A 4k2 kernel for feedback vertex set

  • Authors:
  • Stéphan Thomassé

  • Affiliations:
  • Université Montpellier II - CNRS, France

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG)
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We prove that given an undirected graph G on n vertices and an integer k, one can compute, in polynomial time in n, a graph G′ with at most 4k2 vertices and an integer k′ such that G has a feedback vertex set of size at most k iff G′ has a feedback vertex set of size at most k′. This result improves a previous O(k11) kernel of Burrage et al., and a more recent cubic kernel of Bodlaender. This problem was communicated by Fellows.