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Size conditions and spectral conditions for generalized factor-critical (bicritical) graphs and $k$-$d$-critical graphs

Combinatorics 2026-02-03 v1

Abstract

Let \mboxodd(G)\mbox{odd}(G) and i(G)i(G) denote the number of nontrivial odd components and the number of isolated vertices of a graph GG, respectively. The kk-Berge-Tutte-formula of a graph GG is defined as: \mboxdefk(G)=maxSV(G){ki(GS)kS}\mbox{def}_k(G)=\mathop{\text{max}}\limits_{S\subseteq V(G)}\{k\cdot i(G-S)-k|S|\} for even kk; \mboxdefk(G)=\mboxmaxSV(G){\mboxodd(GS)+ki(GS)kS}\mbox{def}_k(G)=\mathop{\mbox{max}}\limits_{S\subseteq V(G)}\{\mbox{odd}(G-S)+k\cdot i(G-S)-k|S|\} for odd kk. A kk-barrier of a graph GG is the subset SV(G)S\subseteq V(G) that reaches the maximum value in the kk-Berge-Tutte-formula of GG. A graph GG of odd order (resp. even order) is generalized factor-critical (resp. generalized bicritical) if \emptyset is its only kk-barrier. Denote by EG(v)E_G(v) the set of all edges incident to a vertex vv in GG. A kk-matching of a graph GG is a function f:E(G){0,1,...,k}f:E(G) \rightarrow \{0,1,...,k\} such that eEG(v)f(e)\sum_{e\in E_G(v)} f(e) k\leq k for every vertex vV(G)v\in V(G). For 1dk1\leq d\leq k and dV(G)d \equiv |V(G)|(mod 2), if for any vV(G) v \in V(G), there exists a kk-matching ff such that eEG(v)f(e)=kd\sum_{e\in E_G(v)}f(e)=k-d and eEG(u)f(e)=k for any uV(G){v}\sum_{e\in E_G(u)}f(e)=k \text{ for any } u\in V(G)-\{v\}. Then GG is kk-dd-critical. In this paper, we establish tight sufficient conditions in terms of size or spectral radius respectively for a graph GG to be generalized factor-critical, generalized bicritical, and kk-dd-critical. Furthermore, we prove the equivalence of the existence of four factors (namely, {K2,{Ct:t3}}\{K_2,\{C_t: t\geq 3\}\}-factor, {K2,{C2t+1:t1}}\{K_2,\{C_{2t+1}:t\geq 1 \}\}-factor, fractional perfect matching, perfect kk-matching with even kk) in a graph. Thus we also give size conditions and spectral radius conditions for a graph GvG-v to have one of the four factors for any vV(G)v\in V(G).

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@article{arxiv.2602.01512,
  title  = {Size conditions and spectral conditions for generalized factor-critical (bicritical) graphs and $k$-$d$-critical graphs},
  author = {Zhenhao Zhang and Ligong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.01512},
  year   = {2026}
}