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An upper bound for the number of perfect matchings in graphs

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Abstract

We give an upper bound on the number of perfect matchings in an undirected simple graph GG with an even number of vertices, in terms of the degrees of all the vertices in GG. This bound is sharp if GG is a union of complete bipartite graphs. This bound is a generalization of the upper bound on the number of perfect matchings in bipartite graphs on n+nn+n vertices given by the Bregman-Minc inequality for the permanents of (0,1)(0,1) matrices.

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@article{arxiv.0803.0864,
  title  = {An upper bound for the number of perfect matchings in graphs},
  author = {Shmuel Friedland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0864},
  year   = {2008}
}

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