# Hypo-efficient domination and hypo-unique domination

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University of Architecture, Civil Еngineering and Geodesy; Department of Mathematics

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For a graph $G$ let $\gamma (G)$ be its domination number. We define a graph G to be (i)  a  hypo-efficient domination graph (or  a  hypo-$\mathcal{ED}$ graph) if $G$ has no  efficient dominating set (EDS)  but every graph formed by removing a single vertex from $G$ has at least one EDS, and (ii)  a hypo-unique domination graph (a hypo-$\mathcal{UD}$ graph) if $G$ has at least two  minimum dominating sets, but $G-v$ has a unique minimum dominating set  for each $v\in V(G)$. We  show that each  hypo-$\mathcal{UD}$ graph $G$ of order at least $3$  is connected  and $\gamma(G-v) <\gamma(G)$ for all $v \in V$. We obtain a tight  upper bound  on the order of a hypo-$\mathcal{P}$ graph in terms of the domination number and maximum degree of the graph, where $\mathcal{P} \in \{\mathcal{UD}, \mathcal{ED}\}$.  Families of  circulant graphs, which achieve these bounds, are presented. We also prove that the bondage number of any  hypo-$\mathcal{UD}$ graph is not more than the minimum degree plus one.

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