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Unions of 1-factors in $r$-graphs and overfull graphs

Combinatorics 2019-10-07 v2

Abstract

We prove lower bounds for the fraction of edges of an rr-graph which can be covered by the union of kk 1-factors. The special case r=3r=3 yields some known results for cubic graphs. Furthermore, we introduce the concept of kk-overfull-free rr-graphs and achieve better bounds for these graphs.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1509.01823,
  title  = {Unions of 1-factors in $r$-graphs and overfull graphs},
  author = {Ligang Jin and Eckhard Steffen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01823},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

14 pages, no figure, 1 table. To be published in Journal of Combinatorics. Difference from the previous version: We add the results on overfull graphs, stated in Chapter 4; Moreover, Corollary 3.2 is new