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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Tom Bohman; Ron Holzman; Venkatesh Natarajan. On the independence numbers of the cubes of odd cycles. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 20 (2013) no. 3. doi: 10.37236/2598
