Proofs
Lax2Proofs.Main.twin_width_functionally_equivalent_mixed_minor_numberproven
proves Lax2.FunctionalEquivalence.twin_width_functionally_equivalent_mixed_minor_number assuming nothing
Self-contained proof that the submitted twin-width parameter (from submission
Lax1) and the submitted mixed minor number are functionally equivalent.
Proof strategy
The submitted partition-based twin-width and the propositional mixed minor
number are proved pointwise equal to their source counterparts — through the
black-is-complete / red-is-non-homogeneous invariant for contraction
sequences and a pointwise division-and-cell translation for mixed minors —
and the source equivalence theorem (Marcus–Tardos, the matrix grid-minor
theorem, and the twin-decomposition bridge) transports directly.
Attribution
Ported from Édouard Bonnet's formalization of Bonnet–Kim–Thomassé–Watrigant,
Twin-width I: Tractable FO Model Checking (J. ACM 2022).
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Cite this
@misc{Lax2,
author = {Édouard Bonnet},
title = {Functional Equivalence of Twin-Width and Mixed Minor Number},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Lax Archive, Lax2},
note = {draft},
}
References
@article{BonnetKimThomasseWatrigant2022,
author = {Bonnet, {\'E}douard and Kim, Eun Jung and Thomass{\'e}, St{\'e}phan and Watrigant, R{\'e}mi},
title = {Twin-width I: Tractable FO Model Checking},
journal = {Journal of the ACM},
volume = {69},
number = {1},
pages = {3:1--3:46},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1145/3486655}
}
@article{MarcusTardos2004,
author = {Marcus, Adam and Tardos, G{\'a}bor},
title = {Excluded permutation matrices and the {S}tanley-{W}ilf conjecture},
journal = {Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A},
volume = {107},
number = {1},
pages = {153--160},
year = {2004},
doi = {10.1016/j.jcta.2004.04.002}
}