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Unit interval graphs of open and closed intervals. (English) Zbl 1261.05070

Summary: We give two structural characterizations of the class of finite intersection graphs of the open and closed real intervals of unit length. This class is a proper superclass of the well-known unit interval graphs.

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05C62 Graph representations (geometric and intersection representations, etc.)
05C90 Applications of graph theory
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