About (k, l)-Kernels, Semikernels and Grundy Functions in Partial Line Digraphs

Let D be a digraph of minimum in-degree at least 1. We prove that for any two natural numbers k, l such that 1 ≤ l ≤ k, the number of (k, l)-kernels of D is less than or equal to the number of (k, l)-kernels of any partial line digraph ℒD. Moreover, if l < k and the girth of D is at least l +1, t...

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Main Authors: Balbuena C., Galeana-Sánchez H., Guevara M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-11-01
Series:Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.2104
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Summary:Let D be a digraph of minimum in-degree at least 1. We prove that for any two natural numbers k, l such that 1 ≤ l ≤ k, the number of (k, l)-kernels of D is less than or equal to the number of (k, l)-kernels of any partial line digraph ℒD. Moreover, if l < k and the girth of D is at least l +1, then these two numbers are equal. We also prove that the number of semikernels of D is equal to the number of semikernels of ℒD. Furthermore, we introduce the concept of (k, l)-Grundy function as a generalization of the concept of Grundy function and we prove that the number of (k, l)-Grundy functions of D is equal to the number of (k, l)-Grundy functions of any partial line digraph ℒD.
ISSN:2083-5892