Finding an induced path of given parity in planar graphs in polynomial time

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  • Marcin Kaminski
  • Naomi Nishimura
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The problem of deciding, given a graph G and two vertices s and t, whether there exists an induced path of given parity between s and t in G is known to be NP-complete. We show how to solve the problem in O(|V (G)|) time, when the input graph is planar. We use techniques from the theory of graph minors as well as the theory of perfect graphs.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012