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A graph $G$ is said to be $2$-divisible if for all (nonempty) induced subgraphs $H$ of $G$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into two sets $A,B$ such that $\omega(A) < \omega(H)$ and $\omega(B) < \omega(H)$. A graph $G$ is said to be perfectly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Maria Chudnovsky , Vaidy Sivaraman

A graph $G$ is said to be perfectly divisible if for every induced subgraph $H$ of $G$ with at least one edge, the vertex set $V(H)$ can be partitioned into two sets $A, B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(B) < \omega(H)$. It is easy…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Hongzhang Chen , Kaiyang Lan , Wenlong Zhong

A graph $G$ is perfectly divisible if every induced subgraph $H$ of $G$ contains a set $X$ of vertices such that $X$ meets all largest cliques of $H$, and $X$ induces a perfect graph. The chromatic number of a perfectly divisible graph $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Chính T. Hoàng

A graph $G$ is perfectly divisible if, for every induced subgraph $H$ of $G$, either $V(H)$ is a stable set or admits a partition into two sets $X_1$ and $X_2$ such that $\omega(H[X_1]) < \omega(H)$ and $H[X_2]$ is a perfect graph. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-30 David Scholz

Goedgebeur and Schaudt [J. Graph Theory 87 (2018) 188-207] conjectured that all 4-vertex-critical $(P_7,C_3)$-free graphs belongs to the family $\cal G$, which consists of seven explicitly defined graphs. In this paper, we establish a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Ran Chen , Di Wu , Xiaowen Zhang

A hole is an induced cycle of length at least 4, and an odd hole is a hole of odd length. It is NP-hard to color the vertices of an odd hole-free graph. A graph $G$ is perfectly divisible if every induced subgraph $H$ of $G$ with at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Weihua He , Yueping Shi , Rong Wu , Zheng-an Yao

A fork is a graph obtained from $K_{1,3}$ (usually called claw) by subdividing an edge once. A graph is perfectly divisible if for each of its induced subgraph $H$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into $A$ and $B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Baogang Xu , Miaoxia Zhuang

A graph $G$ is {\em perfectly divisible} if, for each induced subgraph $H$ of $G$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into $A$ and $B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(H[B])<\omega(H)$. A {\em bull} is a graph consisting of a triangle with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Ran Chen , Di Wu , Junran Yu , Xiaowen Zhang

The bull is a graph consisting of a triangle and two pendant edges. The P_5 is the chordless path on five vertices. The house is the complement of a P_5. A graph is k-critical if it is k-chromatic but each of its proper induced subgraphs is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Manoj Belavadi , Chinh T. Hoang

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph $G$ is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ or $H_2$. A $P_t$ is the path on $t$ vertices. A chair is a $P_4$ with an additional vertex adjacent to one of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-09 Shenwei Huang , Zeyu Li

We denote a path on $t$ vertices as $P_t$ and a cycle on $t$ vertices as $C_t$. For two vertex-disjoint graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$, the {\em union} $G_1\cup G_2$ is the graph with $V(G_1\cup G_2)=V(G_1)\cup V(G_2)$ and $E(G_1\cup…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Chen Ran , Zhang xiaowen

A graph $G$ has a perfect division if its vertex set can be partitioned into two sets $A$, $B$ such that $G[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(G[B]) < \omega(G)$. We call $G$ perfectly divisible if every induced subgraph of $G$ admits a perfect…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Lizhong Chen , Hongyang Wang

For a graph $G$, let $\chi(G)$ and $\omega(G)$ respectively denote the chromatic number and clique number of $G$. We give an explicit structural description of ($P_5$,gem)-free graphs, and show that every such graph $G$ satisfies…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-07 M. Chudnovsky , T. Karthick , P. Maceli , Frederic Maffray

A graph $G$ is {\em perfectly divisible} if, for each induced subgraph $H$ of $G$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into $A$ and $B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(H[B])<\omega(H)$. A {\em bull} is a graph consisting of a triangle with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Ran Chen , Paras Vinubhai Maniya , Di Wu , Junran Yu

For a graph $G$, $\chi(G)$ will denote its chromatic number, and $\omega(G)$ its clique number. A graph $G$ is said to be perfectly divisible if for all induced subgraphs $H$ of $G$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into two sets $A$, $B$ such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-08 T. Karthick , Jenny Kaufmann , Vaidy Sivaraman

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph $G$ is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ or $H_2$. Let $P_t$ be the path on $t$ vertices. A graph $G$ is $k$-vertex-critical if $G$ has chromatic number $k$ but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-08 Kathie Cameron , Jan Goedgebeur , Shenwei Huang , Yongtang Shi

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ nor $H_2$. A graph $G$ is $k$-vertex-critical if every proper induced subgraph of $G$ has chromatic number less than $k$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Wen Xia , Jorik Jooken , Jan Goedgebeur , Shenwei Huang

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph is $(H_1,\,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ or $H_2$. For a positive integer $t$, $P_t$ is the chordless path on $t$ vertices. A paraglider is the graph that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-28 Shenwei Huang , T. Karthick

For a graph $G$ and a set of graphs $\mathcal{H}$, we say that $G$ is {\em $\mathcal{H}$-free} if no induced subgraph of $G$ is isomorphic to a member of $\mathcal{H}$. Given an integer $P>0$, a graph $G$, and a set of graphs $\mathcal{F}$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Maria Chudnovsky , Alex Scott , Paul Seymour

A graph is perfectly divisible if for each of its induced subgraph $H$, $V(H)$ can be partitioned into $A$ and $B$ such that $H[A]$ is perfect and $\omega(H[B]) < \omega(H)$, and a graph $G$ is perfectly weight divisible if for every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Qiming Hu , Baogang Xu , Miaoxia Zhuang
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