Note on the treewidth of graphs excluding a disjoint union of cycles as a minor

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Hauptverfasser: Joret, Gwenaël, Micek, Piotr
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author Joret, Gwenaël
Micek, Piotr
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Micek, Piotr
contents For a planar graph $H$, let $f(H)$ denote the minimum integer such that all graphs excluding $H$ as a minor have treewidth at most $f(H)$. We show that if $H$ is a disjoint union of $k$ cycles then $f(H)=O(|V(H)| + k \log k)$, which is best possible.
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spellingShingle Note on the treewidth of graphs excluding a disjoint union of cycles as a minor
Joret, Gwenaël
Micek, Piotr
Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
For a planar graph $H$, let $f(H)$ denote the minimum integer such that all graphs excluding $H$ as a minor have treewidth at most $f(H)$. We show that if $H$ is a disjoint union of $k$ cycles then $f(H)=O(|V(H)| + k \log k)$, which is best possible.
title Note on the treewidth of graphs excluding a disjoint union of cycles as a minor
topic Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05844