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Counting the number of dominating sets of cactus chains

S. ALIKHANI1,* , S. JAHARI1, M. MEHRYAR1, R. HASNI2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, 89195-741, Yazd, Iran
  2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Abstract

Let G be a simple graph of order n . The domination polynomial of G is the polynomial n i i G D(G, x) = d(G, i)x = ( )   , where d(G, i) is the number of dominating sets of G of size i and  (G) is the domination number of G . The number of dominating sets of a graph G is D(G,1) . In this paper we consider cactus chains with triangular and square blocks and study their domination polynomials..

Keywords

Domination polynomial, Dominating sets, Cactus.

Citation

S. ALIKHANI, S. JAHARI, M. MEHRYAR, R. HASNI, Counting the number of dominating sets of cactus chains, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 9-10, September-October 2014, pp.955-960 (2014).

Submitted at: June 26, 2014

Accepted at: Sept. 11, 2014