On the independence numbers of the cubes of odd cycles (Q396806)

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On the independence numbers of the cubes of odd cycles
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    On the independence numbers of the cubes of odd cycles (English)
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    14 August 2014
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    Summary: We give an upper bound on the independence number of the cube of the odd cycle \(C_{8n+5}\). The best known lower bound is conjectured to be the truth; we prove the conjecture in the case \(8n+5\) prime and, within 2, for general \(n\).
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    graph power
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    Shannon capacity
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    odd cycles
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    independence number
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