Abstract
Let H be a fixed graph. What can be said about graphs G that have no subgraph isomorphic to a subdivision of H? Grohe and Marx proved that such graphs G satisfy a certain structure theorem that is not satisfied by graphs that contain a subdivision of a (larger) graph H1. Dvořák found a clever strengthening—his structure is not satisfied by graphs that contain a subdivision of a graph H2, where H2 has “similar embedding properties” as H. Building upon Dvořák's theorem, we prove that said graphs G satisfy a similar structure theorem. Our structure is not satisfied by graphs that contain a subdivision of a graph H3 that has similar embedding properties as H and has the same maximum degree as H. This will be important in a forthcoming application to well-quasi-ordering.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 1-35 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B |
Volume | 134 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
- Computational Theory and Mathematics
Keywords
- Excluded subdivision theorem
- Graph subdivision
- Structure theorem