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Some remarks on interval graphs

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Using simplicial decompositions a new and simple proof of Lekkerkerker-Boland’s criterion for interval graphs is given. Also the infinite case is considered, and the problem is tackled to what extent the representation of a graph as an interval graph is unique.

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Dedicated to Tibor Gallai on his seventieth birthday

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Halin, R. Some remarks on interval graphs. Combinatorica 2, 297–304 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579236

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