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The graphs with the max-Mader-flow-min-multiway-cut property

Discrete Mathematics 2011-01-12 v1

Abstract

We are given a graph GG, an independant set SV(G)\mathcal{S} \subset V(G) of \emph{terminals}, and a function w:V(G)Nw:V(G) \to \mathbb{N}. We want to know if the maximum ww-packing of vertex-disjoint paths with extremities in S\mathcal{S} is equal to the minimum weight of a vertex-cut separating S\mathcal{S}. We call \emph{Mader-Mengerian} the graphs with this property for each independant set S\mathcal{S} and each weight function ww. We give a characterization of these graphs in term of forbidden minors, as well as a recognition algorithm and a simple algorithm to find maximum packing of paths and minimum multicuts in those graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1101.2061,
  title  = {The graphs with the max-Mader-flow-min-multiway-cut property},
  author = {Guyslain Naves and Vincent Jost},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2061},
  year   = {2011}
}
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