Let G be a connected graph that is the edge-disjoint union of two paths of length n, where n ≥ 2. Using a result of Thomason on decompositions of 4-regular graphs into pairs of Hamiltonian cycles, we prove that G has a third path of length n. The “two-path conjecture” states that if a graph G is the edge-disjoint union of two paths of length n with at least one common vertex, then the graph has...

In this paper we translate Ramsey-type problems into the language of decomposable hereditary properties of graphs. We prove a distribu-tive law for reducible and decomposable properties of graphs. Using it we establish some values of graph theoretical invariants of decompos-able properties and show their correspondence to generalized Ramsey numbers.

A graph G of order n is said to be arbitrarily vertex decomposable if for each sequence (n1, . . . , nk) of positive integers such that n1 + · · · + nk = n there exists a partition (V1, . . . , Vk) of the vertex set of G such that for each i ∈ {1, . . . , k}, Vi induces a connected subgraph of G on ni vertices. The main result of the paper reads as follows. Suppose that G is a connected graph o...

Bayesian inference for graphical models has received much attention in the literature in recent years. It is well known that when the graph G is decomposable, Bayesian inference is significantly more tractable than in the general non-decomposable setting. Penalized likelihood inference on the other hand has made tremendous gains in the past few years in terms of scalability and tractability. Ba...

Given a graph G = (V, E), with each subset X of V is associated the subgraph G(X) of G induced by X. A subset I of V is an interval of G provided that for any a, b ∈ I and x ∈ V \ I , {a, x} ∈ E if and only if {b, x} ∈ E. For example, ∅, {x}, where x ∈ V , and V are intervals of G called trivial intervals. A graph is indecomposable if all its intervals are trivial; otherwise, it is decomposable...

It has been showed in [4] that any bipartite graph Ka,b, where a, b are even is decomposable into closed trails of prescribed even lengths. In this article we consider the corresponding question for open trails. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for graphs Ka,b to be decomposable into edge-disjoint open trails of positive lengths (less than ab) whenever these lengths sum up to the s...

We consider graph properties that can be checked from labels, i.e., bit sequences, of logarithmic length attached to vertices. We prove that there exists such a labeling for checking a first-order formula with free set variables in the graphs of every class that is nicely locally clique-width-decomposable. This notion generalizes that of a nicely locally tree-decomposable class. The graphs of s...

Let G be a graph of order n and r , 1 ≤ r ≤ n, a fixed integer. G is said to be r -vertex decomposable if for each sequence (n1, . . . , nr ) of positive integers such that n1 + · · · + nr = n there exists a partition (V1, . . . , Vr ) of the vertex set of G such that for each i ∈ {1, . . . , r}, Vi induces a connected subgraph of G on ni vertices. G is called arbitrarily vertex decomposable if...

We consider the dihamiltonian decomposition problem for 3regular graphs. A graphG is dihamiltonian decomposable if in the digraph obtained fromG by replacing each edge of G as two directed edges, the set of edges are partitioned into 3 edge-disjoint directed hamiltonian cycles. We suggest some conditions for dihamiltonian decomposition of 3-regular graphs: for a 3-regular graph G, it is dihamil...