\(3\)-Regular Hypergraphs that are Decomposable and Threshold

Margaret A.Francel1, David J.John2
1Department of Mathematics and Computer Science The Citadel, Charleston, SC, 29409
2Department of Computer Science Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109

Abstract

In general, the class of threshold hypergraphs and decomposable hypergraphs are not equal. In this paper, we show however that, except for two counter examples, a decomposition hypergraph consisting of five or fewer classes is in fact threshold. In the process of showing this result, the paper generates all decomposable quotients with five or fewer classes.