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Clique immersion in graph products

Combinatorics 2019-08-29 v1

Abstract

Let G,HG,H be graphs and GHG*H represent a particular graph product of GG and HH. We define im(G)im(G) to be the largest tt such that GG has a KtK_t-immersion and ask: given im(G)=tim(G)=t and im(H)=rim(H)=r, how large is im(GH)im(G*H)? Best possible lower bounds are provided when * is the Cartesian or lexicographic product, and a conjecture is offered for each of the direct and strong products, along with some partial results.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1908.10457,
  title  = {Clique immersion in graph products},
  author = {Karen L. Collins and Megan E. Heenehan and Jessica McDonald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.10457},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

23 pages, 7 figures

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