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For a graph G, a subset S ⊆ V(G), is said to be a decycling set of G if if G ∖ S is acyclic. The cardinality of smallest decycling set of G is called the decycling number of G and it is denoted by φ(G).
Bau and Beineke posed the following problems: Which cubic graphs G with | G | = 2n satisfy \(\phi(G)=\lceil{\frac{n+1}{2}}\rceil\)? In this paper, we give an answer to this problem.
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Punnim, N. (2005). The Decycling Number of Cubic Graphs. In: Akiyama, J., Baskoro, E.T., Kano, M. (eds) Combinatorial Geometry and Graph Theory. IJCCGGT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3330. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30540-8_16
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