Disjoint cliques and disjoint maximal independent sets of vertices in graphs
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In this paper, we find lower bounds for the maximum and minimum numbers of cliques in maximal sets of pairwise disjoint cliques in a graph . By complementation, these yield lower bounds for the maximum and minimum numbers of independent sets in maximal sets of pairwise disjoint maximal independent sets of vertices in a graph . In the latter context, we show by examples that one of our bounds is best possible .
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Discrete Mathematics
دوره 42 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982