The bondage number of a graph

The bondage number b(G) of a non empty graph G is the minimum number of edger whose removal from G results in a graph having domination number greater than the domination number of G. In this paper we characterize graphs for which b(G) = p − 1 and b(G) = (γ − 1)+̇1. We also introduce the concept of uniform bondage number bu(G) and determine the exact value of bu(G) for several classes of graphs. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−