Quest for graphs of Frank number $3$
Abstract
In an orientation of the graph , the edge is deletable if and only if is strongly connected. For a -edge-connected graph , H\"orsch and Szigeti defined the Frank number as the minimum for which admits orientations such that every edge of is deletable in at least one of the orientations. They conjectured the Frank number is at most for every -edge-connected graph . They proved the Petersen graph has Frank number , but this was the only example with this property. We show an infinite class of graphs having Frank number . H\"orsch and Szigeti showed every -edge-colorable -edge-connected graph has Frank number at most . It is tempting to consider non--edge-colorable graphs as candidates for having Frank number greater than . Snarks are sometimes a good source of finding critical examples or counterexamples. One might suspect various snarks should have Frank number . However, we prove several candidate infinite classes of snarks have Frank number . As well as the generalized Petersen Graphs . We formulate numerous conjectures inspired by our experience.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.08804,
title = {Quest for graphs of Frank number $3$},
author = {János Barát and Zoltán L. Blázsik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.08804},
year = {2022}
}