
Let $G$ be a nontrivial connected and vertex-colored graph. A vertex subset $X$ is called rainbow if any two vertices in $X$ have distinct colors. The graph $G$ is called \emph{rainbow vertex-disconnected} if for any two vertices $x$ and $y$ of $G$, there exists a vertex subset $S$ such that when $x$ and $y$ are nonadjacent, $S$ is rainbow and $x$ and $y$ belong to different components of $G-S$; whereas when $x$ and $y$ are adjacent, $S+x$ or $S+y$ is rainbow and $x$ and $y$ belong to different components of $(G-xy)-S$. For a connected graph $G$, the \emph{rainbow vertex-disconnection number} of $G$, $rvd(G)$, is the minimum number of colors that are needed to make $G$ rainbow vertex-disconnected. In this paper, we prove for any $K_4$-minor free graph, $rvd(G)\leq Δ(G)$ and the bound is sharp. We show it is $NP$-complete to determine the rainbow vertex-disconnection number for bipartite graphs and split graphs. Moreover, we show for every $ε>0$, it is impossible to efficiently approximate the rainbow vertex-disconnection number of any bipartite graph and split graph within a factor of $n^{\frac{1}{3}-ε}$ unless $ZPP=NP$.
vertex-coloring, Connectivity, Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, computational complexity, rainbow vertex-cut, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Structural characterization of families of graphs, Combinatorics (math.CO), rainbow vertex-disconnection number
vertex-coloring, Connectivity, Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, computational complexity, rainbow vertex-cut, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Structural characterization of families of graphs, Combinatorics (math.CO), rainbow vertex-disconnection number
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