The cover-to-domination cover pebbling ratio conjecture

Let GG be a graph with more than one vertex. Write λ(G)\lambda(G) for its cover pebbling number and ψ(G)\psi(G) for its domination cover pebbling number. Cover-to-domination cover pebbling ratio conjecture. The ratio λ(G)/ψ(G)\lambda(G)/\psi(G) should satisfy

λ(G)ψ(G)3.\frac{\lambda(G)}{\psi(G)}\geq 3.

The paper notes that this bound is attained by the complete graph on two vertices and that graph families can make the ratio arbitrarily close to 33 from above; whether the bound holds for every graph remains open.

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Primary source

Nathaniel G. Watson and Carl R. Yerger, “Domination Cover Pebbling: Structural Results”, arXiv:math/0509564 (2005).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2004–2005). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0410030.

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