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Embedding degree-3 planar graphs as topological minors in wall graphs in polynomial time
For a proof, I need the fact that we can efficiently embed an input planar graph into a representative of a specific family of high-treewidth graphs. Specifically, I need an embedding as a topological ...
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Complexity of a problem related to Friedman's TREE(k) function?
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Given two rooted, vertex-colored trees $T_1, T_2$, $T_1$ is color-preserving inf-embeddle in $T_2$, which we'll denote $T_1 \leq T_2$, if there is an injective $f \colon V(T_1) \to V(T_2)$ ...
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Survey on Erdős-Pósa?
Does anyone know of any good surveys on Erdős-Pósa?
I am particularly interested in what are the latest results for the bounding function for directed and even cycles in planar and minor free graphs ...
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What is the best upper bound on the running time of the graph minor algorithm?
A cornerstone of the graph minor theory is an algorithm that, given undirected graphs $G, H$, runs in time $f(|H|)poly(|G|)$, and determines whether $H$ is a minor of $G$ or not. It has been obtained ...
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Grid-Minor Theorem of Robertson and Seymour and its Algorithmic Applications
Graph-Minor Theorem of Robertson and Seymour [1] states that if graph G has large treewidth, then it contains a large grid as minor. Most approximation results on general classes of graphs with ...
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Is there an algorithm that finds the forbidden minors?
The Robertson–Seymour theorem says that any minor-closed family $\mathcal G$ of graphs can be characterized by finitely many forbidden minors.
Is there an algorithm that for an input $\mathcal G$ ...
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Number of 4 cycles
Let $C_4$ be a cycle with four vertices. For an arbitrary graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and m edges say $m>n\sqrt n$, how many $C_4$s exist? Is there a lower bound for this?
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Complexity of bounded degree full contraction
This paper defines the problem $\mathrm{B{\scriptsize OUNDED} \ D{\scriptsize EGREE}\ C{\scriptsize ONTRACTION}}$ as follows:
Instance: A graph $G$ and two integers $d$ and $k$.
Question: Is there a ...
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Properties of toroidal graph
I am interested in work pertaining to graphs that have genus 1 i.e. toroidal graphs. Specifically, i am trying to find answers to the questions below.
Since toroidal graphs can be recognized in $P$ , ...
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Minor and subdivision
It is a well known fact that if $H$ is a graph of maximum degree 3, then $H$ is a minor of a graph $G$ if and only if $H$ is a topological minor of $G$.
Moreover, a graph $G$ has one of $K_{3,3}$ or $...
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Finding subgraphs with high treewidth and constant degree
I am given a graph $G$ with treewidth $k$ and arbitrary degree, and I would like to find a subgraph $H$ of $G$ (not necessarily an induced subgraph) such that $H$ has constant degree and its treewidth ...
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Book/ Monograph on graph minor theory [Reference request]
I want to learn graph minor theory. Now i have read the very basic things and the overview from the book of R.Diestel but proceeding further is getting difficult. Currently, I am also following the ...
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Hadwiger number under matching contraction
Given a graph $G$ with Hadwiger number $h(G)$ and a matching $M$ of $G$. Let $G/M$ be the simple graph obtained by contracting $M$. I am looking for a lower bound on the Hadwiger number of $G/M$ as a ...
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Something-Treewidth Property
Let $s$ be a graph parameter (ex. diameter, domination number, etc)
A family $\mathcal{F}$ of graphs has the $s$-treewidth property if there is a function $f$ such that for any graph
$G\in \mathcal{...
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Minor closed properties that are explicitly MSO expressible
Below, MSO denotes the monadic second order logic of graphs with vertex-set and edge-set quantifications.
Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a minor closed family of graphs. It follows from Robertson and Seymour'...
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Does treewidth $k$ imply the existence of a $K_{1,k}$ minor?
Let $k$ be fixed, and let $G$ be a (connected) graph. If I'm not mistaken, it follows from the work of Bodlaender [1, Theorem 3.11] that if the treewidth of $G$ is roughly at least $2k^3$, then $G$ ...
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Sparser Bipartite graphs?
Maximal Planar Bipartite graphs are sparser than maximal planar graphs. For which other classes of graphs are maximal Bipartite members sparser than arbitrary maximal members.
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a ...
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Understanding graph minor theorem
This question is two-fold, and is mainly reference-oriented:
Is there somewhere where the main intuitions for proving graph minor theorem are given, without going too much into the details? I know ...
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Algorithmic advantages of pathwidth over treewidth
Treewidth plays an important role in FPT algorithms, in part because many problems are FPT parameterized by treewidth. A related, more restricted, notion is that of pathwidth. If a graph has pathwidth ...
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Do graphs with large number of paths contain large chain minor?
Definition: A "$k$-chain" is a multi-graph obtained from a path of length $k$ by duplicating every edge.
Note that the number of paths between two endpoints of a $k$-chain is $2^k.$
Question: Let $G$...
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A good Library for testing whether a minors exists in a graph?
I would like to know if there are any free graph libraries for testing whether a specific set of minors exists in a given graph?
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Complexity of computing a densest minor
Consider the following problem.
Input: An undirected graph $G=(V,E)$.
Output: A graph $H$ which is a minor of $G$ with the highest edge density among all minors of $G$, i.e., with the highest ratio $|...
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H-induced Containment problem
In the paper "On Graph Contractions and Induced Minors" by Pim van't Hof et al. they showed that this problem is fi xed parameter tractable in |VH| if G belongs to any non-trivial minor-closed graph ...
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Complexity of finding large grid minors
What is the complexity of finding the largest $k\times k$ grid graph that is a minor of a given graph $G$? It is FPT in $k$, and it seems likely to be NP-hard (or NP-complete in a decision version ...
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Grid minor in digraphs
Thor Johnson, et al, in their paper: Directed Tree Width, introduced a definition for directed grid $J_k$, and they conjectured:
$(5.1)$ For every integer $k$ there exists an integer $N$ such that ...
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MSO properties, planar graphs and minor-free graphs
Courcelle's theorem states that every graph property definable in monadic second-order logic can be decided in linear time on graphs of bounded treewidth. This is one of the most well-known ...
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Citation request: Complexity of determining if a graph exists with a minor but no subgraph in set
I'm looking for a reference of the complexity of the following problem.
Let our input $C$ be a finite set of graphs. Is there a graph $G$ such that:
$G$ has a minor in $C$
$G$ has no subgraph in $C$?...
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Decomposing graphs of genus one
Planar graphs are $K_{3,3}$-free. Such graphs can be decomposed into tri-connected components, which are known to be either planar or $K_5$ components.
Is there such a "nice" decomposition of ...
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Forbidden minors for bounded treewidth graphs
This question is similar to one of my previous questions. It is known that $K_{t+2}$ is a forbidden minor for graphs of treewidth at most $t$.
Is there a nicely-constructed, parameterized, ...
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Forbidden minors for bounded genus graphs
It is well known that $K_5$ and $K_{3,3}$ are forbidden minors for planar graphs. There are hundreds of forbidden minors for graphs embeddable on a torus. The number of forbidden minors for graphs ...
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Citation showing minors are topological minors for subcubic graphs
If $G$ is a graph with maximum degree 3 and is a minor of $H$, then $G$ is a topological minor of $H$.
Wikipedia cites this result from Diestel's "Graph Theory". It's listed as Prop 1.7.4 in the ...
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Name for relationship where one graph is a minor usually implies another is?
Let $G$ and $H$ be graphs with the following relationship: for some $k$, after you perform at least $k$ arbitrary subdivisions of the edges of $G$ (or the edges produced through subdivision), $H$ must ...
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what is easy for minor-excluded graphs?
Approximating number of colorings seems to be easy on minor-excluded graphs using algorithm by Jung/Shah. What are other examples of problems that are hard on general graphs but easy on minor-excluded ...
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