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被禁止的未成年人:寻找有限的少数

Forbidden minors: Finding the finite few

Thomas W. Mattman

摘要:

Robertson和Seymour的图小定理断言,任何图的性质都是由一个相关的有限图列表决定的。我们认为这是一个令人印象深刻的推广库拉托夫斯基定理,其特点是平面性的两个禁止子图,$K_5$和$K_{3,3}$。罗伯逊和西摩的结果使学生能够设计自己的Kuratowski型定理,我们提出了几个本科生的研究项目,以实现这一目标。作为一个明确的例子,我们确定了七个禁止未成年人的属性,我们强烈呼吁几乎-平面(SAP)。一个图是SAP的,如果对于任何边$e$,$e$的删除和收缩都导致可平面图。

英文摘要:

The Graph Minor Theorem of Robertson and Seymour asserts that any graph property, whatsoever, is determined by an associated finite list of graphs. We view this as an impressive generalization of Kuratowski's theorem, which characterizes planarity in terms of two forbidden subgraphs, $K_5$ and $K_{3,3}$. Robertson and Seymour's result empowers students to devise their own Kuratowski type theorems; we propose several undergraduate research projects with that goal. As an explicit example, we determine the seven forbidden minors for a property we call strongly almost--planar (SAP). A graph is SAP if, for any edge $e$, both deletion and contraction of $e$ result in planar graphs.

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