A subset D of the vertex set V (G) of a graph G is called point-set dominating, if for each subset S ⊆ V (G) − D there exists a vertex v ∈ D such that the subgraph of G induced by S ∪ {v} is connected. The maximum number of classes of a partition of V (G), all of whose classes are point-set dominating sets, is the point-set domatic number dp(G) of G. Its basic properties are studied in the paper.

A proper total-coloring of graph G is said to be equitable if the number of elements (vertices and edges) in any two color classes differ by at most one, which the required minimum number of colors is called the equitable total chromatic number. In this paper, we prove some theorems on equitable total coloring and derive the equitable total chromatic numbers of Pm ∨ Sn, Pm ∨ Fn and Pm ∨Wn. Keyw...

Listing, generating or enumerating objects of specified type is one of the principal tasks in algorithmics. In graph algorithms one often enumerates vertex subsets satisfying a certain property. We study the enumeration of all minimal connected dominating sets of an input graph from various graph classes of bounded chordality. We establish enumeration algorithms as well as lower and upper bound...

A class of graphs is said to be biclique-free if there is an integer t such that no graph in the class contains Kt,t as a subgraph. Large families of graph classes, such as any nowhere dense class of graphs or d-degenerate graphs, are biclique-free. We show that various domination problems are fixed-parameter tractable on biclique-free classes of graphs, when parameterizing by both solution siz...

A skew edge coloring of a graph G is defined to be a set of two edge colorings such that no two edges are assigned the same unordered pair of colors. The skew chromatic index s(G) is the minimum number of colors required for a skew edge coloring of G. In this paper, skew edge coloring of certain classes of graphs are determined. Furthermore, the skew chromatic index of those graphs is obtained ...

Abstract. We study the maximum differential graph coloring problem, in which the goal is to find a vertex labeling for a given undirected graph that maximizes the label difference along the edges. This problem has its origin in map coloring, where not all countries are necessarily contiguous. We define the differential chromatic number and establish the equivalence of the maximum differential c...

Given a graph G, its k-coloring graph is the graph whose vertex set is the proper k-colorings of the vertices of G with two k−colorings adjacent if they differ at exactly one vertex. In this paper, we consider the question: Which graphs can be coloring graphs? In other words, given a graph H, do there exist G and k such that H is the k-coloring graph of G? We will answer this question for sever...

An r-dynamic k-coloring of a graph G is a proper k-coloring of G such that every vertex in V (G) has neighbors in at least min{d(v), r} different color classes. The rdynamic chromatic number of a graph G, written χr(G), is the least k such that G has such a coloring. Proving a conjecture of Jahanbekam, Kim, O, and West, we show that the m-by-n grid has no 3-dynamic 4-coloring whenmn ≡ 2 mod 4. ...