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Meyniel Graph


A Meyniel graph, also called a very strongly perfect graph, is a graph in which every odd graph cycle of length five or more has at least two chords. Meyniel graphs are perfect (Meyniel 1976).

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The numbers of connected Meyniel graphs on n=1, 2, ... vertices are 1, 1, 2, 6, 19, 88, 459, 3060, 23989, ... (the first few of which are illustrated above), and the corresponding numbers of not-necessarily connected Meyniel graphs are 1, 2, 4, 11, 32, 130, 622, 3839, ... (OEIS A123434).

By definition, any graph with no odd graph cycle of length at least 5 is trivially Meyniel. In particular, every bipartite graph, equivalently every bicolorable graph, is Meyniel because it has no odd cycles. Classes of graphs that are Meyniel include empty graphs (trivially), complete graphs, and trees (trivially).


See also

Bicolorable Graph, Bipartite Graph, Cycle Chord, Distance-Hereditary Graph, Perfect Graph

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References

Markosjan, S. E. and Karapetjan, I. "Perfect Graphs." Doklady Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoĭ SSR 63, 292-296, 1976.Meyniel, H. "On the Perfect Graph Conjecture." Disc. Math. 16, 339-342, 1976. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-365X(76)80008-8.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A123434 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Meyniel Graph." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MeynielGraph.html

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