On reducible partition of graphs and its application to Hadwiger conjecture
Abstract
An undirected graph is called a minor of the graph if can be formed from by deleting edges and vertices and by contracting edges. If does not have a graph as a minor, then we say that is -free. Hadwiger conjecture claim that the chromatic number of may be closely related to whether it contains minors. To study the coloring of a -free , we propose a new concept of reducible partition of vertex set of . A reducible partition(RP) of a graph with minors and without minors is defined as a two-tuples which satisfy the following condisions:\\ (1) \\ (2) is dominated by , \\ (3) the induced subgraph is a forest,\\ (4) the induced subgraph is -free.\\ Further, one can obtain a special reducible partition(SRP) of , which satisf the following condisions:\\ (1) \\ (2) is an independent set,\\ (4) the induced subgraph is -free.\\ We will show that both SRP and RP are always exist for any graph. With the SRP of a -free graph , one can obtain some usefull conclusion on the coloring of .
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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}
}