Mathematics (Feb 2019)

<i>k</i>-Rainbow Domination Number of <i>P</i><sub>3</sub>□<i>P</i><sub>n</sub>

  • Ying Wang,
  • Xinling Wu,
  • Nasrin Dehgardi,
  • Jafar Amjadi,
  • Rana Khoeilar,
  • Jia-Bao Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/math7020203
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 2
p. 203

Abstract

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Let k be a positive integer, and set [ k ] : = { 1 , 2 , … , k } . For a graph G, a k-rainbow dominating function (or kRDF) of G is a mapping f : V ( G ) → 2 [ k ] in such a way that, for any vertex v ∈ V ( G ) with the empty set under f, the condition ⋃ u ∈ N G ( v ) f ( u ) = [ k ] always holds, where N G ( v ) is the open neighborhood of v. The weight of kRDF f of G is the summation of values of all vertices under f. The k-rainbow domination number of G, denoted by γ r k ( G ) , is the minimum weight of a kRDF of G. In this paper, we obtain the k-rainbow domination number of grid P 3 □ P n for k ∈ { 2 , 3 , 4 } .

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