pith. sign in

arxiv: 0902.4342 · v1 · submitted 2009-02-25 · 🧮 math.AC · math.CO

The complement of a connected bipartite graph is vertex decomposable

classification 🧮 math.AC math.CO
keywords decomposablegraphvertexcomplementdeltabipartitecomplexconnected
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Associated to a simple undirected graph $G$ is a simplicial complex $\Delta_G$ whose faces correspond to the independent sets of $G$. A graph $G$ is called vertex decomposable if $\Delta_G$ is a vertex decomposable simplicial complex. We are interested in determining what families of graph have the property that the complement of $G$, denoted by $\overline{G}$, is vertex decomposable. We obtain the result that the complement of a connected bipartite graph is vertex decomposable and so it is Cohen-Macaulay due to pureness of $\Delta_{\overline{G}}$.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.