Clique-Width: Harnessing the Power of Atoms

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Autori principali: Dabrowski, Konrad K., Masařík, Tomáš, Novotná, Jana, Paulusma, Daniël, Rzążewski, Paweł
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author Dabrowski, Konrad K.
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Paulusma, Daniël
Rzążewski, Paweł
author_facet Dabrowski, Konrad K.
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Paulusma, Daniël
Rzążewski, Paweł
contents Many NP-complete graph problems are polynomial-time solvable on graph classes of bounded clique-width. Several of these problems are polynomial-time solvable on a hereditary graph class ${\cal G}$ if they are so on the atoms (graphs with no clique cut-set) of ${\cal G}$. Hence, we initiate a systematic study into boundedness of clique-width of atoms of hereditary graph classes. A graph $G$ is $H$-free if $H$ is not an induced subgraph of $G$, and it is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it is both $H_1$-free and $H_2$-free. A class of $H$-free graphs has bounded clique-width if and only if its atoms have this property. This is no longer true for $(H_1,H_2)$-free graphs, as evidenced by one known example. We prove the existence of another such pair $(H_1,H_2)$ and classify the boundedness of clique-width on $(H_1,H_2)$-free atoms for all but 18 cases.
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spellingShingle Clique-Width: Harnessing the Power of Atoms
Dabrowski, Konrad K.
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Paulusma, Daniël
Rzążewski, Paweł
Discrete Mathematics
Computational Complexity
Combinatorics
05C75
Many NP-complete graph problems are polynomial-time solvable on graph classes of bounded clique-width. Several of these problems are polynomial-time solvable on a hereditary graph class ${\cal G}$ if they are so on the atoms (graphs with no clique cut-set) of ${\cal G}$. Hence, we initiate a systematic study into boundedness of clique-width of atoms of hereditary graph classes. A graph $G$ is $H$-free if $H$ is not an induced subgraph of $G$, and it is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it is both $H_1$-free and $H_2$-free. A class of $H$-free graphs has bounded clique-width if and only if its atoms have this property. This is no longer true for $(H_1,H_2)$-free graphs, as evidenced by one known example. We prove the existence of another such pair $(H_1,H_2)$ and classify the boundedness of clique-width on $(H_1,H_2)$-free atoms for all but 18 cases.
title Clique-Width: Harnessing the Power of Atoms
topic Discrete Mathematics
Computational Complexity
Combinatorics
05C75
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.03578