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RAIRO-Theor. Inf. Appl.
Volume 56, 2022
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Article Number | 1 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ita/2022001 | |
Published online | 07 February 2022 |
A polynomial time algorithm for geodetic hull number for complementary prisms*
1
INF, Universidade Federal de Goiás,
GO, Brazil.
2
IM, COPPE, and NCE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil.
3
IME, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil.
** Corresponding author: jullianonascimento@inf.ufg.br
Received:
3
August
2021
Accepted:
4
January
2022
Let G be a finite, simple, and undirected graph and let S ⊆ V (G). In the geodetic convexity, S is convex if all vertices belonging to any shortest path between two vertices of S lie in S. The convex hull H(S) of S is the smallest convex set containing S. The hull number h(G) is the minimum cardinality of a set S ⊆ V (G) such that H(S) = V (G). The complementary prism GG̅ of a graph G arises from the disjoint union of the graph G and G̅ by adding the edges of a perfect matching between the corresponding vertices of G and G̅. Previous works have determined h(GG̅) when both G and G̅ are connected and partially when G is disconnected. In this paper, we characterize convex sets in GG̅ and we present equalities and tight lower and upper bounds for h(GG̅). This fills a gap in the literature and allows us to show that h(GG̅) can be determined in polynomial time, for any graph G.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C69 / 05C76 / 05C85
Key words: Complementary prisms / geodetic convexity / hull number
© The authors. Published by EDP Sciences, 2022
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