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The fractional $k$-metric dimension of graphs (1706.05550v2)

Published 17 Jun 2017 in math.CO

Abstract: Let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$. For any two distinct vertices $x$ and $y$ of $G$, let $R{x, y}$ denote the set of vertices $z$ such that the distance from $x$ to $z$ is not equal to the distance from $y$ to $z$ in $G$. For a function $g$ defined on $V(G)$ and for $U \subseteq V(G)$, let $g(U)=\sum_{s \in U}g(s)$. Let $\kappa(G)=\min{|R{x,y}|: x\neq y \mbox{ and } x,y \in V(G)}$. For any real number $k \in [1, \kappa(G)]$, a real-valued function $g: V(G) \rightarrow [0,1]$ is a \emph{$k$-resolving function} of $G$ if $g(R{x,y}) \ge k$ for any two distinct vertices $x,y \in V(G)$. The \emph{fractional $k$-metric dimension}, $\dimk_f(G)$, of $G$ is $\min{g(V(G)): g \mbox{ is a $k$-resolving function of } G}$. In this paper, we initiate the study of the fractional $k$-metric dimension of graphs. For a connected graph $G$ and $k \in [1, \kappa(G)]$, it's easy to see that $k \le \dim_fk(G) \le \frac{k|V(G)|}{\kappa(G)}$; we characterize graphs $G$ satisfying $\dim_fk(G)=k$ and $\dim_fk(G)=|V(G)|$, respectively. We show that $\dim_fk(G) \ge k \dim_f(G)$ for any $k \in [1, \kappa(G)]$, and we give an example showing that $\dim_fk(G)-k\dim_f(G)$ can be arbitrarily large for some $k \in (1, \kappa(G)]$; we also describe a condition for which $\dim_fk(G)=k\dim_f(G)$ holds. We determine the fractional $k$-metric dimension for some classes of graphs, and conclude with two open problems, including whether $\phi(k)=\dim_fk(G)$ is a continuous function of $k$ on every connected graph $G$.

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