Characterization of signed paths and cycles admitting minus dominating function

Abstract

Let $G=(V,E,\sigma)$ be a finite signed graph. A function $f: V \rightarrow\{-1,0,1\}$ is a minus dominating function (MDF) of $ G $ if $f(u)+\sum_{v \in N(u)} \sigma (uv)f(v)\geq 1 $ for all $ u\in V $. In this paper we characterize signed paths and cycles admitting an MDF.

Keywords

• signed graphs
• minus domination
• minus dominating function