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Critical ($P_5$,bull)-free graphs

Combinatorics 2022-11-09 v1

Abstract

Given two graphs H1H_1 and H2H_2, a graph is (H1,H2)(H_1,H_2)-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to H1H_1 or H2H_2. Let PtP_t and CtC_t be the path and the cycle on tt vertices, respectively. A bull is the graph obtained from a triangle with two disjoint pendant edges. In this paper, we show that there are finitely many 5-vertex-critical (P5P_5,bull)-free graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2211.04179,
  title  = {Critical ($P_5$,bull)-free graphs},
  author = {Shenwei Huang and Jiawei Li and Wen Xia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04179},
  year   = {2022}
}

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21 pages

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