Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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418471 | Discrete Applied Mathematics | 2016 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
A pebbling move on a graph removes two pebbles at a vertex and adds one pebble at an adjacent vertex. Rubbling is a version of pebbling where an additional move is allowed. In this new move, one pebble each is removed at vertices vv and ww adjacent to a vertex uu, and an extra pebble is added at vertex uu. A vertex is reachable from a pebble distribution if it is possible to move a pebble to that vertex using rubbling moves. The optimal rubbling number is the smallest number mm needed to guarantee a pebble distribution of mm pebbles from which any vertex is reachable. We determine the optimal rubbling number of ladders (Pn□P2Pn□P2), prisms (Cn□P2Cn□P2) and Möbius-ladders.
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Authors
Gyula Y. Katona, László F. Papp,