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摘要
一个图的和弦度是其交集为该图的和弦图的最小数目。可以利用扬纳卡基斯(Yannakakis)1982 年的一个结果来推断,对于每个固定的 k≥3,判断一个图的和弦度是否最多为 k 是 NP-complete。我们考虑的问题是判定一个图的和弦度是否为 2,或者等价于判定一个给定的图是否是两个和弦图的交集。我们证明,当其中一个弦图是分裂图,而另一个满足特定条件时,该问题等同于分割问题。利用这一点,我们推导出了各种问题的复杂性结果,包括判定一个图是否是 k 个分裂图的交集,对于 k=2 的问题,该问题在 P 级,而对于 k≥3 的问题,该问题在 NP 级。
Intersection of chordal graphs and some related partition problems
The chordality of a graph is the minimum number of chordal graphs whose intersection is the graph. A result of Yannakakis’ from 1982 can be used to infer that for every fixed , deciding whether the chordality of a graph is at most is NP-complete. We consider the problem of deciding whether the chordality of a graph is 2, or equivalently, deciding whether a given graph is the intersection of two chordal graphs. We prove that the problem is equivalent to a partition problem when one of the chordal graphs is a split graph and the other meets certain conditions. Using this we derive complexity results for a variety of problems, including deciding if a graph is the intersection of split graphs, which is in P for and NP-complete for .
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