A set and collection lemma

Vadim E. Levit, Eugen Mandrescu

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Abstract

A set S⊆V(G) is independent if no two vertices from S are adjacent. Let α(G) stand for the cardinality of a largest independent set. In this paper we prove that if Λ is a nonempty collection of maximum independent sets of a graph G, and S is an independent set, then there is a matching from S-∩Λ into ∪Λ-S, and |S|+α(G) ≤ |{∩} Λ ∩S| + |∪Λ∪S|. Based on these findings we provide alternative proofs for a number of well-known lemmata, such as the "Maximum Stable Set Lemma" due to Claude Berge and the "Clique Collection Lemma" due to András Hajnal.

Original languageEnglish
JournalElectronic Journal of Combinatorics
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2014

Keywords

  • Clique
  • Core
  • Corona
  • Independent set
  • Matching
  • Stable set

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