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Sum-perfect graphs

Combinatorics 2020-05-12 v1

Abstract

Inspired by a famous characterization of perfect graphs due to Lov\'{a}sz, we define a graph GG to be sum-perfect if for every induced subgraph HH of GG, α(H)+ω(H)V(H)\alpha(H) + \omega(H) \geq |V(H)|. (Here α\alpha and ω\omega denote the stability number and clique number, respectively.) We give a set of 2727 graphs and we prove that a graph GG is sum-perfect if and only if GG does not contain any of the graphs in the set as an induced subgraph.

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@article{arxiv.1710.07546,
  title  = {Sum-perfect graphs},
  author = {Bart Litjens and Sven Polak and Vaidy Sivaraman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.07546},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures