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Given a tree and a set \(\mathcal{P}\) of non-trivial simple paths on it, Vpt(\(\mathcal{P}\)) is the VPT graph (i.e. the vertex intersection graph) of \(\mathcal{P}\), and Ept(\(\mathcal{P}\)) is the EPT graph (i.e. the edge intersection graph) of the paths \(\mathcal{P}\) of the tree T. These graphs have been extensively studied in the literature. Given two (edge) intersecting paths in a graph, their split vertices is the set of vertices having degree at least 3 in their union. A pair of (edge) intersecting paths is termed non-splitting if they do not have split vertices (namely if their union is a path). In this work, we define the graph Enpt(\(\mathcal{P}\)) of edge intersecting non-splitting paths of a tree, termed the ENPT graph, as the (edge) graph having a vertex for each path in \(\mathcal{P}\), and an edge between every pair of paths that are both edge-intersecting and non-splitting. A graph G is an ENPT graph if there is a tree T and a set of paths \(\mathcal{P}\) of T such that G = Ept \(\mathcal{P}\), and we say that 〈T, ,\(\mathcal{P}\)〉 is a representation of G. We show that trees, cycles and complete graphs are ENPT graphs. We characterize the representations of chordless ENPT cycles that satisfy a certain assumption. Unlike chordless EPT cycles which have a unique representation, these representations turn out to be multiple and have a more complex structure. Therefore, in order to give this characterization, we assume the EPT graph induced by the vertices of a chordless ENPT cycle is given, and we provide an algorithm that returns the unique representation of this EPT, ENPT pair of graphs. These representations turn out to have a more complex structure than chordless EPT cycles.
This work was supported in part by the Israel Science Foundation grant No. 1249/08, by TUBITAK PIA BOSPHORUS grant No. 111M303, by BAP grant No. 6461 and by Catedra de Excelencia of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
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Boyacı, A., Ekim, T., Shalom, M., Zaks, S. (2013). Graphs of Edge-Intersecting Non-splitting Paths in a Tree: Towards Hole Representations. In: Brandstädt, A., Jansen, K., Reischuk, R. (eds) Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science. WG 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45043-3_11
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