Infinite Families of k-Vertex-Critical (, )-Free Graphs

B Cameron, C Hoàng - Graphs and Combinatorics, 2024 - Springer
A graph is k-vertex-critical if χ (G)= k but χ (Gv)< k for all v∈ V (G). We construct new infinite
families of k-vertex-critical (P 5, C 5)-free graphs for all k≥ 6. Our construction generalises …

Colouring (Pr + Ps)-Free Graphs

T Klimošová, J Malík, T Masařík, J Novotná… - Algorithmica, 2020 - Springer
The k-Colouring problem is to decide if the vertices of a graph can be coloured with at most k
colours for a fixed integer k such that no two adjacent vertices are coloured alike. If each …

A refinement on the structure of vertex-critical (P5, gem)-free graphs

B Cameron, CT Hoàng - Theoretical Computer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
We give a new, stronger proof that there are only finitely many k-vertex-critical (P 5, gem)-
free graphs for all k. Our proof further refines the structure of these graphs and allows for the …

H-colouring Pt-free graphs in subexponential time

C Groenland, K Okrasa, P Rzążewski, A Scott… - Discrete Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
A graph is called P t-free if it does not contain the path on t vertices as an induced subgraph.
Let H be a multigraph with the property that any two distinct vertices share at most one …

Colouring H-free graphs of bounded diameter

B Martin, D Paulusma, S Smith, P Rossmanith… - 2019 - durham-repository.worktribe.com
The Colouring problem is to decide if the vertices of a graph can be coloured with at most k
colours for an integer k, such that no two adjacent vertices are coloured alike. A graph G is H …

Hamiltonian path and Hamiltonian cycle are solvable in polynomial time in graphs of bounded independence number

N Jedličková, J Kratochvíl - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.09228, 2023 - arxiv.org
A Hamiltonian path (a Hamiltonian cycle) in a graph is a path (a cycle, respectively) that
traverses all of its vertices. The problems of deciding their existence in an input graph are …

Finding Large -Colorable Subgraphs in Hereditary Graph Classes

M Chudnovsky, J King, M Pilipczuk… - SIAM Journal on Discrete …, 2021 - SIAM
We study the Max Partial h-Coloring problem: given a graph G, find the largest induced
subgraph of G that admits a homomorphism into H, where H is a fixed pattern graph without …

Vertex-critical (P3+ ℓP1)-free and vertex-critical (gem, co-gem)-free graphs

T Abuadas, B Cameron, CT Hoàng… - Discrete Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
A graph G is k-vertex-critical if χ (G)= k but χ (G− v)< k for all v∈ V (G) where χ (G) denotes
the chromatic number of G. We show that there are only finitely many k-vertex-critical (P 3+ ℓ …

[HTML][HTML] Certifying coloring algorithms for graphs without long induced paths

M Kamiński, A Pstrucha - Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2019 - Elsevier
Let P k be a path, C ka cycle on k vertices, and K k, ka complete bipartite graph with k
vertices on each side of the bipartition. We prove that (1) for any integers k, t> 0 and a graph …

Computing homomorphisms in hereditary graph classes: the peculiar case of the 5-wheel and graphs with no long claws

M Dębski, Z Lonc, K Okrasa, M Piecyk… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
For graphs $ G $ and $ H $, an $ H $-coloring of $ G $ is an edge-preserving mapping from
$ V (G) $ to $ V (H) $. In the $ H $-Coloring problem the graph $ H $ is fixed and we ask …