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A note on the independent domination number in graphs. (English) Zbl 1287.05107
Summary: We obtain an upper bound for the independent domination number of a graph in terms of the domination number and maximum degree.

##### MSC:
 05C69 Vertex subsets with special properties (dominating sets, independent sets, cliques, etc.) 05C35 Extremal problems in graph theory
maximum degree
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