ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
On infinite uniquely partitionable graphs and graph properties of finite character
Authors 1, 1, 2
Affiliations
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Economics, Technical University, B. Nĕmcovej, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
- Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Science, Gresákova 6, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Abstract
A graph property is any nonempty isomorphism-closed class of simple (finite or infinite) graphs. A graph property is of finite character if a graph G has a property if and only if every finite induced subgraph of G has a property . Let ₁,₂,...,ₙ be graph properties of finite character, a graph G is said to be (uniquely) (₁, ₂, ...,ₙ)-partitionable if there is an (exactly one) partition {V₁, V₂, ..., Vₙ} of V(G) such that for i = 1,2,...,n. Let us denote by ℜ = ₁ ∘ ₂ ∘ ... ∘ ₙ the class of all (₁,₂,...,ₙ)-partitionable graphs. A property ℜ = ₁ ∘ ₂ ∘ ... ∘ ₙ, n ≥ 2 is said to be reducible. We prove that any reducible additive graph property ℜ of finite character has a uniquely (₁, ₂, ...,ₙ)-partitionable countable generating graph. We also prove that for a reducible additive hereditary graph property ℜ of finite character there exists a weakly universal countable graph if and only if each property has a weakly universal graph.
Keywords
graph property of finite character, reducibility, uniquely partitionable graphs, weakly universal graph
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