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Completely Positive formulation of the Graph Isomorphism Problem

Data Structures and Algorithms 2013-01-14 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Given two graphs G1G_1 and G2G_2 on nn vertices each, we define a graph GG on vertex set V1×V2V_1\times V_2 and the edge set as the union of edges of G1×G2ˉG_1\times \bar{G_2}, G1ˉ×G2\bar{G_1}\times G_2, {(v,u),(v,u"))(u,u"V2}\{(v,u'),(v,u"))(|u',u"\in V_2\} for each vV1v\in V_1, and {((u,v),(u",v))u,u"V1}\{((u',v),(u",v))|u',u"\in V_1\} for each vV2v\in V_2. We consider the completely-positive Lov\'asz ϑ\vartheta function, i.e., cpϑcp\vartheta function for GG. We show that the function evaluates to nn whenever G1G_1 and G2G_2 are isomorphic and to less than n1/(4n4)n-1/(4n^4) when non-isomorphic. Hence this function provides a test for graph isomorphism. We also provide some geometric insight into the feasible region of the completely positive program.

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@article{arxiv.1301.2390,
  title  = {Completely Positive formulation of the Graph Isomorphism Problem},
  author = {Shashank K Mehta and Pawan Aurora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2390},
  year   = {2013}
}
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