A LOWER BOUND FOR THE CONVEXITY NUMBER OF SOME GRAPHS

  • Kim, Byung-Kee (Department of Mathematics Education, Chongju University)
  • Published : 2004.01.01

Abstract

Given a connected graph G, we say that a set EC\;{\subseteq}\;V(G)$ is convex in G if, for every pair of vertices x, $y\;{\in}\;C$, the vertex set of every x - y geodesic in G is contained in C. The convexity number of G is the cardinality of a maximal proper convex set in G. In this paper, we show that every pair k, n of integers with $2\;{\leq}k\;{\leq}\;n\;-\;1$ is realizable as the convexity number and order, respectively, of some connected triangle-free graph, and give a lower bound for the convexity number of k-regular graphs of order n with n > k+1.

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