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On reducible partition of graphs and its application to Hadwiger conjecture

General Mathematics 2022-06-22 v7

Abstract

An undirected graph HH is called a minor of the graph GG if HH can be formed from GG by deleting edges and vertices and by contracting edges. If GG does not have a graph HH as a minor, then we say that GG is HH-free. Hadwiger conjecture claim that the chromatic number of GG may be closely related to whether it contains Kn+1K_{n+1} minors. To study the coloring of a Kn+1K_{n+1}-free GG, we propose a new concept of reducible partition of vertex set VGV_G of GG. A reducible partition(RP) of a graph GG with KnK_n minors and without Kn+1K_{n+1} minors is defined as a two-tuples {S1VG,S2VG}\{S_1 \subseteq V_G,S_2\subseteq V_G\} which satisfy the following condisions:\\ (1) S1S2=VG,S1S2=S_1 \cup S_2 = V_G, S_1 \cap S_2 = \emptyset \\ (2) S2S_2 is dominated by S1S_1, \\ (3) the induced subgraph G[S1]G\left[S_1\right] is a forest,\\ (4) the induced subgraph G[S2]G\left[S_2\right] is KnK_{n}-free.\\ Further, one can obtain a special reducible partition(SRP) {S1,S2}\{S_1,S_2\} of VGV_G, which satisf the following condisions:\\ (1) S1S2=VG,S1S2=S_1 \cup S_2 = V_G, S_1 \cap S_2 = \emptyset \\ (2) S1S_1 is an independent set,\\ (4) the induced subgraph G[S2]G\left[S_2\right] is KnK_{n}-free.\\ We will show that both SRP and RP are always exist for any graph. With the SRP of a Kn+1K_{n+1}-free graph GG, one can obtain some usefull conclusion on the coloring of GG.

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@article{arxiv.2109.03617,
  title  = {On reducible partition of graphs and its application to Hadwiger conjecture},
  author = {Xi Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.03617},
  year   = {2022}
}