k-Tuple_Total_Domination_in_Inflated_Graphs

The inflated graph $G_{I}$ of a graph $G$ with $n(G)$ vertices is obtained from $G$ by replacing every vertex of degree $d$ of $G$ by a clique, which is isomorph to the complete graph $K_{d}$, and each edge $(x_{i},x_{j})$ of $G$ is replaced by an edge $(u,v)$ in such a way that $u\in X_{i}$, $v\in X_{j}$, and two different edges of $G$ are replaced by non-adjacent edges of $G_{I}$. For integer $k\geq 1$, the $k$-tuple total domination number $\gamma_{\times k,t}(G)$ of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a $k$-tuple total dominating set of $G$, which is a set of vertices in $G$ such that every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to at least $k$ vertices in it. For existing this number, must the minimum degree of $G$ is at least $k$. Here, we study the $k$-tuple total domination number in inflated graphs when $k\geq 2$. First we prove that $n(G)k\leq \gamma_{\times k,t}(G_{I})\leq n(G)(k+1)-1$, and then we characterize graphs $G$ that the $k$-tuple total domination number number of $G_I$ is $n(G)k$ or $n(G)k+1$. Then we find bounds for this number in the inflated graph $G_I$, when $G$ has a cut-edge $e$ or cut-vertex $v$, in terms on the $k$-tuple total domination number of the inflated graphs of the components of $G-e$ or $v$-components of $G-v$, respectively. Finally, we calculate this number in the inflated graphs that have obtained by some of the known graphs

A new Sobolev gradient method for direct minimization of the Gross-Pitaevskii energy with rotation

In this paper we improve traditional steepest descent methods for the direct minimization of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) energy with rotation at two levels. We first define a new inner product to equip the Sobolev space $H^1$ and derive the corresponding gradient. Secondly, for the treatment of the mass conservation constraint, we use a projection method that avoids more complicated approaches based on modified energy functionals or traditional normalization methods. The descent method with these two new ingredients is studied theoretically in a Hilbert space setting and we give a proof of the global existence and convergence in the asymptotic limit to a minimizer of the GP energy. The new method is implemented in both finite difference and finite element two-dimensional settings and used to compute various complex configurations with vortices of rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. The new Sobolev gradient method shows better numerical performances compared to classical $L^2$ or $H^1$ gradient methods, especially when high rotation rates are considered.Comment: to appear in SIAM J Sci Computin