Three Bounds For Identifying Code Number

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Pure Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

Abstract

Let $G=(V, E)$ be a simple graph. A set $C$ of vertices $G$ is an identifying set of $G$ if for every two vertices $x$ and $y$ belong to $V$ the sets $N_{G}[x] \cap C$ and $N_{G}[y] \cap C$ are non-empty and different. Given a graph $G,$ the smallest size of an identifying set of $G$ is called the identifying code number of $G$ and is denoted by $\gamma^{ID}(G).$ Two vertices $x$ and $y$ are twins when $N_{G}[x]=N_{G}[y].$ Graphs with at least two twin vertices are not identifiable graphs. In this paper,  we present three bounds for identifying code number.

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