On graphs with few disjoint t-star minors.

For fixed positive integers t ≥ 3 and k, consider the class of graphs which have at most k disjoint minors isomorphic to a t-star. We shall see that almost all of these graphs contain k vertices such that deleting them leaves a graph with no such minor. This holds for both labelled and unlabelled gr...

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Hlavní autor: McDiarmid, C
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 2011
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Shrnutí:For fixed positive integers t ≥ 3 and k, consider the class of graphs which have at most k disjoint minors isomorphic to a t-star. We shall see that almost all of these graphs contain k vertices such that deleting them leaves a graph with no such minor. This holds for both labelled and unlabelled graphs, and answers a question of Bernardi, Noy and Welsh. We also estimate the asymptotic proportion of graphs in the class which do not have this property. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.