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#### Polynomial Kernelization for Removing Induced Claws and Diamonds

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van Leeuwen,  Erik Jan
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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##### Citation

Cygan, M., Pilipczuk, M., Pilipczuk, M., van Leeuwen, E. J., & Wrochna, M. (2015). Polynomial Kernelization for Removing Induced Claws and Diamonds. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00704.

Cite as: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-5388-E
##### Abstract
A graph is called (claw,diamond)-free if it contains neither a claw (a $K_{1,3}$) nor a diamond (a $K_4$ with an edge removed) as an induced subgraph. Equivalently, (claw,diamond)-free graphs can be characterized as line graphs of triangle-free graphs, or as linear dominoes, i.e., graphs in which every vertex is in at most two maximal cliques and every edge is in exactly one maximal clique. In this paper we consider the parameterized complexity of the (claw,diamond)-free Edge Deletion problem, where given a graph $G$ and a parameter $k$, the question is whether one can remove at most $k$ edges from $G$ to obtain a (claw,diamond)-free graph. Our main result is that this problem admits a polynomial kernel. We complement this finding by proving that, even on instances with maximum degree $6$, the problem is NP-complete and cannot be solved in time $2^{o(k)}\cdot |V(G)|^{O(1)}$ unless the Exponential Time Hypothesis fail