DIMACS TR: 93-15

Enumerating Consecutive and Nested Partitions for Graphs



Authors: F. K. Hwang and G. J. Chang

ABSTRACT

We extend the study of consecutive and nested partitions on a set of integers to the vertex-set of a graph. A subset of vertices is considered consecutive if the subgraph induced by the subset is connected. In this sense the partition problem on a set of integers can be treated as a special case when the graph is a line. In this paper we give the number of consecutive and nested partitions when the graph is a cycle. We also give a partial order on general graphs with respect to these numbers.

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