A generalized marriage theorem
Combinatorics
2022-02-17 v1
Abstract
We consider a set-valued mapping on a simple graph and ask for the existence of a disparate selection. The term disparate is defined in the paper and we present a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of a disparate selection. This approach generalizes the classical marriage theorem of Hall. We define the disparate kernel of the set-valued mapping and provide calculation methods for the disparate kernel and a disparate selection. Our main theorem is applied to a result of Ryser on the completion of partially prepopulated Latin squares and we derive Hall's marriage theorem.
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@article{arxiv.2202.08161,
title = {A generalized marriage theorem},
author = {Thomas Fischer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.08161},
year = {2022}
}
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33 pages, 3 figures