The Oriented Diameter of Graphs with Given Connected Domination Number and Distance Domination Number

Abstract

Let G be a bridgeless graph. An orientation of G is a digraph obtained from G by assigning a direction to each edge. The oriented diameter of G is the minimum diameter among all strong orientations of G. The connected domination number γc(G)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\gamma _c(G)$$\\end{document} of G is the minimum cardinality of a set S of vertices of G such that every vertex of G is in S or adjacent to some vertex of S, and which induces a connected subgraph in G. We prove that the oriented diameter of a bridgeless graph G is at most 2γc(G)+3\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$2 \\gamma _c(G) +3$$\\end{document} if γc(G)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\gamma _c(G)$$\\end{document} is even and 2γc(G)+2\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$2 \\gamma _c(G) +2$$\\end{document} if γc(G)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\gamma _c(G)$$\\end{document} is odd. This bound is sharp. For d∈N\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$d \\in {\\mathbb {N}}$$\\end{document}, the d-distance domination number γd(G)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\gamma ^d(G)$$\\end{document} of G is the minimum cardinality of a set S of vertices of G such that every vertex of G is at distance at most d from some vertex of S. As an application of a generalisation of the above result on the connected domination number, we prove an upper bound on the oriented diameter of the form (2d+1)(d+1)γd(G)+O(d)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$(2d+1)(d+1)\\gamma ^d(G)+ O(d)$$\\end{document}. Furthermore, we construct bridgeless graphs whose oriented diameter is at least (d+1)2γd(G)+O(d)\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$(d+1)^2 \\gamma ^d(G) +O(d)$$\\end{document}, thus demonstrating that our above bound is best possible apart from a factor of about 2.