Isomorphism for graphs of bounded feedback vertex set number

  • Authors:
  • Stefan Kratsch;Pascal Schweitzer

  • Affiliations:
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany;Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • Venue:
  • SWAT'10 Proceedings of the 12th Scandinavian conference on Algorithm Theory
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This paper presents an ${\mathcal O}(n^2)$ algorithm for deciding isomorphism of graphs that have bounded feedback vertex set number. This number is defined as the minimum number of vertex deletions required to obtain a forest. Our result implies that Graph Isomorphism is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to the feedback vertex set number. Central to the algorithm is a new technique consisting of an application of reduction rules that produce an isomorphism-invariant outcome, interleaved with the creation of increasingly large partial isomorphisms.