Title
A proof of a conjecture on the paired-domination subdivision number
Abstract
A paired-dominating set of a graph G with no isolated vertex is a dominating set of vertices whose induced subgraph has a perfect matching. The paired-domination number is the minimum cardinality of a paired-dominating set of G. The paired-domination subdivision number is the minimum number of edges that must be subdivided (each edge in G can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the paired-domination number. It was conjectured that the paired-domination subdivision number is at most $$ n-1$$ for every connected graph G of order $$n\ge 3$$ which does not contain isolated vertices. In this paper, we settle the conjecture in the affirmative.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1007/s00373-022-02472-4
Graphs and Combinatorics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Paired-domination number, Paired-domination subdivision number, 05C69
Journal
38
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0911-0119
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zehui Shao111930.98
Seyed Mahmoud Sheikholeslami200.34
Mustapha Chellali300.34
Rana Khoeilar400.34
Hossein Karami500.34