Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 15, No 3 (2013)

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Clique cycle transversals in graphs with few P4's

Raquel S. F. Bravo, Sulamita Klein, Loana T. Nogueira, Fábio Protti

Abstract


A graph is extended P4-laden if each of its induced subgraphs with at most six vertices that contains more than two induced P4's is {2K2,C4}-free. A cycle transversal (or feedback vertex set) of a graph G is a subset T ⊆V(G) such that T ∩V(C) ≠∅ for every cycle C of G; if, in addition, T is a clique, then T is a clique cycle transversal (cct). Finding a cct in a graph G is equivalent to partitioning V(G) into subsets C and F such that C induces a complete subgraph and F an acyclic subgraph. This work considers the problem of characterizing extended P4-laden graphs admitting a cct. We characterize such graphs by means of a finite family of forbidden induced subgraphs, and present a linear-time algorithm to recognize them.

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