Abstract
For a graph G, we define the lower bipartite number LB(G) as the minimum order of a maximal induced bipartite subgraph of G. We study the parameter, and the related parameter bipartite domination, providing bounds both in general graphs and in some graph families. For example, we show that there are arbitrarily large 4-connected planar graphs G with LB(G) = 4 but a 5-connected planar graph has linear LB(G). We also show that if G is a maximal outerplanar graph of order n, then LB(G) lies between (n + 2)/3 and 2 n/3, and these bounds are sharp.
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