Connected domination in block subdivision graphs of graphs

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Connected domination in Block subdivision graphs of Graphs
M.H.Muddebihal1 and Abdul Majeed2*

1
Department of Mathematics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India
2
Department of Mathematics, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India
*
E-mail: abdulmajeed.maths@gmail.com

Abstract

A dominating set is called connected dominating set of a block subdivision graph

if the induced subgraph is connected in . The connected domination number of

a graph is the minimum cardinality of a connected dominating set in . In this paper, we study the

connected domination in block subdivision graphs and obtain many bonds on in terms of vertices,

blocks and other different parameters of G but not members of . Also its relationship with other domination

parameters were established.

Subject Classification Number: AMS 05C69

Key words: Subdivision graph, Block subdivision graph, Connected domination number.

Introduction

All graphs considered here are simple, finite, nontrivial, undirected and connected. As usual, p, q and n
denote the number of vertices, edges and blocks of a graph G respectively. In this paper, for any undefined term or
notation can be found in Harary [6], Chartrand [3] and T.W.Haynes et al.[7]. The study of domination in graphs was
begun by Ore [12] and Berge [2].

As usual, the maximum degree of a vertex in G is denoted by . A vertex v is called a cut vertex if

removing it from G increases the number of components of G. For any real number x, denotes the smallest

integer not less than x and denotes the greatest integer not greater than x. The complement of a graph G has

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V as its vertex set, but two vertices are adjacent in if they are not adjacent in G. A graph G is called trivial if it has

no edges. If G has at least one edge then G is called a nontrivial graph. A nontrivial connected graph G with at least
one cut vertex is called a separable graph, otherwise a non-separable graph.

A vertex cover in a graph G is a set of vertices that covers all edges of G. The vertex covering number

is a minimum cardinality of a vertex cover in G. An edge cover of a graph G without isolated vertices is a

set of edges of G that covers all vertices of G. The edge covering number of a graph G is the minimum

cardinality of an edge cover of G. A set of vertices in a graph G is called an independent set if no two vertices in

the set are adjacent. The vertex independence number of a graph G is the maximum cardinality of an

independent set of vertices in G. The edge independence number of a graph G is the maximum cardinality

of an independent set of edges.

Now coloring the vertices of any graph. By a proper coloring of a graph G, we mean an assignment of
colors to the vertices of G, one color to each vertex, such that adjacent vertices are colored differently. The smallest

number of colors in any coloring of a graph G is called the chromatic number of G and is denoted by Two

graphs G and H are isomorphic if there exists a one-to-one correspondence between their point sets which preserves

adjacency. A subgraph F of a graph G is called an induced subgraph of G if whenever u and v are vertices

of F and uv is an edge of G, then uv is an edge of F as well.

A nontrivial connected graph with no cut vertex is called a block. A subdivision of an edge uv is
obtained by removing an edge uv, adding a new vertex w and adding edges uw and wv. For any (p, q) graph G, a
subdivision graph S(G) is obtained from G by subdividing each edge of G. A block subdivision graph BS(G) is the
graph whose vertices correspond to the blocks of S(G) and two vertices in BS(G) are adjacent whenever the
corresponding blocks contain a common cut vertex of S(G).

A set of a graph is a dominating set if every vertex in V – D is adjacent to

some vertex in D. The domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a minimal dominating set in G.

The domination number of is the minimum cardinality of a minimal dominating set in

. A dominating set D in a graph is called restrained dominating set if every vertex in

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is adjacent to a vertex in D and to a vertex in . The restrained domination number of a graph G is

denoted by , is the minimum cardinality of a restrained dominating set in G. The restrained domination

number of a block subdivision graph is the minimum cardinality of a restrained dominating set in

. This concept was introduced by G.S.Domke et al. in [5].

A dominating set D is a total dominating set if the induced subgraph has no isolated vertices. The total

domination number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set in G. This concept

was introduced by Cockayne, Dawes and Hedetniemi in [4].

A set F of edges in a graph is called an edge dominating set of G if every edge in is

adjacent to at least one edge in F. The edge domination number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of

an edge dominating set of G. Edge domination number was studied by S.L. Mitchell and Hedetniemi in [10].

A dominating set D is called connected dominating set of G if the induced subgraph is connected. The

connected domination number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of a connected dominating set in

G. The connected domination number of a graph is the minimum cardinality of a connected

dominating set in . E. Sampathkumar and Walikar[13] defined a connected dominating set. For any

connected graph G with , .

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The following figure illustrates the formation of a block subdivision graph BS(G) of a graph G.

G BS(G)
S(G)

.

In this paper, many bonds on were obtained in terms of vertices, blocks and other parameters

of G. Also, we obtain some results on with other domination parameters of G. Finally,

Nordhaus-Gaddam type results were established.

Results

Initially we present the exact value of connected domination number of a block subdivision graph of a non
separable graph G.

Theorem 1: For any non separable graph G, .

The following result gives an upper bound on in terms of vertices p of G.

Theorem 2: For any connected graph G, .

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Proof: We prove the result in the following two cases.

Case (i): Suppose G is a tree then . And

. Let

is a connected dominating set in such that . Since total number of vertices in

are , from the definition of connected dominating set in , .

Case (ii): Suppose G is not a tree and at least one block contains maximum number of vertices. Then clearly,

.

From the above two cases we have, .

The following upper bound is a relationship between , number of vertices p of G and number of

cut vertices s of G.

Theorem 3: For any connected graph G, where s(G) is number of cut

vertices of G.

Proof: If G has no cut vertices then G is non separable. By Theorem 1, . For

any separable graph G we consider the following two cases.

Case(i): Let G be a tree. Since s is number of cut vertices of G, . Suppose

be the set of cut vertices of such that . Let is

a dominating set in such that . Now where is the

set of elements in neighbourhood of D and is a set of end vertices of such that forms a

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connected dominating set of . Hence, = . In

[11] we have, . Clearly, .

Case(ii): Suppose G is not a tree and at least one block contains maximum number of vertices. Then, clearly

.

From above, we get .

We thus have a result, due to Ore [12].

Theorem A [12]: If G is a graph with no isolated vertices, then .

In the following Theorem we obtain the relation between and p of G.


Proof: From Theorem 2 and Theorem A, . Hence,

.

We have a following result due to Harary [6].

Theorem B [6, P.95]: For any nontrivial (p, q) connected graph G, .

The following Theorem is due to V.R.Kulli [9].

Theorem C [9, P.19]: For any graph G, .

In the following Corollary we develop the relation between and .

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Corollary 1: For any connected (p, q) graph G, .

Proof: From Theorem 2, Theorem B and Theorem C,

. Hence, .

T.W.Haynes et al. [7] establish the following result.

Theorem D [7, P.165]: For any connected graph G, .

In the following Corollary we develop the relation between and .

Corollary 2: For any connected (p, q) graph G, .

Proof: From Theorem 2, Theorem B and Theorem D,

. Hence, .

The following Theorem establishes an upper bound on .


Proof: Let G be a connected graph with p vertices and q edges. Since for any connected graph G, , by

Theorem 2, . Hence, .

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The following Theorem relates connected domination number of a block subdivision graph and

number of blocks n of G.

Theorem 6: For any connected graph G, where is number of blocks

of G. Equality holds for any non separable graph G.

Proof: We consider the following two cases.

Case (i): For an equality, suppose G is a non separable graph. Then by Theorem 1, and

. Therefore, . Hence, .

Case (ii): Suppose G is a separable graph. Then G contains at most blocks in it. From Theorem 2,

. Hence, . Since , clearly

.

From the above two cases, we have .

A relationship between the connected domination number of , p of G and number of blocks n of G is

given in the following result.


Proof: From Theorem 2 and Theorem 6, we get

. Hence the proof.

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The following upper bound was given by S.T.Hedetniemi and R.C.Laskar [8].

Theorem E[8]: For any connected graph G, .

Now we obtain the following result.


Proof: From Theorem 2 and Theorem E, the result follows.

The following Theorem is due to F.Haray [6].

Theorem F [6, P.128]: For any graph G, the chromatic number is at most one greater than the maximum degree,

.

We establish the following upper bound.

Theorem 9: For any connected graph G, . Equality holds if G

is isomorphic to .

Proof: From Theorem 6 and Theorem F, and ,

.

For the equality, if G is isomorphic to then and

. Hence .

The following Theorem is due to E.Sampathkumar and H.B.Walikar[13].

Theorem G[13]: If G is a connected graph with vertices, .

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The following result provides another upper bound for and .

Theorem 10: If G is a connected graph with vertices, .

Proof: From Theorem 2 and Theorem G, the result follows.

The following upper bound was given by V.R.Kulli[9].

Theorem H[9, P.44]: If G is connected graph and , then .

We obtain the following result.

Theorem 11: If G is a connected (p, q) graph and , .

Proof: Suppose G is a connected (p, q) graph and . From Theorem 2 and Theorem H,

and ,

. Hence the proof.

The following Theorem is due to S.Arumugam et al. [1].

Theorem I[1]: For any (p, q) graph G, . The equality is obtained for .

Now we establish the following upper bound.

Theorem 12: For any (p, q) graph G, . Equality is obtained for

.

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Proof: From Theorem 6 and Theorem I, the result follows. For the equality if ,

then = 1+2 = 3 =

.

Next the following upper bound was established.

Theorem 13: For any (p, q) tree T, , where m is the number of end

vertices of T.

Proof: Suppose (p, q) be any tree T, then . Let be the set of

vertices of . If be the set of all end vertices in T,

then where , forms a minimal restrained dominating set of T. Then

. Since

and be the connected dominating

set such that . From the above, clearly

. Hence,

.

Bonds on the sum and product of the connected domination number of a block subdivision graph and

its complement were given under.

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Nordhaus – Gaddam type results:

Theorem 14: For any (p, q) graph G such that both G and are connected. Then

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