DMGT

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 26(1) (2006) 135-140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1307

A PRIME FACTOR THEOREM FOR A GENERALIZED DIRECT PRODUCT

Wilfried Imrich

Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
Montanuniversität Leoben
Franz Josef-Straße 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
e-mail: imrich@unileoben.ac.at

Peter F. Stadler

Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science
University of Leipzig
Härtelstrasse 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
URL: http://www.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de/~studla
and
The Santa Fe Institute
1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

Abstract

We introduce the concept of neighborhood systems as a generalization of directed, reflexive graphs and show that the prime factorization of neighborhood systems with respect to the the direct product is unique under the condition that they satisfy an appropriate notion of thinness.

Keywords: products, set systems, prime factor theorem.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C20, 05C65, 05C70.

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Received 31 March 2005
Revised 7 September 2005