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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 33(4) (2013) 709-715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1686

Bounds on the signed 2-independence number in graphs

Lutz Volkmann

Lehrstuhl II für Mathematik
RWTH-Aachen University
52056 Aachen, Germany

Abstract

Let G be a finite and simple graph with vertex set V(G), and let f:V(G) →{ −1,1} be a two-valued function. If ∑x ∈ N[v]f(x) ≤ 1 for each v ∈ V(G), where N[v] is the closed neighborhood of v, then f is a signed 2-independence function on G. The weight of a signed 2-independence function f is w(f) = ∑v ∈ V(G)f(v). The maximum of weights w(f), taken over all signed 2-independence functions f on G, is the signed 2-independence number αs2(G) of G.

In this work, we mainly present upper bounds on αs2(G), as for example αs2(G) ≤ n −2 ⌈ Δ(G)/2 ⌉, and we prove the Nordhaus-Gaddum type inequality αs2(G)+ αs2(G) ≤ n+1, where n is the order and Δ(G) is the maximum degree of the graph G. Some of our theorems improve well-known results on the signed 2-independence number.

Keywords: bounds, signed 2-independence function, signed 2-independence number, Nordhaus-Gaddum type result

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C69.

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Received 21 February 2012
Revised 3 September 2012
Accepted 3 September 2012


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