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Edge open packing on subclasses of chordal graphs

Combinatorics 2025-11-11 v2 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let G=(V,E)G=(V, E) be a graph where V(G)V(G) and E(G)E(G) are the vertex and edge sets, respectively. In a graph GG, two edges e1,e2E(G)e_1, e_2\in E(G) are said to have a \emph{common edge} ee1,e2e\neq e_1, e_2 if ee joins an endpoint of e1e_1 to an endpoint of e2e_2 in GG. A subset DE(G)D\subseteq E(G) is called an \emph{edge open packing set} in GG if no two edges in DD share a common edge in GG, and the largest size of such a set in GG is known as the \emph{edge open packing number}, represented by ρeo(G)\rho_{e}^o(G). The \textsc{Maximum Edge Open Packing Problem} is to find an edge open packing set of a given graph with maximum size. In [Bre{\v{s}}ar and Samadi. Edge open packing: complexity, algorithmic aspects, and bounds. Theor. Comput. Sci., 2024.], Bre{\v{s}}ar and Samadi pose an open question of the edge open packing problem in chordal graphs. In this paper, we partially answer this open question by showing a polynomial-time algorithm to solve the maximum edge open packing problem in the subclasses of chordal graphs. First, we show that the \textsc{Maximum Edge Open Packing Problem} can be solved in polynomial time for \emph{proper interval graphs}. Furthermore, we show that in \emph{block graphs} we can solve this problem in polynomial time. Finally, we prove that this problem can be solved in linear time for \emph{split graphs}.

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@article{arxiv.2510.16236,
  title  = {Edge open packing on subclasses of chordal graphs},
  author = {Kamal Santra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.16236},
  year   = {2025}
}