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Convex Sets in Lexicographic Products of Graphs

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Geodesic convex sets, Steiner convex sets, and J-convex (alias induced path convex) sets of lexicographic products of graphs are characterized. The geodesic case in particular rectifies Theorem 3.1 in Canoy and Garces (Graphs Combin 18(4):787–793, 2002).

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  1. Department of Futures Studies, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 695034, India

    Bijo S. Anand & Manoj Changat

  2. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Sandi Klavžar

  3. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Sandi Klavžar

  4. Institute of Mathematics and Physics, FEECS, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Iztok Peterin

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S. Klavžar and I. Peterin supported by the Ministry of Science of Slovenia under the grant P1-0297.

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Anand, B.S., Changat, M., Klavžar, S. et al. Convex Sets in Lexicographic Products of Graphs. Graphs and Combinatorics 28, 77–84 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-011-1031-4

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