On Switching to H-Free Graphs

  • Authors:
  • Eva Jelínková;Jan Kratochvíl

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Applied Mathematics,;Department of Applied Mathematics, and Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic 118 00

  • Venue:
  • ICGT '08 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Graph Transformations
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper we study the problem of deciding if, for a fixed graph H, a given graph is switching-equivalent to an H-free graph. Polynomial-time algorithms are known for Hhaving at most three vertices or isomorphic to P4. We show that for Hisomorphic to a claw, the problem is polynomial, too. Further, we give a characterization of graphs switching-equivalent to a K1,2-free graph by ten forbidden induced subgraphs, each having five vertices. We also give the forbidden induced subgraphs for graphs switching-equivalent to a forest of bounded vertex degrees.