Boxicity and Cubicity of product graphs

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  • Indian Institute of Science
  • Dalhousie University

Abstract

The boxicity (cubicity) of a graph is the minimum natural number such that can be represented as an intersection graph of axis-parallel rectangular boxes (axis-parallel unit cubes) in . In this article, we give estimates on the boxicity and the cubicity of Cartesian, strong and direct products of graphs in terms of invariants of the component graphs. In particular, we study the growth, as a function of , of the boxicity and the cubicity of the th power of a graph with respect to the three products. Among others, we show a surprising result that the boxicity and the cubicity of the th Cartesian power of any given finite graph is, respectively, in and . On the other hand, we show that there cannot exist any sublinear bound on the growth of the boxicity of powers of a general graph with respect to strong and direct products.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)100 - 109
Number of pages10
JournalEuropean journal of combinatorics
Volume48.2015
Issue numberAugust
Early online date15 Mar 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015