Vertex-minor reductions can simulate edge contractions
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چکیده
We prove that local complementation and vertex deletion, operations from which vertexminors are defined, can simulate edge contractions. As an application, we prove that the rank-width of a graph is linearly bounded in term of its tree-width.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Discrete Applied Mathematics
دوره 155 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007