Bounding Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of graphs via Lozin's transformation

Abstract

We prove that when a Lozin's transformation is applied to a graph, the (Castelnuovo-Mumford) regularity of the graph increases exactly by one, as it happens to its induced matching number. As a consequence, we show that the regularity of a graph can be bounded from above by a function of its induced matching number. We also prove that the regularity of a graph is always less than or equal to the sum of its induced matching and decycling numbers.