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An improved linear bound on the number of perfect matchings in cubic graphs

Combinatorics 2015-09-28 v1

Abstract

We show that every cubic bridgeless graph with n vertices has at least 3n/4-10 perfect matchings. This is the first bound that differs by more than a constant from the maximal dimension of the perfect matching polytope.

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@article{arxiv.0901.3894,
  title  = {An improved linear bound on the number of perfect matchings in cubic graphs},
  author = {Louis Esperet and Daniel Kral and Petr Skoda and Riste Skrekovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3894},
  year   = {2015}
}