On Domination Polynomials of Caterpillar Graphs

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 9, 34 - 38, 28.12.2018

Bünyamin Şahin , Abdulgani Şahin

Öz

The domination polynomial of a simple graph  is calculated with  such that   is the number of the
dominating sets of G of size . In this paper we study the domination polynomials of caterpillar
graphs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Domination Polynomial, Caterpillar graph

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