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Nowhere dense graph classes, stability, and the independence property

Logic 2010-11-18 v1 Discrete Mathematics Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

A class of graphs is nowhere dense if for every integer r there is a finite upper bound on the size of cliques that occur as (topological) r-minors. We observe that this tameness notion from algorithmic graph theory is essentially the earlier stability theoretic notion of superflatness. For subgraph-closed classes of graphs we prove equivalence to stability and to not having the independence property.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4016,
  title  = {Nowhere dense graph classes, stability, and the independence property},
  author = {Hans Adler and Isolde Adler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4016},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages

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