1. Eternal Domination
Chip Klostermeyer

2. 6 vertices
7 edges
Dominating Set
γ=2
Graph

3. 6 vertices
7 edges
Independent Set
β=3
Graph

4. Clique Cover Graph 6 vertices 10 edges Θ=2
Equals complement of chromatic number
Graph

5. Eternal Dominating Set
Defend graph against sequence of attacks at vertices
At most one guard per vertex
Send guard to attacked vertex
Guards must induce dominating set
One guard moves at a time
(later, we allow all guards to move)

6. 2-player game Attacker chooses vertex with no guard to attack
Defender chooses guard to send to attacked vertex (must be sent from neighboring vertex)
Attacker wins if after some # of attacks, guards do not induce dominating set
Defender wins otherwise

7. Eternal Dominating Set
γ∞=3
γ γ = 2
Attacked Vertex in red
Guards on black vertices

8. Eternal Dominating Set γ∞=3 γ = 2? ?
Eternal Dominating Set
γ∞=3
γ = 2
Second attack at red vertex forces guards to not be a dominating set.
3 guards needed

9. Eternal Dominating Set
γ∞=3
γ = 2
3 guards needed

10. Basic Bounds
γ ≤ β ≤ γ∞ ≤ Θ Because one guard can defend a clique and attacks on an independent set of size k require k different guards

11. Problem γ∞ ≤ c * β Goddard, Hedetniemi, Hedetniemi asked if
and they showed graphs for which
γ∞ < Θ
Smallest known has 11 vertices.
Question: Is there a smaller one?

12. Upper Bound Klostermeyer and MacGillivray proved γ∞ ≤ C(β+1, 2)
C(n, 2) denotes binomial coefficient
Proof is algorithmic.

13. Proof idea Guards located on independent sets of size 1, 2, …,β
Defend with guard from smallest set possible

14. Proof idea Guards located on independent sets of size 1, 2, …,β
Swapping guard with attacked vertex destroys independence!! Solution….

15. Proof idea Guards located on independent sets of size 1, 2, …,β
Choose union of independent sets to be LARGE as possible

16. Proof idea Guards located on independent sets of size 1, 2, …,β
After yellow guard moves, we have all our independent sets.

17. Lower Bound C22[1,2,4,5,9,11] Upper bound: γ∞ ≤ C(β+1, 2)
Certain large complements of Kneser graphs require this many guards.
Problem: find small circulants where bound is tight.
C22[1,2,4,5,9,11]

18. γ ≤ β ≤ γ∞ ≤ Θ γ∞ =Θ for Perfect graphs [follows from PGT]
Series-parallel graphs [Anderson et al.]
Powers of Cycles and their complements [KM]
Circular-arc graphs [Regan]
Open problem: planar graphs

19. Open Questions Is there a graph G with γ = γ∞ < Θ ?
No triangle-free;
none with maximum-degree three.
Planar?
Is there a triangle-free graph G with β = γ∞ < Θ ?
Is γ∞(G x H) ≥ γ∞ (G) γ∞ (H)?

20. The Fundamental Conjecture
For any vertex v in any minimum eternal dominating
set D there is a vertex u adjacent to v such that
D – v + u
is an eternal dominating set.

21. Corollary
For all graphs G
γ∞(G-v) ≤ γ∞(G) .

22. M-Eternal Dominating Set
All guards can move in response to attack

23. M-Eternal Dominating Sets
γ ≤ γ∞m ≤ β Exact bounds known for trees, 2 by n, 4 by n grids
3 by n grids: about 4n/5 guards suffice for n ≥ 9
When is equality attained????
2 by 3 grid: γ∞m = 2
Conjecture: # guards for n by n grid = γ + O(1)

24. M-Eternal Dominating Sets
Known that γ∞m ≤ n/2; sharp for odd length paths, many trees
What about graphs with minimum degree 3?
Petersen graph is 2n/5; we know no other examples
with more than 3n/8 (and no large cubic ones with 3n/8)
Cubic Bipartite graphs: γ∞m ≤ 7n/16 [HKM]
• Improve upper bound for minimum degree three
• Find infinite families needing close to 2n/5 guards.
When is equality attained????

25. When is equality attained????

26. When is equality attained????

27. Proof idea Cubic Bipartite graphs: γ∞m ≤ 7n/16
Remove perfect matching M. Cycles remain:
Long cycles adjacent to no 4-cycle (via M)
n/3 guards
Long cycles connected to 4-cycles (via M)
7n/16 guards (8-cycles are obstacle)
4-cycles connected to each other (via M)
3n/7 guards

28. Eviction Model: One Guard Moves
γ = 2
Attacked Vertex in red
Attacked guard must have empty neighbor

29. Eviction: One guard moves
e∞ ≤ β for bipartite graphs
e∞ > β for some graphs
e∞ ≤ β when β=2
e∞ ≤ 5 when β = 3
Question: Find graphs with β = 3 and e∞ = 5
Question: Is e∞ ≤ γ∞ for all G?

30. Eviction Model: All Guards Move
e∞m = 2
Attacked vertex must remain empty for one time period

31. Eviction: All guards move
em∞ ≤ β
Question: Is em∞ ≤ γ∞m for all G?
(swap model only, else star is counterexample)

32. Mixed Model Combine eternal domination and eviction:
Attack at vertex w/o guard: guard moves there
Attack at vertex w/ guard : guard moves away
Denote by m∞
Question: Is m∞ ≤ 6 when β = 3?
Question: Is m∞ = γ∞ for all G?

33. Eternal Independent Sets
One model defined by Hartnell and Mynhardt
Caro & Klostermeyer define alternate model:
Maintain an independent set of guards eternally
Attacks are at vertices with guards (like eviction)
Maximize # of guards
One guard moves or all-guards move or ALL guards move

34. Eternal Independent Sets
Questions
Find graphs where eternal independence # (all guards move) equals size of maximum matching. It is true for bipartite graphs.
Find graphs where eternal independence # (all guards move) equals the independence number
Characterize graphs where eternal independence # (one guard moves) equals size of maximum induced matching (a lower bound for eternal independence #)

35. Protecting Edges
Attack edges, guard must cross edge. All guards move, must induce VERTEX COVER.
α = 3

36. Protecting Edges
α∞ = 3

37. Edge Protection Theorem: α ≤ α∞ ≤ 2α Which graphs have α = α∞? Grids
Kn X G
Circulants, others.
Is it true for vertex-transitive graphs?
Is it true for G X H if it is true for G and/or H?

38. More Edge Protection Which graphs have α∞ = γ∞m ?
Trees with property characterized.
No bipartite graph with δ ≥ 2 except C4
No graph with δ ≥ 2 except C4
Which graphs with pendant vertices?

39. Vertex Cover
m-eternal domination number is less than eternal vertex cover number for all graphs of minimum degree 2, except for C4.
m-eternal domination number is less than vertex cover number for all graphs of minimum degree 2 and girth 7 and ≥ 9.
What about girths 5, 6, 8?