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We describe an infinite class of cubic graphs with connectivity two for which the difference between the domination and independent domination numbers becomes unbounded. We conjecture that for cubic graphs with connectivity three this difference is at most one.
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Barefoot, C., Harary, F. & Jones, K.F. What is the difference between the domination and independent domination numbers of a cubic graph?. Graphs and Combinatorics 7, 205–208 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01788145
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