Metric dimension of lexicographic product of some known graphs

Abstract

For an ordered set W = {w1,w2,...,wk} of vertices and a vertex v in a connected graph G, the ordered k-vector r(v|W) := (d(v,w1),d(v,w2),...,d(v,wk)) is called the (metric) representation of v with respect to W, where d(x,y) is the distance between the vertices x and y. The set W is called a resolving set for G if distinct vertices of G have distinct representations with respect to W. The minimum cardinality of a resolving set for G is its metric dimension. In this paper, we investigate the metric dimension of the lexicographic product of graphs G and H, G[H] for some known graphs.