Canonical graph decompositions via coverings
| Autor: | Diestel, Reinhard, Jacobs, Raphael W., Knappe, Paul, Kurkofka, Jan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | We present a canonical way to decompose finite graphs into highly connected local parts. The decomposition depends only on an integer parameter whose choice sets the intended degree of locality. The global structure of the graph, as determined by the relative position of these parts, is described by a coarser $\it model$. This is a simpler graph determined entirely by the decomposition, not imposed. The model and decomposition are obtained as projections of the tangle-tree structure of a covering of the given graph that reflects its local structure while unfolding its global structure. In this way, the tangle theory from graph minors is brought to bear canonically on arbitrary graphs, which need not be tree-like. Our theorem extends to locally finite quasi-transitive graphs, and in particular to locally finite Cayley graphs. It thereby offers a canonical decomposition for finitely generated groups into local parts, whose relative structure is displayed by a graph. Comment: This is the third main version of this paper. It differs from the second, v.4, only in the Introduction, where we have indicated some more potential applications and added links to related work by others. An extended ArXiv version corresponding to this v.6 was uploaded yesterday as v.5 |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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