More on total domination polynomial and $\mathcal{D}_t$-equivalence classes of some graphs

TL;DR

This paper explores the properties of total domination polynomials in graphs, investigates their equivalence classes, and introduces graph families with unimodal total domination polynomials.

Contribution

It characterizes $ ext{D}_t$-equivalence classes for certain graphs and introduces new graph families with unimodal total domination polynomials.

Findings

Identified $ ext{D}_t$-equivalence classes for specific graph types.

Proposed new families of graphs with unimodal total domination polynomials.

Abstract

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a simple graph of order $n$. The total dominating set of $G$ is a subset $D$ of $V$ that every vertex of $V$ is adjacent to some vertices of $D$. The total domination number of $G$ is equal to minimum cardinality of total dominating set in $G$ and is denoted by $\gamma_t(G)$. The total domination polynomial of $G$ is the polynomial $D_t(G,x)=\sum_{i=\gamma_t(G)}^n d_t(G,i)x^i$, where $d_t(G,i)$ is the number of total dominating sets of $G$ of size $i$. Two graphs $G$ and $H$ are said to be total dominating equivalent or simply $\mathcal{D}_t$-equivalent, if $D_t(G,x)=D_t(H,x)$. The equivalence class of $G$, denoted $[G]$, is the set of all graphs $\mathcal{D}_t$-equivalent to $G$. In this paper, we investigate $\mathcal{D}_t$-equivalence classes of some graphs. Also we introduce some families of graphs whose total domination polynomials are unimodal.