Dominating sets and domination polynomials of certain graphs, II
Titel:
Dominating sets and domination polynomials of certain graphs, II
Auteur:
Saeid Alikhani Yee-hock Peng
Verschenen in:
Opuscula mathematica
Paginering:
Jaargang 30 (2010) nr. 1 pagina's 37-51
Jaar:
2010
Inhoud:
The domination polynomial of a graph $G$ of order $n$ is the polynomial $D(G, x) = \sum _{i=\gamma(G)}^n d(G,i)x^i,$ where $d(G,i)$ is the number of dominating sets of $G$ of size $i$, and $\gamma (G)$ is the domination number of $G$. In this paper, we obtain some properties of the coefficients of $D(G,x)$. Also, by study of the dominating sets and the domination polynomials of specific graphs denoted by $G'(m)$, we obtain a relationship between the domination polynomial of graphs containing an induced path of length at least three, and the domination polynomial of related graphs obtained by replacing the path by shorter path. As examples of graphs $G'(m)$, we study the dominating sets and domination polynomials of cycles and generalized theta graphs. Finally, we show that, if $n \equiv 2(mod 3)$ and $D(G, x) = D(C_n, x)$, then $G = C_n$.
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AGH University of Science and Technology (provided by DOAJ)
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