Odd K_3,3 subdivisions in bipartite graphs
Combinatorics
2017-03-28 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
We prove that every internally 4-connected non-planar bipartite graph has an odd K_3,3 subdivision; that is, a subgraph obtained from K_3,3 by replacing its edges by internally disjoint odd paths with the same ends. The proof gives rise to a polynomial-time algorithm to find such a subdivision. (A bipartite graph G is internally 4-connected if it is 3-connected, has at least five vertices, and there is no partition (A,B,C) of V(G) such that |A|,|B|>1, |C|=3 and G has no edge with one end in A and the other in B.)
Cite
@article{arxiv.1309.5336,
title = {Odd K_3,3 subdivisions in bipartite graphs},
author = {Robin Thomas and Peter Whalen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.5336},
year = {2017}
}
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12 pages, 1 figure