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Interval Graphs are Reconstructible

Published: April 3, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2504.02353v1

By: Irene Heinrich , Masashi Kiyomi , Yota Otachi and more

Potential Business Impact:

Finds hidden patterns in connected things.

Business Areas:
Data Visualization Data and Analytics, Design, Information Technology, Software

A graph is reconstructible if it is determined up to isomorphism by the multiset of its proper induced subgraphs. The reconstruction conjecture postulates that every graph of order at least 3 is reconstructible. We show that interval graphs with at least three vertices are reconstructible. For this purpose we develop a technique to handle separations in the context of reconstruction. This resolves a major roadblock to using graph structure theory in the context of reconstruction. To apply our novel technique, we also develop a resilient combinatorial structure theory for interval graphs. A consequence of our result is that interval graphs can be reconstructed in polynomial time.

Country of Origin
🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Japan, Germany

Page Count
40 pages

Category
Mathematics:
Combinatorics