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The Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property for circle graphs as vertex-minors

Combinatorics 2025-06-05 v1

Abstract

We prove that for any circle graph HH with at least one edge and for any positive integer kk, there exists an integer t=t(k,H)t=t(k,H) so that every graph GG either has a vertex-minor isomorphic to the disjoint union of kk copies of HH, or has a tt-perturbation with no vertex-minor isomorphic to HH. Using the same techniques, we also prove that for any planar multigraph HH, every binary matroid either has a minor isomorphic to the cycle matroid of kHkH, or is a low-rank perturbation of a binary matroid with no minor isomorphic to the cycle matroid of HH.

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@article{arxiv.2506.03973,
  title  = {The Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property for circle graphs as vertex-minors},
  author = {Rutger Campbell and J. Pascal Gollin and Meike Hatzel and O-joung Kwon and Rose McCarty and Sang-il Oum and Sebastian Wiederrecht},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.03973},
  year   = {2025}
}

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31 pages, 4 figures