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Cliques in the union of $C_4$-free graphs

Combinatorics 2015-11-30 v1

Abstract

Let BB and RR be two simple graphs with vertex set VV, and let G(B,R)G(B,R) be the simple graph with vertex set VV, in which two vertices are adjacent if they are adjacent in at least one of BB and RR. We prove that if BB and RR are two C4C_4-free graphs on the same vertex set VV and G(B,R)G(B,R) is the complete graph, then there exists an BB-clique XX, an RR-clique YY and a clique ZZ in BB and RR, such that V=XYZV=X\cup Y\cup Z. Further, if xZx\in Z then xx is one of the vertices of some double C5C_5 in G(B,R)G(B,R). In particular, if also G(B,R)G(B,R) does not contains a double C5C_5, then VV is obedient. We obtain that if BB and RR are C4C_4-free graphs then ω(G(B,R))ω(B)+ω(R)+12min(ω(B),ω(R))\omega(G(B,R))\leq \omega(B)+\omega(R)+\frac{1}{2}\min(\omega(B),\omega(R)) and ω(G(B,R))ω(B)+ω(R)+ω(H(B,R))\omega(G(B,R))\leq \omega(B)+\omega(R)+\omega(H(B,R)) where H(B,R)H(B,R) is the simple graph with vertex set VV, in which two vertices are adjacent if they are adjacent in BB and RR.

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@article{arxiv.1511.08772,
  title  = {Cliques in the union of $C_4$-free graphs},
  author = {Abeer Othman and Eli Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08772},
  year   = {2015}
}