A dichotomy for graphs of bounded degeneracy

Abstract

We prove that the degeneracy of graphs in a hereditary class defined by a finite set S of forbidden induced subgraphs is bounded if and only if S includes a complete graph, a complete bipartite graph and a forest.

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