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Main Authors: Kumar, Mithilesh, Lokshtanov, Daniel
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Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.04711
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author Kumar, Mithilesh
Lokshtanov, Daniel
author_facet Kumar, Mithilesh
Lokshtanov, Daniel
contents In the $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity problem ($\ell \in \mathbb{N}$), we are given a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, $m$ edges and a non-negative integer $k$ and asks whether there exists a set of vertices $S\subseteq V(G)$ such that $|S|\leq k$ and the size of the largest connected component in $G-S$ is at most $\ell$. In this paper, we give a linear programming based kernel for $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity with at most $2\ell k$ vertices that takes $n^{\mathcal{O}(\ell)}$ time for every constant $\ell$. Thereafter, we provide a separation oracle for the LP of $\ell$-COC implying that the kernel only takes $(3e)^{\ell}\cdot n^{O(1)}$ time. On the way to obtaining our kernel, we prove a generalization of the $q$-Expansion Lemma to weighted graphs. This generalization may be of independent interest.
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spellingShingle A $2\ell k$ Kernel for $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity
Kumar, Mithilesh
Lokshtanov, Daniel
Data Structures and Algorithms
In the $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity problem ($\ell \in \mathbb{N}$), we are given a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, $m$ edges and a non-negative integer $k$ and asks whether there exists a set of vertices $S\subseteq V(G)$ such that $|S|\leq k$ and the size of the largest connected component in $G-S$ is at most $\ell$. In this paper, we give a linear programming based kernel for $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity with at most $2\ell k$ vertices that takes $n^{\mathcal{O}(\ell)}$ time for every constant $\ell$. Thereafter, we provide a separation oracle for the LP of $\ell$-COC implying that the kernel only takes $(3e)^{\ell}\cdot n^{O(1)}$ time. On the way to obtaining our kernel, we prove a generalization of the $q$-Expansion Lemma to weighted graphs. This generalization may be of independent interest.
title A $2\ell k$ Kernel for $\ell$-Component Order Connectivity
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.04711