Powers of cycles, powers of paths, and distance graphs

In 1988, Golumbic and Hammer characterized the powers of cycles, relating them to circular arc graphs. We extend their results and propose several further structural characterizations for both powers of cycles and powers of paths. The characterizations lead to linear-time recognition algorithms of t...

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Autores: Lin, Min Chih, Rautenbach, Dieter, Soulignac, Francisco Juan, Szwarcfiter, Jayme Luiz
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/68005
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/68005
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Circulant Graph
Circular Arc Graph
Cycle
Distance Graph
Interval Graph
Path
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Resumo:In 1988, Golumbic and Hammer characterized the powers of cycles, relating them to circular arc graphs. We extend their results and propose several further structural characterizations for both powers of cycles and powers of paths. The characterizations lead to linear-time recognition algorithms of these classes of graphs. Furthermore, as a generalization of powers of cycles, powers of paths, and even of the well-known circulant graphs, we consider distance graphs. While the colorings of these graphs have been intensively studied, the recognition problem has been so far neglected. We propose polynomial-time recognition algorithms for these graphs under additional restrictions.