The forcing connected detour number of a graph

Authors

  • A. P. Santhakumaran Hindustan University.
  • S. Athisayanathan St. Xavier's College.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-09172014000200002

Keywords:

Detour, connected detour set, connected detour basis, connected detour number, forcing connected detour number, desvío, conjunto de desvío conectado, base conectada de desvío, número de desvío conectado, número de desvío conectado forzado.

Abstract

For two vertices u and v in a graph G = (V, E), the detour distance D(u, v) is the length of a longest u—v path in G.A u—v path of length D(u, v) is called a u—v detour. A set ⊆ is called a detour set of G if every vertex in G lies on a detour joining a pair of vertices of S.The detour number dn(G) of G is the minimum order of its detour sets and any detour set of order dn(G) is a detour basis of G.A set ⊆ V is called a connected detour set of G if S is detour set of G and the subgraph G[S] induced by S is connected. The connected detour number cdn(G) of G is the minimum order of its connected detour sets and any connected detour set of order cdn(G) is called a connected detour basis of G.A subset T of a connected detour basis S is called a forcing subset for S if S is theuniquecon-nected detour basis containing T. A forcing subset for S of minimum cardinality is a minimum forcing subset of S. The forcing connected detour number of S, denoted by fcdn(S), is the cardinality of a minimum forcing subset for S. The forcing connected detour number of G, denoted by fcdn(G),is fcdn(G) = min{fcdn(S)},where the minimum is taken over all connected detour bases S in G. The forcing connected detour numbers ofcertain standard graphs are obtained. It is shown that for each pair a, b of integers with 0 ≤ a < b and b ≥ 3, there is a connected graph G with fcdn(G) = a and cdn(G) = b.

Author Biographies

A. P. Santhakumaran, Hindustan University.

Department of Mathematics.

S. Athisayanathan, St. Xavier's College.

Department of Mathematics.

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Published

2017-03-23

How to Cite

[1]
A. P. Santhakumaran and S. Athisayanathan, “The forcing connected detour number of a graph”, Proyecciones (Antofagasta, On line), vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 147-155, Mar. 2017.

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