A global defensive alliance in a graph G = (V, E) is a set of vertices S ⊆ V with the properties that every vertex in V - S has at least one neighbor in S, and for each vertex v in S at least half the vertices from the closed neighborhood of v are in S. The alliance is called strong if a strict majority of vertices from the closed neighborhood of v are in S. The global defensive alliance number γa(G) (respectively, global strong defensive alliance number γâ(G)) is the minimum cardinality of a global defensive alliance (respectively, global strong defensive alliance) of G. We show that if T is a tree with order n ≥ 2, l leaves and s support vertices, then γâ (T) ≥ (3n - l - s + 4) /6 and γa (T) ≥ (3n - l - s + 4)/8. Moreover, all extremal trees attaining each bound are characterized.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-18077 |
Date | 01 July 2010 |
Creators | Bouzefrane, Mohamed, Chellali, Mustapha, Haynes, Teresa W. |
Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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