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Title: Cores and shells of graphs (English)
Author: Bickle, Allan
Language: English
Journal: Mathematica Bohemica
ISSN: 0862-7959 (print)
ISSN: 2464-7136 (online)
Volume: 138
Issue: 1
Year: 2013
Pages: 43-59
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: The $k$-core of a graph $G$, $C_{k}(G)$, is the maximal induced subgraph $H\subseteq G$ such that $\delta (G)\geq k$, if it exists. For $k>0$, the $k$-shell of a graph $G$ is the subgraph of $G$ induced by the edges contained in the $k$-core and not contained in the $(k+1)$-core. The core number of a vertex is the largest value for $k$ such that $v\in C_{k}(G)$, and the maximum core number of a graph, $\widehat {C}(G)$, is the maximum of the core numbers of the vertices of $G$. A graph $G$ is $k$-monocore if $\widehat {C}(G)=\delta (G)=k$. \endgraf This paper discusses some basic results on the structure of $k$-cores and $k$-shells. In particular, an operation characterization of 2-monocore graphs is proven. Some applications of cores and shells to graph coloring and domination are considered. (English)
Keyword: $k$-core
Keyword: $k$-shell
Keyword: monocore
Keyword: coloring
Keyword: domination
MSC: 05C15
MSC: 05C69
MSC: 05C75
idZBL: Zbl 1274.05399
idMR: MR3076220
DOI: 10.21136/MB.2013.143229
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Date available: 2013-03-02T18:52:01Z
Last updated: 2020-07-29
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/143229
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