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On the edge-Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property of Ladders

Combinatorics 2024-04-16 v5

Abstract

We prove that the ladder with 33~rungs and the house graph have the edge-Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property, while ladders with 1414~rungs or more have not. Additionally, we prove that the latter bound is optimal in the sense that the only known counterexample graph does not permit a better result.

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@article{arxiv.2003.03236,
  title  = {On the edge-Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property of Ladders},
  author = {Raphael Steck and Arthur Ulmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03236},
  year   = {2024}
}