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 with at least one edge and for any positive integer , there exists an integer so that every graph either has a vertex-minor isomorphic to the disjoint union of copies of , or has a -perturbation with no vertex-minor isomorphic to . Using the same techniques, we also prove that for any planar multigraph , every binary matroid either has a minor isomorphic to the cycle matroid of , or is a low-rank perturbation of a binary matroid with no minor isomorphic to the cycle matroid of .
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
31 pages, 4 figures