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Split graph
In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, a split graph is a graph in which the vertices can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. Split graphs were first studied by , and independently introduced by , where they called these graphs "polar graphs" ( ). A split graph may have more than one partition into a clique and an independent set; for instance, the path is a split graph, the vertices of which can be partitioned in three different ways: #the clique and the independent set #the clique and the independent set #the clique and the independent set Split graphs can be characterized in terms of their forbidden induced subgraphs: a graph is split if and only if no induced subgraph is a cycle on four or five vertices, or a pair of disjoint edges (the complement of a 4-cycle).
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In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, a split graph is a graph in which the vertices can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. Split graphs were first studied by , and independently introduced by , where they called these graphs "polar graphs" ( ). A split graph may have more than one partition into a clique and an independent set; for instance, the path is a split graph, the vertices of which can be partitioned in three different ways: #the clique and the independent set #the clique and the independent set #the clique and the independent set Split graphs can be characterized in terms of their forbidden induced subgraphs: a graph is split if and only if no induced subgraph is a cycle on four or five vertices, or a pair of disjoint edges (the complement of a 4-cycle).
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