On the word-representability of $K_m$-$K_n$ graphs

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Auteurs principaux: Chen, Herman Z. Q., Hameed, Humaira, Kitaev, Sergey
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author Chen, Herman Z. Q.
Hameed, Humaira
Kitaev, Sergey
author_facet Chen, Herman Z. Q.
Hameed, Humaira
Kitaev, Sergey
contents Word-representable graphs are a class of graphs that can be represented by words, where edges and non-edges are determined by the alternation of letters in those words. Several papers in the literature have explored the word-representability of split graphs, in which the vertices can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. In this paper, we initiate the study of the word-representability of graphs in which the vertices can be partitioned into two cliques. We provide a complete characterization of such word-representable graphs in terms of forbidden subgraphs when one of the cliques has a size of at most four. In particular, if one of the cliques is of size four, we prove that there are seven minimal non-word-representable graphs.
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spellingShingle On the word-representability of $K_m$-$K_n$ graphs
Chen, Herman Z. Q.
Hameed, Humaira
Kitaev, Sergey
Combinatorics
Word-representable graphs are a class of graphs that can be represented by words, where edges and non-edges are determined by the alternation of letters in those words. Several papers in the literature have explored the word-representability of split graphs, in which the vertices can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. In this paper, we initiate the study of the word-representability of graphs in which the vertices can be partitioned into two cliques. We provide a complete characterization of such word-representable graphs in terms of forbidden subgraphs when one of the cliques has a size of at most four. In particular, if one of the cliques is of size four, we prove that there are seven minimal non-word-representable graphs.
title On the word-representability of $K_m$-$K_n$ graphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15177