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Towards a characterisation of Pfaffian graphs

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

A bipartite graph G is known to be Pfaffian if and only if it does not contain an even subdivision H of K3,3K_{3,3} such that GVHG - VH contains a 1-factor. However a general characterisation of Pfaffian graphs in terms of forbidden subgraphs is currently not known. In this paper we describe a possible approach to the derivation of such a characterisation. We also extend the characterisation for bipartite graphs to a slightly more general class of graphs.

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@article{arxiv.math/9909026,
  title  = {Towards a characterisation of Pfaffian graphs},
  author = {Charles H. C. Little and Franz Rendl and Ilse Fischer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9909026},
  year   = {2007}
}

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