007-02-25
  • Contact: Chen Xuegang

Abstract: Let G=(V,E) be a simple graph. For a subset $S\subseteq V$, let G[S] denote the subgraph of G induced by S. S is a paired-dominating set of G if S is a dominating set of G and G[S] contains at least one perfect matching. The paired domination number, denoted by γp(G), is the minimum cardinality of a paired dominating set of G. In this paper, the authors show that for any
cubic graph G of order n, γp(G)≤3n/ 5.

Key words: Paired domination number, Cubic graph, Private neighbor

CLC Number: 

  • 05C05
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