English

Forbidden induced pairs for perfectness and $\omega$-colourability of graphs

Combinatorics 2022-04-18 v3

Abstract

We characterise the pairs of graphs {X,Y}\{ X, Y \} such that all {X,Y}\{ X, Y \}-free graphs (distinct from C5C_5) are perfect. Similarly, we characterise pairs {X,Y}\{ X, Y \} such that all {X,Y}\{ X, Y \}-free graphs (distinct from C5C_5) are ω\omega-colourable (that is, their chromatic number is equal to their clique number). More generally, we show characterizations of pairs {X,Y}\{ X, Y \} for perfectness and ω\omega-colourability of all connected {X,Y}\{ X, Y \}-free graphs which are of independence at least 33, distinct from an odd cycle, and of order at least n0n_0, and similar characterisations subject to each subset of these additional constraints. (The classes are non-hereditary and the characterisations for perfectness and ω\omega-colourability are different.) We build on recent results of Brause et al. on {K1,3,Y}\{ K_{1,3}, Y \}-free graphs, and we use Ramsey's Theorem and the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem as main tools. We relate the present characterisations to known results on forbidden pairs for χ\chi-boundedness and deciding kk-colourability in polynomial time.

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@article{arxiv.2108.07071,
  title  = {Forbidden induced pairs for perfectness and $\omega$-colourability of graphs},
  author = {Maria Chudnovsky and Adam Kabela and Binlong Li and Petr Vrána},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07071},
  year   = {2022}
}