Abstract
AbstractMany NP‐complete graph problems are polynomial‐time solvable on graph classes of bounded clique‐width. Several of these problems are polynomial‐time solvable on a hereditary graph class if they are so on the atoms (graphs with no clique cut‐set) of . Hence, we initiate a systematic study into boundedness of clique‐width of atoms of hereditary graph classes. A graph is ‐free if is not an induced subgraph of , and it is ‐free if it is both ‐free and ‐free. A class of ‐free graphs has bounded clique‐width if and only if its atoms have this property. This is no longer true for ‐free graphs, as evidenced by one known example. We prove the existence of another such pair and classify the boundedness of clique‐width on ‐free atoms for all but 18 cases.
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