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Hamiltonicity Parameterized by Mim-Width is (Indeed) Para-NP-Hard

Computational Complexity 2025-10-13 v2 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We prove that Hamiltonian Path and Hamiltonian Cycle are NP-hard on graphs of linear mim-width 26, even when a linear order of the input graph with mim-width 26 is provided together with input. This fills a gap left by a broken proof of the para-NP-hardness of Hamiltonicity problems parameterized by mim-width.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2507.00612,
  title  = {Hamiltonicity Parameterized by Mim-Width is (Indeed) Para-NP-Hard},
  author = {Benjamin Bergougnoux and Lars Jaffke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00612},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

13 pages, 6 figures

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