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Isomorphism Testing for T-graphs in FPT

Discrete Mathematics 2022-03-01 v3

Abstract

A T-graph (a special case of a chordal graph) is the intersection graph of connected subtrees of a suitable subdivision of a fixed tree T . We deal with the isomorphism problem for T-graphs which is GI-complete in general - when T is a part of the input and even a star. We prove that the T-graph isomorphism problem is in FPT when T is the fixed parameter of the problem. This can equivalently be stated that isomorphism is in FPT for chordal graphs of (so-called) bounded leafage. While the recognition problem for T-graphs is not known to be in FPT wrt. T, we do not need a T-representation to be given (a promise is enough). To obtain the result, we combine a suitable isomorphism-invariant decomposition of T-graphs with the classical tower-of-groups algorithm of Babai, and reuse some of the ideas of our isomorphism algorithm for S_d-graphs [MFCS 2020].

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@article{arxiv.2111.10910,
  title  = {Isomorphism Testing for T-graphs in FPT},
  author = {Deniz Ağaoğlu Çağırıcı and Petr Hliněný},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.10910},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

a reference to arXiv:2202.12664

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