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Maximizing the discrepancy between zero forcing parameters relative to graph order

Andrew McKay, Allie Ray, Jonathan Valliere

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Source: arXiv

Published: Sep 28, 2026

arXiv: 2609.35522

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Zero forcing is a process described by a color change rule on the vertices of a graph. In this paper, we maximize the discrepancy between various zero forcing parameters relative to graph order. First, we find an upper bound on the difference in cardinality between minimal zero forcing sets (sets containing no proper zero forcing subset) of maximum and minimum size, and we show that this bound is sharp for an infinite family of graphs. Furthermore, we derive an upper bound for the discrepancy between the maximum and minimum propagation times of the minimum zero forcing sets of any graph, showing this bound is sharp for an infinite family of graphs.

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