Minimally tough chordal graphs with toughness at most $1/2$
Combinatorics
2023-05-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
Let be a positive real number. A graph is called \emph{-tough} if the removal of any vertex set that disconnects the graph leaves at most components. The toughness of a graph is the largest for which the graph is -tough. A graph is minimally -tough if the toughness of the graph is and the deletion of any edge from the graph decreases the toughness. A graph is \emph{chordal} if it does not contain an induced cycle of length at least . We characterize the minimally -tough, chordal graphs for all . As a corollary, a characterization of minimally -tough, interval graphs is obtained for .
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@article{arxiv.2209.00376,
title = {Minimally tough chordal graphs with toughness at most $1/2$},
author = {Gyula Y. Katona and Humara Khan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.00376},
year = {2023}
}