On Total Domination Polynomials of Certain Graphs

We have introduced the total domination polynomial for any simple non isolated graph G in [7] and is defined by Dt（G, x） = ∑in=yt（G） dr（G, i） x＇, where dr（G, i） is the cardinality of total dominating sets of G of size i, and yt（G） is the total domination number of G. In [7] We have obtained some properties of Dt（G, x） and its coefficients. Also, we have calculated the total domination polynomials of complete graph, complete bipartite graph, join of two graphs and a graph consisting of disjoint components. In this paper, we presented for any two isomorphic graphs the total domination polynomials are same, but the converse is not true. Also, we proved that for any n vertex transitive graph of order n and for any v ∈ V（G）, dt（G, i） = 7 dt（V）（G, i）, 1 〈 i 〈 n. And, for any k-regular graph of order n, dr（G, i） = （7）, i 〉 n-k and d,（G, n-k） = （kn） - n. We have calculated the total domination polynomial of Petersen graph D,（P, x） = 10X4 ＋ 72x5 ＋ 140x6 ＋ 110x7 ＋ 45x8 ＋ [ 0x9 ＋ x10. Also, for any two vertices u and v of a k-regular graph Hwith N（u） ≠ N（v） and if Dr（G, x） = Dt（ H, x ）, then G is also a k-regular graph.

On the Uphill Domination Polynomial of Graphs

A path π = [v1, v2, …, vk] in a graph G = (V, E) is an uphill path if deg(vi) ≤ deg(vi+1) for every 1 ≤ i ≤ k. A subset S ⊆ V(G) is an uphill dominating set if every vertex vi ∈ V(G) lies on an uphill path originating from some vertex in S. The uphill domination number of G is denoted by γup(G) and is the minimum cardinality of the uphill dominating set of G. In this paper, we introduce the uphill domination polynomial of a graph G. The uphill domination polynomial of a graph G of n vertices is the polynomial , where up(G, i) is the number of uphill dominating sets of size i in G, and γup(G) is the uphill domination number of G, we compute the uphill domination polynomial and its roots for some families of standard graphs. Also, UP(G, x) for some graph operations is obtained.