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Half-space separation in monophonic convexity

Combinatorics 2024-09-04 v3 Discrete Mathematics Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We study half-space separation in the convexity of chordless paths of a graph, i.e., monophonic convexity. In this problem, one is given a graph and two (disjoint) subsets of vertices and asks whether these two sets can be separated by complementary convex sets, called half-spaces. While it is known this problem is NP\mathbf{NP}-complete for geodesic convexity -- the convexity of shortest paths -- we show that it can be solved in polynomial time for monophonic convexity.

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@article{arxiv.2404.17564,
  title  = {Half-space separation in monophonic convexity},
  author = {Mohammed Elaroussi and Lhouari Nourine and Simon Vilmin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.17564},
  year   = {2024}
}

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23 pages, 11 figures

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