Most unbreakable murky graphs are bull-free (Q2366956)
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Most unbreakable murky graphs are bull-free (English)
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11 August 1993
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The author proves that all unbreakable murky graphs with the exception of two are bull-free. This result implies that all murky graphs are perfect. A bull graph is a self-complementary graph on 5 vertices distinct from \(C_ 5\) (the cycle on 5 vertices). The notion of a murky graph was introduced by R. B. Hayward as a graph \(G\) such that neither \(G\) nor its complement \(\overline G\) contains chordless \(C_ 5\) or \(P_ 6\) (path with 6 vertices). A graph \(G\) is called unbreakable if neither \(G\) nor \(\overline G\) contains a cutset with spanning star graph.
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chordless path
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bull-free
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perfect
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bull graph
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murky graph
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unbreakable
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