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Bounding Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of graphs via Lozin's transformation

Combinatorics 2013-02-14 v1 Commutative Algebra Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We prove that when a Lozin's transformation is applied to a graph, the (Castelnuovo-Mumford) regularity of the graph increases exactly by one, as it happens to its induced matching number. As a consequence, we show that the regularity of a graph can be bounded from above by a function of its induced matching number. We also prove that the regularity of a graph is always less than or equal to the sum of its induced matching and decycling numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1302.3064,
  title  = {Bounding Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of graphs via Lozin's transformation},
  author = {Turker Biyikoglu and Yusuf Civan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3064},
  year   = {2013}
}