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arxiv: 2310.02336 · v1 · pith:HHYCR446new · submitted 2023-10-03 · 🧮 math.CO

Hereditary Nordhaus-Gaddum Graphs

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keywords graphsclasshereditaryinducednordhaus-gaddumnumbersubgraphsalgorithmic
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Nordhaus and Gaddum proved in 1956 that the sum of the chromatic number $\chi$ of a graph $G$ and its complement is at most $|G|+1$. The Nordhaus-Gaddum graphs are the class of graphs satisfying this inequality with equality, and are well-understood. In this paper we consider a hereditary generalization: graphs $G$ for which all induced subgraphs $H$ of $G$ satisfy $\chi(H) + \chi(\overline{H}) \le |H|$. We characterize the forbidden induced subgraphs of this class and find its intersection with a number of common classes, including line graphs. We also discuss $\chi$-boundedness and algorithmic results.

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