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Determination of the prime bound of a graph

Combinatorics 2013-01-08 v1

Abstract

Given a graph GG, a subset MM of V(G)V(G) is a module of GG if for each vV(G)Mv\in V(G)\setminus M, vv is adjacent to all the elements of MM or to none of them. For instance, V(G)V(G), \emptyset and {v}\{v\} (vV(G)v\in V(G)) are modules of GG called trivial. Given a graph GG, ωM(G)\omega_M(G) (respectively αM(G)\alpha_M(G)) denotes the largest integer mm such that there is a module MM of GG which is a clique (respectively a stable) set in GG with M=m|M|=m. A graph GG is prime if V(G)4|V(G)|\geq 4 and if all its modules are trivial. The prime bound of GG is the smallest integer p(G)p(G) such that there is a prime graph HH with V(H)V(G)V(H)\supseteq V(G), H[V(G)]=GH[V(G)]=G and V(H)V(G)=p(G)|V(H)\setminus V(G)|=p(G). We establish the following. For every graph GG such that max(αM(G),ωM(G))2\max(\alpha_M(G),\omega_M(G))\geq 2 and log2(max(αM(G),ωM(G)))\log_2(\max(\alpha_M(G),\omega_M(G))) is not an integer, p(G)=log2(max(αM(G),ωM(G)))p(G)=\lceil\log_2(\max(\alpha_M(G),\omega_M(G)))\rceil. Then, we prove that for every graph GG such that max(αM(G),ωM(G))=2k\max(\alpha_M(G),\omega_M(G))=2^k where k1k\geq 1, p(G)=kp(G)=k or k+1k+1. Moreover p(G)=k+1p(G)=k+1 if and only if GG or its complement admits 2k2^k isolated vertices. Lastly, we show that p(G)=1p(G)=1 for every non prime graph GG such that V(G)4|V(G)|\geq 4 and αM(G)=ωM(G)=1\alpha_M(G)=\omega_M(G)=1.

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@article{arxiv.1301.1157,
  title  = {Determination of the prime bound of a graph},
  author = {Abderrahim Boussaïri and Pierre Ille},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.1157},
  year   = {2013}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1110.2935