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Constructing Tree Decompositions of Graphs with Bounded Gonality

Discrete Mathematics 2020-05-13 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we give a constructive proof of the fact that the treewidth of a graph is at most its divisorial gonality. The proof gives a polynomial time algorithm to construct a tree decomposition of width at most kk, when an effective divisor of degree kk that reaches all vertices is given. We also give a similar result for two related notions: stable divisorial gonality and stable gonality.

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@article{arxiv.2005.05569,
  title  = {Constructing Tree Decompositions of Graphs with Bounded Gonality},
  author = {Hans L. Bodlaender and Josse van Dobben de Bruyn and Dion Gijswijt and Harry Smit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05569},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, 3 figures

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