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A subset S of vertices of a graph G without isolated vertex is a total dominating set if every vertex of V(G) is adjacent to some vertex in S. The total domination number\(\gamma _t(G)\) is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G. The total domination subdivision number\(\mathrm{sd}_{\gamma _t}(G)\) is the minimum number of edges that must be subdivided (each edge in G can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the total domination number. In this paper we prove that for any connected graph G of order \(n\ge 3\), \(\mathrm{sd}_{\gamma _t}(G)\le \gamma _t(G)+1\) and for any connected graph G of order \(n\ge 5\), \(\mathrm{sd}_{\gamma _t}(G)\le \frac{n+1}{2}\), answering two conjectures posed in Favaron et al. (J Comb Optim 20:76–84, 2010a).
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Khoeilar, R., Karami, H. & Sheikholeslami, S.M. On two conjectures concerning total domination subdivision number in graphs. J Comb Optim 38, 333–340 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-019-00383-4
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