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The Tutte's condition in terms of graph factors

Combinatorics 2018-06-26 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a connected general graph of even order, with a function f ⁣:V(G)Z+f\colon V(G)\to\Z^+. We obtain that GG satisfies the Tutte's condition o(GS)vSf(v)for any nonempty set SV(G), o(G-S)\le \sum_{v\in S}f(v)\qquad\text{for any nonempty set $S\subset V(G)$}, with respect to ff if and only if GG contains an HH-factor for any function H ⁣:V(G)2NH\colon V(G)\to 2^\N such that H(v){Jf(v),Jf+(v)}H(v)\in \{J_f(v),\,J_f^+(v)\} for each vV(G)v\in V(G), where the set Jf(v)J_f(v) consists of the integer f(v)f(v) and all positive odd integers less than f(v)f(v), and the set Jf+(v)J^+_f(v) consists of positive odd integers less than or equal to f(v)+1f(v)+1. We also obtain a characterization for graphs of odd order satisfying the Tutte's condition with respect to a function.

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@article{arxiv.1806.09357,
  title  = {The Tutte's condition in terms of graph factors},
  author = {Hongliang Lu and David G. L. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09357},
  year   = {2018}
}

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