The edge geodetic number and Cartesian product of graphs

For a nontrivial connected graph G = (V (G), E(G)), a set S ⊆ V (G) is called an edge geodetic set of G if every edge of G is contained in a geodesic joining some pair of vertices in S. The edge geodetic number g1(G) of G is the minimum order of its edge geodetic sets. Bounds for the edge geodetic number of Cartesian product graphs are proved and improved upper bounds are determined for a special class of graphs. Exact values of the edge geodetic number of Cartesian product are obtained for several classes of graphs. Also we obtain a necessary condition of G for which g1(G2K2) = g1(G).