Frozen colourings in $2K_2$-free graphs
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| contents | The \emph{reconfiguration graph of the $k$-colourings} of a graph $G$, denoted $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$, is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-colourings of $G$ and two vertices of $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$ are joined by an edge if the colourings of $G$ they correspond to differ in colour on exactly one vertex. A $k$-colouring of a graph $G$ is called \emph{frozen} if it is an isolated vertex in $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$; in other words, for every vertex $v \in V(G)$, $v$ is adjacent to a vertex of every colour different from its colour.
A clique partition is a partition of the vertices of a graph into cliques. A clique partition is called a $k$-clique-partition if it contains at most $k$ cliques. Clearly, a $k$-colouring of a graph $G$ corresponds precisely to a $k$-clique-partition of its complement, $\overline{G}$. A $k$-clique-partition $\mathcal{Q}$ of a graph $H$ is called \emph{frozen} if for every vertex $v \in V(H)$, $v$ has a non-neighbour in each of the cliques of $\mathcal{Q}$ other than the one containing $v$.
The cycle on four vertices, $C_4$, is sometimes called the \emph{square}; its complement is called $2K_2$.
We give several infinite classes of $2K_2$-free graphs with frozen colourings. We give an operation which transforms a $k$-chromatic graph with a frozen $(k+1)$-colouring into a $(k+1)$-chromatic graph with a frozen $(k+2)$-colouring. Our operation preserves being $2K_2$-free. It follows that for all $k \ge 4$, there is a $k$-chromatic $2K_2$-free graph with a frozen $(k+1)$-colouring. We prove these results by studying frozen clique partitions in $C_4$-free graphs.
We say a graph $G$ is \emph{recolourable} if $R_{\ell}(G)$ is connected for all $\ell$ greater than the chromatic number of $G$. We prove that every 3-chromatic $2K_2$-free graph is recolourable. |
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| spellingShingle | Frozen colourings in $2K_2$-free graphs Belavadi, Manoj Cameron, Kathie Hildred, Elias Combinatorics 0C15 The \emph{reconfiguration graph of the $k$-colourings} of a graph $G$, denoted $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$, is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-colourings of $G$ and two vertices of $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$ are joined by an edge if the colourings of $G$ they correspond to differ in colour on exactly one vertex. A $k$-colouring of a graph $G$ is called \emph{frozen} if it is an isolated vertex in $\mathcal{R}_k(G)$; in other words, for every vertex $v \in V(G)$, $v$ is adjacent to a vertex of every colour different from its colour. A clique partition is a partition of the vertices of a graph into cliques. A clique partition is called a $k$-clique-partition if it contains at most $k$ cliques. Clearly, a $k$-colouring of a graph $G$ corresponds precisely to a $k$-clique-partition of its complement, $\overline{G}$. A $k$-clique-partition $\mathcal{Q}$ of a graph $H$ is called \emph{frozen} if for every vertex $v \in V(H)$, $v$ has a non-neighbour in each of the cliques of $\mathcal{Q}$ other than the one containing $v$. The cycle on four vertices, $C_4$, is sometimes called the \emph{square}; its complement is called $2K_2$. We give several infinite classes of $2K_2$-free graphs with frozen colourings. We give an operation which transforms a $k$-chromatic graph with a frozen $(k+1)$-colouring into a $(k+1)$-chromatic graph with a frozen $(k+2)$-colouring. Our operation preserves being $2K_2$-free. It follows that for all $k \ge 4$, there is a $k$-chromatic $2K_2$-free graph with a frozen $(k+1)$-colouring. We prove these results by studying frozen clique partitions in $C_4$-free graphs. We say a graph $G$ is \emph{recolourable} if $R_{\ell}(G)$ is connected for all $\ell$ greater than the chromatic number of $G$. We prove that every 3-chromatic $2K_2$-free graph is recolourable. |
| title | Frozen colourings in $2K_2$-free graphs |
| topic | Combinatorics 0C15 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13161 |