Connected domatic number of a graph
Connected domatic number of a graph
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图的连通域数
作者:
B. Zelinka
All graphs considered in this paper are finite graphs without loops and multiple edges. The domatic number of a graph was defined by E. J. Cockayne and S. T. Hedetniemi [1]. Later some related concepts were introduced. The same authors together with R. M. Dawes [2] have introduced the total domatic number; R. Laskar and S. T. Hedetniemi [3] have introduced the connected domatic number. A dominating set (or a total dominating set) in an undirected graph G is a subset D of the vertex set V(G) of G with the property that to each vertex x e V(G) — D (or to each vertex xeV(G) respectively) there exists a vertex y e D adjacent to x. A connected dominating set of G is a dominating set of G with the property that the subgraph of G induced by it is connected. A domatic (or total domatic, or connected domatic) partition of G is a partition of V(G), all of whose classes are dominating (or total dominating, or connected dominating, respectively) sets of G. The maximum number of classes of a domatic (or total domatic, or connected domatic) partition of G is called the domatic (or total domatic, or connected domatic, respectively) number of G. The domatic number of G is denoted by d(G), its total domatic number by <4(G), its connected domatic number by dc(G). The connected domatic number of a graph is well defined only for connected graphs; in a disconnected graph there exists no connected dominating set and thus no connected domatic partition, while in every connected graph there exists at least one connected domatic partition, namely that which consists of one class. The connected domatic number of G is closely related to the vertex connectivity number of G. If G is a connected graph, then a vertex cut of G is a subset R of V(G) with the property that the subgraph of G induced by V(G) — R is disconnected. If G is not a complete graph, then the vertex connectivity number x(G) is the minimum cardinality of a vertex cut of G. If G is a complete graph (i. e. without vertex cuts) with n vertices, then we put x(G) = n — 1. Lemma. Let G be a connected graph which is not complete, let R be its vertex cut, let D be its connected dominating set. Then DnR^0.