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Integer round-up property for the chromatic number of some h-perfect graphs

Combinatorics 2014-06-04 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

A graph is h-perfect if its stable set polytope can be completely described by non-negativity, clique and odd-hole constraints. It is t-perfect if it furthermore has no clique of size 4. For every graph GG and every cZ+V(G)c\in\mathbb{Z}_{+}^{V(G)}, the weighted chromatic number of (G,c)(G,c) is the minimum cardinality of a multi-set F\mathcal{F} of stable sets of GG such that every vV(G)v\in V(G) belongs to at least cvc_v members of F\mathcal{F}. We prove that every h-perfect line-graph and every t-perfect claw-free graph GG has the integer round-up property for the chromatic number: for every non-negative integer weight cc on the vertices of GG, the weighted chromatic number of (G,c)(G,c) can be obtained by rounding up its fractional relaxation. In other words, the stable set polytope of GG has the integer decomposition property. Our results imply the existence of a polynomial-time algorithm which computes the weighted chromatic number of t-perfect claw-free graphs and h-perfect line-graphs. Finally, they yield a new case of a conjecture of Goldberg and Seymour on edge-colorings.

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@article{arxiv.1406.0757,
  title  = {Integer round-up property for the chromatic number of some h-perfect graphs},
  author = {Yohann Benchetrit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0757},
  year   = {2014}
}

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20 pages, 13 figures