Degree-constrained Subgraph Reconfiguration is in P
Abstract
The degree-constrained subgraph problem asks for a subgraph of a given graph such that the degree of each vertex is within some specified bounds. We study the following reconfiguration variant of this problem: Given two solutions to a degree-constrained subgraph instance, can we transform one solution into the other by adding and removing individual edges, such that each intermediate subgraph satisfies the degree constraints and contains at least a certain minimum number of edges? This problem is a generalization of the matching reconfiguration problem, which is known to be in P. We show that even in the more general setting the reconfiguration problem is in P.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- August 2015
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1508.01372
- Bibcode:
- 2015arXiv150801372M
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics;
- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 68R10 (primary);
- 05C70;
- 05C40 (secondary);
- F.2.2;
- G.2.2
- E-Print:
- Full version of the paper published at Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS) 2015