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Towards an edge-coloured Corr\'adi--Hajnal theorem

Combinatorics 2024-08-21 v1

Abstract

A classical result of Corr\'adi and Hajnal states that every graph GG on nn vertices with n3Nn\in 3\mathbb{N} and δ(G)2n/3\delta(G) \ge 2n/3 contains a perfect triangle-tiling, i.e.,\ a spanning set of vertex-disjoint triangles. We explore a generalisation of this result to edge-coloured graphs. Let GG be an edge-coloured graph on nn vertices. The minimum colour degree δc(G)\delta^c(G) of GG is the largest integer kk such that, for every vertex vV(G)v \in V(G), there are at least kk distinct colours on edges incident to vv. We show that if δc(G)(5/6+ε)n\delta^c(G) \ge (5/6 + \varepsilon) n, then GG has a spanning set of vertex-disjoint rainbow triangles. On the other hand, we find an example showing the bound should be at least 5n/75n/7. We also discuss a related tiling problems on digraphs, which may be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.2408.10651,
  title  = {Towards an edge-coloured Corr\'adi--Hajnal theorem},
  author = {Allan Lo and Ella Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.10651},
  year   = {2024}
}