In this contribution the computational complexity of recognizing S-composite and S-prime graphs i... more In this contribution the computational complexity of recognizing S-composite and S-prime graphs is considered. Klav\v{z}ar et al. [Discr. Math. 244: 223-230 (2002)] proved that a graph is S-composite if and only if it admits a nontrivial path-k-coloring. The problem of determining whether there exists a path-2-coloring for a given graph is shown to be NP-complete, which in turn is utilized to show that determining whether a graph is S-composite is NP-complete and thus, determining whether a graph is S-prime is CoNP-complete. A plenty of other problems are shown to be NP-hard, using the latter results.
Convex cycles play a role e.g. in the context of product graphs. We introduce convex cycle bases ... more Convex cycles play a role e.g. in the context of product graphs. We introduce convex cycle bases and describe a polynomial-time algorithm that recognizes whether a given graph has a convex cycle basis and provides an explicit construction in the positive case. Relations between convex cycles bases and other types of cycles bases are discussed. In particular we show that if G has a unique minimal cycle bases, this basis is convex. Furthermore, we characterize a class of graphs with convex cycles bases that includes partial cubes and hence median graphs.
This paper is concerned with the fast computation of a relation $\R$ on the edge set of connected... more This paper is concerned with the fast computation of a relation $\R$ on the edge set of connected graphs that plays a decisive role in the recognition of approximate Cartesian products, the weak reconstruction of Cartesian products, and the recognition of Cartesian graph bundles with a triangle free basis. A special case of $\R$ is the relation $\delta^\ast$, whose convex closure yields the product relation $\sigma$ that induces the prime factor decomposition of connected graphs with respect to the Cartesian product. For the construction of $\R$ so-called Partial Star Products are of particular interest. Several special data structures are used that allow to compute Partial Star Products in constant time. These computations are tuned to the recognition of approximate graph products, but also lead to a linear time algorithm for the computation of $\delta^\ast$ for graphs with maximum bounded degree. Furthermore, we define \emph{quasi Cartesian products} as graphs with non-trivial $\d...
Graph products are characterized by the existence of non-trivial equivalence relations on the edg... more Graph products are characterized by the existence of non-trivial equivalence relations on the edge set of a graph that satisfy a so-called square property. We investigate here a generalization, termed RSP-relations. The class of graphs with non-trivial RSP-relations in particular includes graph bundles. Furthermore, RSP-relations are intimately related with covering graph constructions. For K 2,3 -free graphs finest RSP-relations can be computed in polynomial-time. In general, however, they are not unique and their number may even grow exponentially. They behave well for graph products, however, in sense that a finest RSP-relations can be obtained easily from finest RSP-relations on the prime factors.
In this contribution the computational complexity of recognizing S-composite and S-prime graphs i... more In this contribution the computational complexity of recognizing S-composite and S-prime graphs is considered. Klav\v{z}ar et al. [Discr. Math. 244: 223-230 (2002)] proved that a graph is S-composite if and only if it admits a nontrivial path-k-coloring. The problem of determining whether there exists a path-2-coloring for a given graph is shown to be NP-complete, which in turn is utilized to show that determining whether a graph is S-composite is NP-complete and thus, determining whether a graph is S-prime is CoNP-complete. A plenty of other problems are shown to be NP-hard, using the latter results.
Convex cycles play a role e.g. in the context of product graphs. We introduce convex cycle bases ... more Convex cycles play a role e.g. in the context of product graphs. We introduce convex cycle bases and describe a polynomial-time algorithm that recognizes whether a given graph has a convex cycle basis and provides an explicit construction in the positive case. Relations between convex cycles bases and other types of cycles bases are discussed. In particular we show that if G has a unique minimal cycle bases, this basis is convex. Furthermore, we characterize a class of graphs with convex cycles bases that includes partial cubes and hence median graphs.
This paper is concerned with the fast computation of a relation $\R$ on the edge set of connected... more This paper is concerned with the fast computation of a relation $\R$ on the edge set of connected graphs that plays a decisive role in the recognition of approximate Cartesian products, the weak reconstruction of Cartesian products, and the recognition of Cartesian graph bundles with a triangle free basis. A special case of $\R$ is the relation $\delta^\ast$, whose convex closure yields the product relation $\sigma$ that induces the prime factor decomposition of connected graphs with respect to the Cartesian product. For the construction of $\R$ so-called Partial Star Products are of particular interest. Several special data structures are used that allow to compute Partial Star Products in constant time. These computations are tuned to the recognition of approximate graph products, but also lead to a linear time algorithm for the computation of $\delta^\ast$ for graphs with maximum bounded degree. Furthermore, we define \emph{quasi Cartesian products} as graphs with non-trivial $\d...
Graph products are characterized by the existence of non-trivial equivalence relations on the edg... more Graph products are characterized by the existence of non-trivial equivalence relations on the edge set of a graph that satisfy a so-called square property. We investigate here a generalization, termed RSP-relations. The class of graphs with non-trivial RSP-relations in particular includes graph bundles. Furthermore, RSP-relations are intimately related with covering graph constructions. For K 2,3 -free graphs finest RSP-relations can be computed in polynomial-time. In general, however, they are not unique and their number may even grow exponentially. They behave well for graph products, however, in sense that a finest RSP-relations can be obtained easily from finest RSP-relations on the prime factors.
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