Abstract
It is known that the cop number $c(G)$ of a connected graph $G$ can be bounded as a function of the genus of the graph $g(G)$. The best known bound, that $c(G) \leq \left\lfloor \frac{3 g(G)}{2}\right\rfloor + 3$, was given by Schr\"{o}der, who conjectured that in fact $c(G) \leq g(G) + 3$. We give the first improvement to Schr\"{o}der's bound, showing that $c(G) \leq \frac{4g(G)}{3} + \frac{10}{3}$.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2459-2489 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- cops and robbers
- surfaces