Graphs with disjoint dominating and paired-dominating sets

Justin Southey, Michael A. Henning

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Abstract

A dominating set of a graph is a set of vertices such that every vertex not in the set is adjacent to a vertex in the set, while a paired-dominating set of a graph is a dominating set such that the subgraph induced by the dominating set contains a perfect matching. In this paper, we show that no minimum degree is sufficient to guarantee the existence of a disjoint dominating set and a paired-dominating set. However, we prove that the vertex set of every cubic graph can be partitioned into a dominating set and a paired-dominating set.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)459-467
Number of pages9
JournalCentral European Journal of Mathematics
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

Keywords

  • Cubic graph
  • Domination
  • Paired-domination
  • Vertex partition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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