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Some existence theorems on path-factor critical avoidable graphs

Combinatorics 2023-04-04 v1

Abstract

A spanning subgraph FF of GG is called a path factor if every component of FF is a path of order at least 2. Let k2k\geq2 be an integer. A PkP_{\geq k}-factor of GG means a path factor in which every component has at least kk vertices. A graph GG is called a PkP_{\geq k}-factor avoidable graph if for any eE(G)e\in E(G), GG has a PkP_{\geq k}-factor avoiding ee. A graph GG is called a (Pk,n)(P_{\geq k},n)-factor critical avoidable graph if for any WV(G)W\subseteq V(G) with W=n|W|=n, GWG-W is a PkP_{\geq k}-factor avoidable graph. In other words, GG is (Pk,n)(P_{\geq k},n)-factor critical avoidable if for any WV(G)W\subseteq V(G) with W=n|W|=n and any eE(GW)e\in E(G-W), GWeG-W-e admits a PkP_{\geq k}-factor. In this article, we verify that (\romannumeral1) an (n+r+2)(n+r+2)-connected graph GG is (P2,n)(P_{\geq2},n)-factor critical avoidable if I(G)>n+r+32(r+2)I(G)>\frac{n+r+3}{2(r+2)}; (\romannumeral2) an (n+r+2)(n+r+2)-connected graph GG is (P3,n)(P_{\geq3},n)-factor critical avoidable if t(G)>n+r+22(r+2)t(G)>\frac{n+r+2}{2(r+2)}; (\romannumeral3) an (n+r+2)(n+r+2)-connected graph GG is (P3,n)(P_{\geq3},n)-factor critical avoidable if I(G)>n+3(r+2)2(r+2)I(G)>\frac{n+3(r+2)}{2(r+2)}; where nn and rr are two nonnegative integers.

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@article{arxiv.2304.00937,
  title  = {Some existence theorems on path-factor critical avoidable graphs},
  author = {Sizhong Zhou and Hongxia Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00937},
  year   = {2023}
}

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