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Partition of Sparse Graphs into Two Forests with Bounded Degree

Combinatorics 2024-03-11 v1

Abstract

Borodin and Kostochka proved that for d22d1+2d_2 \geq 2d_1+2 and a graph GG where every subgraph HH satisfies e(H)<(2d2+2(d1+2)(d2+1))n(H)+1d2+1 e(H) < \left(2 - \frac{d_2+2}{(d_1+2)(d_2+1)}\right)n(H) + \frac{1}{d_2+1} has a vertex partition V(G)=V1V2V(G) = V_1 \cup V_2 such that G[Vi]G[V_i] has maximum degree at most did_i for each ii. We show that under the same conditions we can additionally conclude that each G[Vi]G[V_i] is a forest.

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@article{arxiv.2403.05387,
  title  = {Partition of Sparse Graphs into Two Forests with Bounded Degree},
  author = {Matthew Yancey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05387},
  year   = {2024}
}
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