Clique-width of countable graphs: a compactness property

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  • Bruno Courcelle
چکیده

We de*ne the clique-width of a countable graph. We prove that a countable graph has *nite clique-width i+ its *nite induced subgraphs have bounded clique-width. We obtain an application to a conjecture concerning the structure of sets of countable graphs having a decidable monadic second-order satis*ability problem. c © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics

دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000