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Proof of Halin's normal spanning tree conjecture

Combinatorics 2022-07-12 v2

Abstract

Halin conjectured 20 years ago that a graph has a normal spanning tree if and only if every minor of it has countable colouring number. We prove Halin's conjecture. This implies a forbidden minor characterisation for the property of having a normal spanning tree.

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@article{arxiv.2005.02833,
  title  = {Proof of Halin's normal spanning tree conjecture},
  author = {Max Pitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.02833},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages

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