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The quotient by a modular partition is isomorphic to the subgraph induced by any set meeting each part exactly once
Statement
Let be a modular partition of a finite simple graph and let meet every part of in exactly one vertex. Then . Such a set exists, so the quotient is isomorphic to an induced subgraph of .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A modular partition of a finite simple graph , and a set with for every .
A modular partition of is a set of nonempty, pairwise disjoint modules of whose union is ; the quotient has vertex set , with distinct parts adjacent exactly when is a complete pair in ; and is finite (Modular partitions and the quotient graph they define, A finite simple graph is a finite vertex set together with a set of two-element vertex subsets).
Two disjoint nonempty modules of form a complete or an anticomplete pair, and not both (Two disjoint nonempty modules form a complete or an anticomplete pair).
A disjoint pair is complete when every cross pair is an edge, anticomplete when no cross pair is an edge, and pure when it is complete or anticomplete (Edges between disjoint vertex sets; complete, anticomplete, pure and mixed pairs).
, so two vertices of are adjacent in exactly when they are adjacent in (Subgraphs, induced subgraphs and spanning subgraphs).
A graph isomorphism is a bijection such that, for all distinct , if and only if (Graph isomorphisms, automorphisms and graph complements).
is a module of when the pair is pure for every (Modules of a graph, and the trivial modules).
Proof
Define by letting be the unique vertex of . This is injective, because distinct parts are disjoint and ; and it is surjective, because every lies in exactly one part , and then , so .
Let be distinct. The pair is complete or anticomplete and not both, so if it is complete then , and if it is anticomplete then .
By the definition of the quotient, says exactly that is complete, so step 1.2 gives if and only if ; and since , that is the same as .
So is a bijection from onto that preserves and reflects adjacency, hence an isomorphism .
A set as in the Statement exists: the parts are nonempty and there are finitely many of them, so selecting one vertex from each is a choice from a finite family of nonempty sets and needs no further principle. Hence the quotient is isomorphic to an induced subgraph of .
Depends on
- Modular partitions and the quotient graph they define
- Modules of a graph, and the trivial modules
- Two disjoint nonempty modules form a complete or an anticomplete pair
- Edges between disjoint vertex sets; complete, anticomplete, pure and mixed pairs
- Subgraphs, induced subgraphs and spanning subgraphs
- Graph isomorphisms, automorphisms and graph complements
- A finite simple graph is a finite vertex set together with a set of two-element vertex subsets
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Sources
- T. Harju, Lecture Notes on Combinatorial Structures in Graph Theory, sec. 3 (standard reference, not scraped)