Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
(k - 2)-linear connected components in hypergraphs of rank k. |
| Authors: |
Galliot, Florian1, Gravier, Sylvain1, Sivignon, Isabelle2 |
| Superior Title: |
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science (DMTCS). 2023 Special Issue, Vol. 25, p1-32. 32p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*HYPERGRAPHS, *MATHEMATICS, *GRAPHIC methods, *POLYNOMIALS, *ALGEBRA |
| Abstract: |
We define a q-linear path in a hypergraph H as a sequence (e1,. . ., eL) of edges of H such that |ei nei+1| [[1, q]] and ei n ej = Ø if |i-j| > 1. In this paper, we study the connected components associated to these paths when q = k - 2 where k is the rank of H. If k = 3 then q = 1 which coincides with the well-known notion of linear path or loose path. We describe the structure of the connected components, using an algorithmic proof which shows that the connected components can be computed in polynomial time. We then mention two consequences of our algorithmic result. The first one is that deciding the winner of the Maker-Breaker game on a hypergraph of rank 3 can be done in polynomial time. The second one is that tractable cases for the NP-complete problem of "Paths Avoiding Forbidden Pairs" in a graph can be deduced from the recognition of a special type of line graph of a hypergraph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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