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Equivalence between pathbreadth and strong pathbreadth

Computational Complexity 2018-09-18 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We say that a given graph G=(V,E)G = (V, E) has \emph{pathbreadth} at most ρ\rho, denoted \pb(G)ρ\pb(G) \leq \rho, if there exists a Roberston and Seymour's path decomposition where every bag is contained in the ρ\rho-neighbourhood of some vertex. Similarly, we say that GG has \emph{strong pathbreadth} at most ρ\rho, denoted \spb(G)ρ\spb(G) \leq \rho, if there exists a Roberston and Seymour's path decomposition where every bag is the complete ρ\rho-neighbourhood of some vertex. It is straightforward that \pb(G)\spb(G)\pb(G) \leq \spb(G) for any graph GG. Inspired from a close conjecture in [Leitert and Dragan, COCOA'16], we prove in this note that \spb(G)4\pb(G)\spb(G) \leq 4 \cdot \pb(G).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.06041,
  title  = {Equivalence between pathbreadth and strong pathbreadth},
  author = {Guillaume Ducoffe and Arne Leitert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.06041},
  year   = {2018}
}
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