Independence and matching numbers of some token graphs
Independence and matching numbers of some token graphs
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一些token图的独立性和匹配数
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2016
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Luis Manuel Rivera
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H. D. Alba;W. Carballosa;J. Leaños;Luis Manuel Rivera
Let $G$ be a simple graph of order $n$ and let $k$ be an integer such that $1 \leq k \leq n-1$. The $k$-token graph $F_k(G)$ of $G$, or the $k$-$th$ symmetric power of $G$, is defined as the graph with vertex set all $k$-subsets of $V(G)$, where two vertices are adjacent in $F_k(G)$ whenever their symmetric difference is an edge of $G$. Here we study the independence and matching numbers of $F_k(G)$. We start by giving a tight lower bound for the matching number $\nu(F_k(G))$ of $F_k(G)$ for the case in which $G$ has either a perfect matching or an almost perfect matching. Using this result, we estimate the independence number for a large class of bipartite $k$-token graphs, and determine the exact value of $\beta(F_2(K_{m,n})), \beta(F_2(C_n))$ and $\beta(F_k(G))$ for $G \in \{P_m, K_{1, m}, K_{m, m}, K_{m, m+1}\}$ and $1 \leq k \leq |G|-1$.