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Multidesigns for a graph pair of order 6

Combinatorics 2018-08-06 v2

Abstract

Given two graphs GG and HH, a (G,H)(G,H)-multidecomposition of KnK_{n} is a partition of the edges of KnK_{n} into copies of GG and HH such that at least one copy of each is used. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of (C6,C6)(C_{6},\overline{C}_{6})-multidecomposition of KnK_{n} where C6C_{6} denotes a cycle of length 6 and C6\overline{C}_{6} denotes the complement of C6C_{6}. A (G,H)(G,H)-multipacking of KnK_{n} is a partition of a subset of the edges of KnK_{n} into copies of GG and HH such that at least one copy of each is used. The set consisting of the edges of KnK_{n} that are not used in any copy of either GG or HH is called the \emph{leave} of the multipacking. A (G,H)(G,H)-multipacking of KnK_{n} is called \emph{maximum} if the cardinality of the leave is minimum with respect to all (G,H)(G,H)-multipackings of KnK_{n}. A (G,H)(G,H)-multicovering of KnK_{n} is a (G,H)(G,H)-multidecomposition of KnK_{n} where some edges can be used repeatedly in copies of GG or HH. The (multi)set of repeated edges is called the \emph{padding} of the (G,H)(G,H)-multicovering of KnK_{n}. A (G,H)(G,H)-multicovering is called \emph{minimum} if the cardinality of the padding is minimum with respect to all (G,H)(G,H)-multicoverings of KnK_{n}. We also characterize the cardinality of the leaves and paddings of maximum (C6,C6)(C_6, \overline{C}_6)-multipackings and minimum (C6,C6)(C_6, \overline{C}_6)-multicoverings of KnK_{n}.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09638,
  title  = {Multidesigns for a graph pair of order 6},
  author = {Yizhe Gao and Dan Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09638},
  year   = {2018}
}
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