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Vertex-partitioning into fixed additive induced-hereditary properties is NP-hard

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Can the vertices of a graph GG be partitioned into ABA \cup B, so that G[A]G[A] is a line-graph and G[B]G[B] is a forest? Can GG be partitioned into a planar graph and a perfect graph? The NP-completeness of these problems are just special cases of our result: if P{\cal P} and Q{\cal Q} are additive induced-hereditary graph properties, then (P,Q)({\cal P}, {\cal Q})-colouring is NP-hard, with the sole exception of graph 2-colouring (the case where both P\cal P and Q\cal Q are the set O{\cal O} of finite edgeless graphs). Moreover, (P,Q)({\cal P}, {\cal Q})-colouring is NP-complete iff P{\cal P}- and Q{\cal Q}-recognition are both in NP. This proves a conjecture of Kratochv\'{\i}l and Schiermeyer.

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@article{arxiv.math/0306158,
  title  = {Vertex-partitioning into fixed additive induced-hereditary properties is NP-hard},
  author = {Alastair Farrugia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306158},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Electron. J. Combin

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