Upper bounds on the bondage number of a graph

Autor: Vladimir Dimitrov Samodivkin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2338-2287
DOI: 10.5614/ejgta.2018.6.1.1
Popis: The bondage number b(G) of a graph G is the smallest number of edges whose removal from G results in a graph with larger domination number. We obtain sufficient conditions for the validity of the inequality b(G) ≤ 2s − 2, provided G has degree s vertices. We also present upper bounds for the bondage number of graphs in terms of the girth, domination number and Euler characteristic. As a corollary we give a stronger bound than the known constant upper bounds for the bondage number of graphs having domination number at least four. Several unanswered questions are posed.
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