
doi: 10.37236/913
In 1996, Reed proved that the domination number, $\gamma(G)$, of every $n$-vertex graph $G$ with minimum degree at least $3$ is at most $3n/8$ and conjectured that $\gamma(H)\leq\lceil n/3\rceil$ for every connected $3$-regular (cubic) $n$-vertex graph $H$. In [1] this conjecture was disproved by presenting a connected cubic graph $G$ on $60$ vertices with $\gamma(G)=21$ and a sequence $\{G_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ of connected cubic graphs with $\lim_{k\to\infty}{\gamma(G_k)\over|V(G_k)|} \geq{1\over3}+{1\over69}$. All the counter-examples, however, had cut-edges. On the other hand, in [2] it was proved that $\gamma(G)\leq\ 4n/11$ for every connected cubic $n$-vertex graph $G$ with at least $10$ vertices. In this note we construct a sequence of graphs $\{G_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ of $2$-connected cubic graphs with $\lim_{k\to\infty}{\gamma(G_k)\over|V(G_k)|} \geq{1\over3}+{1\over78}$, and a sequence $\{G_l'\}_{l=1}^{\infty}$ of connected cubic graphs where for each $G_l'$ we have ${\gamma(G_l')\over|V(G_l')|} >{1\over3}+{1\over69}$.
Connectivity, Vertex subsets with special properties (dominating sets, independent sets, cliques, etc.), domination number, cubic graphs
Connectivity, Vertex subsets with special properties (dominating sets, independent sets, cliques, etc.), domination number, cubic graphs
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