k-Rainbow Domination Number of P3□Pn

Abstract

Let k be a positive integer, and set [ k ] : = { 1 , 2 , … , k } . For a graph G, a k-rainbow dominating function (or kRDF) of G is a mapping f : V ( G ) → 2 [ k ] in such a way that, for any vertex v ∈ V ( G ) with the empty set under f, the condition ⋃ u ∈ N G ( v ) f ( u ) = [ k ] always holds, where N G ( v ) is the open neighborhood of v. The weight of kRDF f of G is the summation of values of all vertices under f. The k-rainbow domination number of G, denoted by γ r k ( G ) , is the minimum weight of a kRDF of G. In this paper, we obtain the k-rainbow domination number of grid P 3 □ P n for k ∈ { 2 , 3 , 4 } .