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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lin, M.C., Rautenbach, D., Soulignac, F.J., Szwarcfiter, J.L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:paperaa:paper_0166218X_v159_n7_p621_Lin
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0166218X_v159_n7_p621_Lin
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Circulant graph
Circular arc graph
Cycle
Distance graph
Interval graph
Path
Circulant graphs
Circular-arc graph
Algorithms
Graphic methods
Graph theory
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Sumario: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. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.