A characterization of trees with equal Roman {2}-domination and Roman domination numbers

Document Type : Original paper

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1 Universitat Rovira i Virgili

2 University of Cadiz

Abstract

Given a graph G=(V,E) and a vertex vV, by N(v) we represent the open neighbourhood of v. Let f:V{0,1,2} be a function on G. The weight of f is ω(f)=vVf(v) and let Vi={vV:f(v)=i}, for i=0,1,2. The function f is said to be

1) a Roman {2}-dominating function, if for every vertex vV0, uN(v)f(u)2. The Roman {2}-domination number, denoted by γ{R2}(G), is the minimum weight among all Roman {2}-dominating functions on G;

2) a Roman dominating function, if for every vertex vV0 there exists uN(v)V2. The Roman domination number, denoted by γR(G), is the minimum weight among all Roman dominating functions on G.

It is known that for any graph G, γ{R2}(G)γR(G). In this paper, we characterize the trees T that satisfy the equality above.

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