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On the recognition complexity of some graph properties

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By applying a topological approach due to Kahn, Saks and Sturtevant, we prove that all decreasing graph properties consisting of bipartite graphs only are elusive. This is an analogue to a well-known result of Yao.

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Triesch, E. On the recognition complexity of some graph properties. Combinatorica 16, 259–268 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01844851

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