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Meyniel Graph


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

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The numbers of connected Meyniel graphs on n=1, 2, ... verticea 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 cycle of length >=5 is trivially Meyniel. Classes of graphs that are Meyniel include empty graphs (trivially), complete graphs, and trees (trivially).


See also

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.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 Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MeynielGraph.html

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