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On Fan Raspaud Conjecture

Discrete Mathematics 2008-09-30 v1

Abstract

A conjecture of Fan and Raspaud [3] asserts that every bridgeless cubic graph con-tains three perfect matchings with empty intersection. Kaiser and Raspaud [6] sug-gested a possible approach to this problem based on the concept of a balanced join in an embedded graph. We give here some new results concerning this conjecture and prove that a minimum counterexample must have at least 32 vertices.

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@article{arxiv.0809.4821,
  title  = {On Fan Raspaud Conjecture},
  author = {Jean-Luc Fouquet and Jean-Marie Vanherpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4821},
  year   = {2008}
}
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