We study half-space separation in the convexity of chordless paths of a graph, i.e., monophonic convexity. In this problem, one is given a graph and two (disjoint) subsets of vertices and asks whether these two sets can be separated by complementary convex sets, called half-spaces. While it is known this problem is $\mathbf{NP}$-complete for geodesic convexity -- the convexity of shortest paths -- we show that it can be solved in polynomial time for monophonic convexity.
翻译:我们研究图的无弦路径凸性(即单声道凸性)中的半空间分离问题。该问题中,给定一个图及其两个(不相交的)顶点子集,询问这两个集合是否能被互补的凸集(称为半空间)分离。已知该问题在测地凸性(最短路径的凸性)下为$\mathbf{NP}$完全问题,而本文证明其在单声道凸性下可在多项式时间内求解。