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All-path convexity: Combinatorial and complexity aspects

Combinatorics 2023-04-03 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let \P be any collection of paths of a graph G=(V,E)G=(V,E). For SVS\subseteq V, define I(S)=S{vv \mboxliesinapathof  \mboxwithendpointsin S}I(S)=S\cup\{v\mid v \ \mbox{lies in a path of} \ \P \ \mbox{with endpoints in} \ S\}. Let \C\C be the collection of fixed points of the function II, that is, \C={SVI(S)=S}\C=\{S\subseteq V\mid I(S)=S\}. It is well known that (V,\C)(V,\C) is a finite convexity space, where the members of \C\C are precisely the convex sets. If \P is taken as the collection of all the paths of GG, then (V,\C)(V,\C) is the {\em all-path convexity} with respect to graph GG. In this work we study how important parameters and problems in graph convexity are solved for the all-path convexity.

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@article{arxiv.2303.18029,
  title  = {All-path convexity: Combinatorial and complexity aspects},
  author = {Fábio Protti and João V. C. Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.18029},
  year   = {2023}
}

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11 pages

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