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We introduce the class of circular-arc H-graphs, which generalizes circular-arc graphs, particularly circular-arc bigraphs. We investigate two types of ordering-based characterizations of circular-arc r-graphs. Finally, we provide forbidden…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Indrajit Paul , Ashok Kumar Das

Chordal graphs are important in algorithmic graph theory. Chordal digraphs are a digraph analogue of chordal graphs and have been a subject of active studies recently. Unlike chordal graphs, chordal digraphs lack many structural properties…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Jing Huang , Ying Ying Ye

In this paper we present a characterisation, by an infinite family of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs, of proper circular arc graphs which are intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend (turn).

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Esther Galby , Maria Pia Mazzoleni , Bernard Ries

We study graphs on $n$ vertices which have $2n-2$ edges and no proper induced subgraphs of minimum degree $3$. Erd\H{o}s, Faudree, Gy\'arf\'as, and Schelp conjectured that such graphs always have cycles of lengths $3,4,5,\dots, C(n)$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-08-25 Lothar Narins , Alexey Pokrovskiy , Tibor Szabó

Following Alspach and Parsons, a {\em metacirculant graph} is a graph admitting a transitive group generated by two automorphisms $\rho$ and $\sigma$, where $\rho$ is $(m,n)$-semiregular for some integers $m \geq 1$, $n \geq 2$, and where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dragan Marusic , Primoz Sparl

A graph is $H$-free if it has no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H$. Brandst\"adt, Engelfriet, Le and Lozin proved that the class of chordal graphs with independence number at most 3 has unbounded clique-width. Brandst\"adt, Le and Mosca…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-09-29 Andreas Brandstädt , Konrad K. Dabrowski , Shenwei Huang , Daniël Paulusma

We introduce a characterization for split graphs by using edge contraction. Then, we use it to prove that any ($2K_{2}$, claw)-free graph with $\alpha(G) \geq 3$ is a split graph. Also, we apply it to characterize any pseudo-split graph.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-05 Hany Ibrahim

A graph is chordal if it contains no induced cycle of length four or more. While finite chordal graphs are precisely those admitting tree-decompositions into cliques, this fails for infinite graphs. We establish two results extending the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Max Pitz , Lucas Real , Roman Schaut

In this paper we deal with a subclass of chordal graphs, which are simultaneously strictly chordal and interval, the strictly interval graphs. We present a new characterization of the class that leads to a simple linear recognition…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Claudia Justel , Lilian Markenzon

Given $t\geq 2$ and $0\leq k\leq t$, we prove that the number of labelled $k$-connected chordal graphs with $n$ vertices and tree-width at most $t$ is asymptotically $c n^{-5/2} \gamma^n n!$, as $n\to\infty$, for some constants $c,\gamma…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Jordi Castellví , Michael Drmota , Marc Noy , Clément Requilé

A lemma of Fouquet implies that a claw-free graph contains an induced $C_5$, contains no odd hole, or is quasi-line. In this paper we use this result to give an improved shortest-odd-hole algorithm for claw-free graphs by exploiting the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-05-25 W. Sean Kennedy , Andrew D. King

We introduce a new subclass of chordal graphs that generalizes split graphs, which we call well-partitioned chordal graphs. Split graphs are graphs that admit a partition of the vertex set into cliques that can be arranged in a star…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-26 Jungho Ahn , Lars Jaffke , O-joung Kwon , Paloma T. Lima

A circular-arc graph is the intersection graph of arcs of a circle. It is a well-studied graph model with numerous natural applications. A certifying algorithm is an algorithm that outputs a certificate, along with its answer (be it…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-08-13 Mathew Francis , Pavol Hell , Juraj Stacho

This paper concerns $(r,c)$-constant graphs, which are $r$-regular graphs in which the subgraph induced by the open neighbourhood of every vertex has precisely $c$ edges. The family of $(r,c)$-graphs contains vertex-transitive graphs (and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Yair Caro , Xandru Mifsud

In this paper, we give a characterization of the class of all circular-arc graphs whose schemes are association. Moreover, all association schemes which are the scheme of a circular-arc graph are characterized, specially it is proved that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-27 Fatemeh Raei Barandagh , Amir Rahnamai Barghi

Molecular chirality is actively researched in a variety of areas of biology, including biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, etc., and today many chiral compounds are widely known to exhibit biological properties. The molecular structure…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Howon Choi , Hyoungjun Kim , Sungjong No

Grid intersection graphs are the intersection graphs of vertical and horizontal segments in the plane. When the bottom and respectively left endpoints of the vertical and horizontals segments belong to a line with negative slope, the graph…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-01-27 Irena Rusu

In 1981, Duffus, Gould, and Jacobson showed that every connected graph either has a Hamiltonian path, or contains a claw ($K_{1,3}$) or a net (a fixed six-vertex graph) as an induced subgraph. This implies that subject to being connected,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Joseph Cheriyan , Sepehr Hajebi , Zishen Qu , Sophie Spirkl

Let $G=C_{n}(S)$ be a circulant graph on $n$ vertices. In this paper we characterize chordal circulant graphs and then we compute $\nu (G)$, the induced matching number of $G$. These latter are useful in bounding the Castelnuovo-Mumford…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-16 Francesco Romeo

In a directed graph, a kernel is a subset of vertices that is both stable and absorbing. Not all digraphs have a kernel, but a theorem due to Boros and Gurvich guarantees the existence of a kernel in every clique-acyclic orientation of a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Adèle Pass-Lanneau , Ayumi Igarashi , Frédéric Meunier