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Disproving the normal graph conjecture

Combinatorics 2020-08-31 v8

Abstract

A graph GG is called normal if there exist two coverings, C\mathbb{C} and S\mathbb{S} of its vertex set such that every member of C\mathbb{C} induces a clique in GG, every member of S\mathbb{S} induces an independent set in GG and CSC \cap S \neq \emptyset for every CCC \in \mathbb{C} and SSS \in \mathbb{S}. It has been conjectured by De Simone and K\"orner in 1999 that a graph GG is normal if GG does not contain C5C_5, C7C_7 and C7\overline{C_7} as an induced subgraph. We disprove this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05487,
  title  = {Disproving the normal graph conjecture},
  author = {Ararat Harutyunyan and Lucas Pastor and Stéphan Thomassé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05487},
  year   = {2020}
}
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