Induced subgraphs of graphs with large deficiency
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| contents | The deficiency of a graph $G$, denoted by $\kd(G)$, is the number of vertices not saturated by a maximum matching. A bone $B_i$ is the tree obtained by attaching two pendent edges to each of the end vertices of a path $P_{i}$. The local independence number of $G$, denoted by $α_l(G)$, is defines as the maximum integer $t$ such that $G$ contains an induced star $K_{1,t}$. Motivated by the seminal works of Scott and Seymour~(2016), Chudnovsky et al. (2017, 2020) on finding special types of holes in graphs with large chromatic number and bounded clique number, we establish an analog result by finding special types of bones in graphs with large deficiency and bounded local independence number. Fujita et al. (2006) proved that $\kd(G)\le n-2$ if $G$ is a connected graph with $α_l(G)<n$ and containing no bones. We further establish exact extremal deficiency bounds for connected graphs with bounded local independence number that exclude specific bone configurations. An algorithm that constructs large matchings and establishes an upper bound on the deficiency is also provided. |
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| spellingShingle | Induced subgraphs of graphs with large deficiency Sun, Jin Hou, Xinmin Combinatorics 05C75, 05C55 The deficiency of a graph $G$, denoted by $\kd(G)$, is the number of vertices not saturated by a maximum matching. A bone $B_i$ is the tree obtained by attaching two pendent edges to each of the end vertices of a path $P_{i}$. The local independence number of $G$, denoted by $α_l(G)$, is defines as the maximum integer $t$ such that $G$ contains an induced star $K_{1,t}$. Motivated by the seminal works of Scott and Seymour~(2016), Chudnovsky et al. (2017, 2020) on finding special types of holes in graphs with large chromatic number and bounded clique number, we establish an analog result by finding special types of bones in graphs with large deficiency and bounded local independence number. Fujita et al. (2006) proved that $\kd(G)\le n-2$ if $G$ is a connected graph with $α_l(G)<n$ and containing no bones. We further establish exact extremal deficiency bounds for connected graphs with bounded local independence number that exclude specific bone configurations. An algorithm that constructs large matchings and establishes an upper bound on the deficiency is also provided. |
| title | Induced subgraphs of graphs with large deficiency |
| topic | Combinatorics 05C75, 05C55 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15149 |