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%I A378763 #24 Dec 19 2024 13:47:08 %S A378763 3,6,9,12,17,22,27,34,42,48,58,67,75,87 %N A378763 Lower matching number for the n X n torus grid graph. %C A378763 a(18) = 108. %C A378763 Seems to be either A008810(n) = ceil(n^2/3) or A008810(n)+1. %C A378763 For known terms, a(n) is one more than A008810(n) for n = 11, 13, 14, 16. %H A378763 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LowerMatchingNumber.html">Lower Matching Number</a>. %H A378763 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TorusGridGraph.html">Torus Grid Graph</a>. %F A378763 a(n) = n^2/3 if 3|n, otherwise a(n) >= A008810(n). [Proof: let the [minimum] maximal independent edge set be E. Let b be the number of edges between two vertices incident to different edges from E. The total number of edges connecting a vertex incident to an edge from E and a vertex not incident to any edge from E is equal to 4(n^2-2a(n)) but also to 6a(n)-2b; equalising these, we find b = 7a(n)-2n^2. Also, a(n) <= b, which gives the desired inequality a(n) >= n^2/3.] - _Andrey Zabolotskiy_, Dec 19 2024 %t A378763 Table[Min[Length /@ FindIndependentVertexSet[LineGraph @ GraphProduct[CycleGraph[n], CycleGraph[n], "Cartesian"], Infinity, All]], {n, 3, 5}] %Y A378763 Cf. A008810 (ceil(n^2/3)). %Y A378763 Cf. A280984 (lower matching number for the n X n grid graph). %K A378763 nonn,more,hard %O A378763 3,1 %A A378763 _Eric W. Weisstein_, Dec 06 2024