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Large rainbow matchings in general graphs

Combinatorics 2018-07-10 v5

Abstract

By a theorem of Drisko, any 2n12n-1 matchings of size nn in a bipartite graph have a partial rainbow matching of size nn. Inspired by discussion of Bar\'at, Gy\'arf\'as and S\'ark\"ozy, we conjecture that if nn is odd then the same is true also in general graphs, and that if nn is even then 2n2n matchings of size nn suffice. We prove that any 3n23n-2 matchings of size nn have a partial rainbow matching of size nn.

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@article{arxiv.1611.03648,
  title  = {Large rainbow matchings in general graphs},
  author = {Ron Aharoni and Eli Berger and Maria Chudnovsky and David Howard and Paul Seymour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.03648},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages

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