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Nordhaus-Gaddum for Treewidth

Combinatorics 2013-06-18 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We prove that for every graph GG with nn vertices, the treewidth of GG plus the treewidth of the complement of GG is at least n2n-2. This bound is tight.

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@article{arxiv.1109.1602,
  title  = {Nordhaus-Gaddum for Treewidth},
  author = {Gwenaël Joret and David R. Wood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1602},
  year   = {2013}
}
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