Complexity of deciding constant-bounded mim-width

Determine the computational complexity of deciding whether the mim-width or linear mim-width of a graph is at most 1, or at most any other one-digit constant.

Background

The paper proves that Mim-Width, Sim-Width, One-Sided Mim-Width, and their linear variants are NP-complete even when the width is bounded by a universal constant, using a reduction with an upper bound of 1211. The authors note that their bounds do not resolve the substantially sharper threshold of one, or even any one-digit constant. Thus, the complexity of deciding whether a graph has mim-width or linear mim-width at most such a small fixed constant remains unresolved.

References

Still, deciding if the (linear) mim-width of a graph is at most 1 (or any 1-digit constant) remains open.

Mim-Width is paraNP-complete  (2501.05638 - Bergougnoux et al., 10 Jan 2025) in Section 1, “Remarks and perspectives”