Characterization of Connected Graphs with Maximum Domination Number

Abstract:

      Let G be a connected graph of order p, and let γ(G) denote the domination number of G. Clearly, γ(G) ≤[p/2]. The aim of this paper is to characterize the graphs G that reaches this upper bound. The main results are as follows: (1) when p is even, γ(G) = p/2 if and only if either G≈C₄ or G is the crown of a connected graph with p/2 vertices; (2) when p is odd, γ(G) = (p-1)/2 if and only if every spanning tree of G is one of the two classes of trees shown in Theorem 3.1.