On 3-Coloring of $(2P_4,C_5)$-Free Graphs

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Autori principali: Jelínek, Vít, Klimošová, Tereza, Masařík, Tomáš, Novotná, Jana, Pokorná, Aneta
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author Jelínek, Vít
Klimošová, Tereza
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Pokorná, Aneta
author_facet Jelínek, Vít
Klimošová, Tereza
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Pokorná, Aneta
contents The 3-coloring of hereditary graph classes has been a deeply-researched problem in the last decade. A hereditary graph class is characterized by a (possibly infinite) list of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs $H_1,H_2,\ldots$; the graphs in the class are called $(H_1,H_2,\ldots)$-free. The complexity of 3-coloring is far from being understood, even for classes defined by a few small forbidden induced subgraphs. For $H$-free graphs, the complexity is settled for any $H$ on up to seven vertices. There are only two unsolved cases on eight vertices, namely $2P_4$ and $P_8$. For $P_8$-free graphs, some partial results are known, but to the best of our knowledge, $2P_4$-free graphs have not been explored yet. In this paper, we show that the 3-coloring problem is polynomial-time solvable on $(2P_4,C_5)$-free graphs.
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spellingShingle On 3-Coloring of $(2P_4,C_5)$-Free Graphs
Jelínek, Vít
Klimošová, Tereza
Masařík, Tomáš
Novotná, Jana
Pokorná, Aneta
Data Structures and Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
05C15, 05C85
The 3-coloring of hereditary graph classes has been a deeply-researched problem in the last decade. A hereditary graph class is characterized by a (possibly infinite) list of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs $H_1,H_2,\ldots$; the graphs in the class are called $(H_1,H_2,\ldots)$-free. The complexity of 3-coloring is far from being understood, even for classes defined by a few small forbidden induced subgraphs. For $H$-free graphs, the complexity is settled for any $H$ on up to seven vertices. There are only two unsolved cases on eight vertices, namely $2P_4$ and $P_8$. For $P_8$-free graphs, some partial results are known, but to the best of our knowledge, $2P_4$-free graphs have not been explored yet. In this paper, we show that the 3-coloring problem is polynomial-time solvable on $(2P_4,C_5)$-free graphs.
title On 3-Coloring of $(2P_4,C_5)$-Free Graphs
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
05C15, 05C85
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06173