Constructing tree decompositions of graphs with bounded gonality

Journal Article (2021)
Author(s)

Hans L. Bodlaender (Universiteit Utrecht)

Josse van Dobben de Bruyn (TU Delft - Discrete Mathematics and Optimization)

D.C. Gijswijt (TU Delft - Discrete Mathematics and Optimization)

Harry Smit (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences)

Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
Copyright
© 2021 Hans L. Bodlaender, J. van Dobben de Bruyn, Dion Gijswijt, Harry Smit
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-021-00762-w
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 Hans L. Bodlaender, J. van Dobben de Bruyn, Dion Gijswijt, Harry Smit
Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
Issue number
4
Volume number
44
Pages (from-to)
2681-2699
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Abstract

In this paper, we give a constructive proof of the fact that the treewidth of a graph is at most its divisorial gonality. The proof gives a polynomial time algorithm to construct a tree decomposition of width at most k, when an effective divisor of degree k that reaches all vertices is given. We also give a similar result for two related notions: stable divisorial gonality and stable gonality.