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A note on bounds for the cop number using tree decompositions

Combinatorics 2013-08-14 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

In this short note, we supply a new upper bound on the cop number in terms of tree decompositions. Our results in some cases extend a previously derived bound on the cop number using treewidth.

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@article{arxiv.1308.2839,
  title  = {A note on bounds for the cop number using tree decompositions},
  author = {Anthony Bonato and N. E. Clarke and S. Finbow and S. Fitzpatrick and M. E. Messinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.2839},
  year   = {2013}
}
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