Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4600098 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2013 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

A configuration of the lit-only σ-game on a finite graph Γ is an assignment of one of two states, on or off, to all vertices of Γ. Given a configuration, a move of the lit-only σ-game on Γ allows the player to choose an on vertex s of Γ and change the states of all neighbors of s. Given any integer k, we say that Γ is k-lit if, for any configuration, the number of on vertices can be reduced to at most k by a finite sequence of moves. Assume that Γ is a tree with a perfect matching. We show that Γ is 1-lit and any tree obtained from Γ by adding a new vertex on an edge of Γ is 2-lit.

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