#12743: Addition of reduction rules as pre-processing of the vertex cover 
function
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       Reporter:  dcoudert       |         Owner:  jason, ncohen, rlm
           Type:  enhancement    |        Status:  needs_review      
       Priority:  major          |     Milestone:  sage-5.0          
      Component:  graph theory   |    Resolution:                    
       Keywords:                 |   Work issues:                    
Report Upstream:  N/A            |     Reviewers:                    
        Authors:  David Coudert  |     Merged in:                    
   Dependencies:                 |      Stopgaps:                    
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Changes (by dcoudert):

  * status:  new => needs_review


Old description:

> This patch adds basic reduction rules as a pre-processing of the vertex
> cover function. These reduction rules are the 3 first rules described for
> instance in
> http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~dehne/projects/clustalxp/ACFLSS.pdf, that
> is:
>
>  1. vertices of degree 0 are not part of the cover
>  1. the neighbor of a vertex of degree 1 is in the cover
>  1. if the neighbors of a degree 2 vertex are incident, they are in the
> cover
>  1. if the two neighbors v,w of a degree 2 vertex u are not incident,
> then either u is in the cover or v and w are in the cover.
>
> This is particularly useful for sparse graphs.
>
> More advanced reduction rules can also be considered (crown
> decompositions, etc.) but are not part of this patch.

New description:

 This patch adds basic reduction rules as a pre-processing of the vertex
 cover function. These reduction rules are the 4 basic rules described for
 instance in
 http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~dehne/projects/clustalxp/ACFLSS.pdf, that
 is:

  1. vertices of degree 0 are not part of the cover
  1. the neighbor of a vertex of degree 1 is in the cover
  1. if the neighbors of a degree 2 vertex are incident, they are in the
 cover
  1. if the two neighbors v,w of a degree 2 vertex u are not incident, then
 either u is in the cover or v and w are in the cover.

 This is particularly useful for sparse graphs.

 More advanced reduction rules can also be considered (crown
 decompositions, etc.) but are not part of this patch.

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