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For any two graphs <jats:italic>G<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>, <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$G+H$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mo>+<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>H<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> denotes the disjoint union of <jats:italic>G<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>. A <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$lK_2$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:msub>\n                      <mml:mi>K<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                    <\/mml:msub>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> is the disjoint union of <jats:italic>l<\/jats:italic> edges. A <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$Y_{m,m}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:msub>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mrow>\n                      <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mo>,<\/mml:mo>\n                      <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                    <\/mml:mrow>\n                  <\/mml:msub>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> is the disjoint union of two stars of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$m+1$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mo>+<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mn>1<\/mml:mn>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> vertices plus one vertex that is adjacent only to the centers of such stars. For any graph family <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>, the class of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${\\mathcal Y}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-free graphs is formed by graphs which are <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>-free for every <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$Y \\in {{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>, and the class of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$lK_2+{{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:msub>\n                      <mml:mi>K<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                    <\/mml:msub>\n                    <mml:mo>+<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-free graphs is formed by graph which are <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$lK_2+Y$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:msub>\n                      <mml:mi>K<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                    <\/mml:msub>\n                    <mml:mo>+<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-free for every <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$Y \\in {\\mathcal Y}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>.\u00a0The main result of this manuscript is the following: For any constant <jats:italic>m<\/jats:italic> and for any graph family <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula> which contains an induced subgraph of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$Y_{m,m}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:msub>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:mrow>\n                      <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mo>,<\/mml:mo>\n                      <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                    <\/mml:mrow>\n                  <\/mml:msub>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>, if WIS is solvable in polynomial time for <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-free graphs, then WIS is solvable in polynomial time for <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$lK_2+{{{\\mathcal {Y}}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mrow>\n                    <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                    <mml:msub>\n                      <mml:mi>K<\/mml:mi>\n                      <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                    <\/mml:msub>\n                    <mml:mo>+<\/mml:mo>\n                    <mml:mi>Y<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:mrow>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-free graphs for any constant <jats:italic>l<\/jats:italic>. 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