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Self-contained proof of the Bonnet–Déprés exponential gap: for every k, the
Bonnet–Déprés graph BD_k has treewidth at most 2*k + 4 while its
twin-width exceeds 2^k.
Proof strategy
The source development phrases contraction sequences as trigraph state
machines; the proof bridges them to the submitted partition-based sequences
through the invariant that black and red edges agree with completeness and
non-homogeneity in the graph, and relabels the result onto the canonical
vertex type Fin n.
Attribution
Ported from Édouard Bonnet's formalization of Bonnet–Déprés, Twin-width can be exponential in treewidth (JCTB 2023).