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Perfect weighted divisibility is equivalent to perfect divisibility

Combinatorics 2026-01-26 v2

Abstract

A graph is perfectly divisible if for each of its induced subgraph HH, V(H)V(H) can be partitioned into AA and BB such that H[A]H[A] is perfect and ω(H[B])<ω(H)\omega(H[B]) < \omega(H). A graph GG is perfectly weight divisible if for every positive integral weight function on V(G)V(G) and each of its induced subgraph HH, V(H)V(H) can be partitioned into AA and BB such that H[A]H[A] is perfect and the maximum weight of a clique in H[B]H[B] is smaller than the maximum weight of a clique in HH. In this paper, we prove that the perfect divisibility of a graph is equivalent to its perfect weighted divisibility.

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@article{arxiv.2504.13695,
  title  = {Perfect weighted divisibility is equivalent to perfect divisibility},
  author = {Qiming Hu and Baogang Xu and Miaoxia Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.13695},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

There is something wrong in the proof

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:03:17.797Z