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On the 2-Packing Differential of a Graph

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    Identifier:  imarina:9227041
    Authors:  Cabrera Martinez, A; Puertas, M L; Rodriguez-Velazquez, J A
    Abstract:
    Let G be a graph of order n(G) and vertex set V(G). Given a set S subset of V (G), we define the external neighbourhood of S as the set Ne(S) of all vertices in V (G)\S having at least one neighbour in S. The differential of S is defined to be partial derivative(S) = vertical bar N-e(S)vertical bar - vertical bar S vertical bar. In this paper, we introduce the study of the 2-packing differential of a graph, which we define as partial derivative(2p)(G) = max{partial derivative(S) : S subset of V(G) is a 2-packing}. We show that the 2-packing differential is closely related to several graph parameters, including the packing number, the independent domination number, the total domination number, the perfect differential, and the unique response Roman domination number. In particular, we show that the theory of 2-packing differentials is an appropriate framework to investigate the unique response Roman domination number of a graph without the use of functions. Among other results, we obtain a Gallai-type theorem, which states that partial derivative(2p)(G)+ mu(R)(G) = n(G), where mu(R)(G) denotes the unique response Roman domination number of G. As a consequence of the study, we derive several combinatorial results on mu(R)(G), and we show that the problem of finding this parameter is NP-hard. In addition, the particular case of lexicographic product graphs is discussed.
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    Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00025-021-01473-8
    APA: Cabrera Martinez, A; Puertas, M L; Rodriguez-Velazquez, J A (2021). On the 2-Packing Differential of a Graph. Results In Mathematics, 76(3), 157-. DOI: 10.1007/s00025-021-01473-8
    Paper original source: Results In Mathematics. 76 (3): 157-
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/s00025-021-01473-8
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Record's date: 2024-10-26
    URV's Author/s: CABRERA MARTÍNEZ, ABEL / Rodríguez Velázquez, Juan Alberto
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
    Author, as appears in the article.: Cabrera Martinez, A; Puertas, M L; Rodriguez-Velazquez, J A
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Thematic Areas: Mathematics, applied, Mathematics (miscellaneous), Mathematics, Matemática / probabilidade e estatística, Ensino, Economia, Applied mathematics
    Author's mail: juanalberto.rodriguez@urv.cat
  • Keywords:

    Unique response roman domination
    Response roman domination
    Number
    Lexicographic product
    Efficient open domination
    Differential of a graph
    2-packing differential
    Applied Mathematics
    Mathematics
    Mathematics (Miscellaneous)
    Applied
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Ensino
    Economia
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