English

Vizing's edge-recoloring conjecture holds

Combinatorics 2023-02-28 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

In 1964 Vizing proved that starting from any k-edge-coloring of a graph G one can reach, using only Kempe swaps, a (Δ\Delta + 1)-edge-coloring of G where Δ\Delta is the maximum degree of G. One year later he conjectured that one can also reach a Δ\Delta-edge-coloring of G if there exists one. Bonamy et. al proved that the conjecture is true for the case of triangle-free graphs. In this paper we prove the conjecture for all graphs.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2302.12914,
  title  = {Vizing's edge-recoloring conjecture holds},
  author = {Jonathan Narboni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.12914},
  year   = {2023}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:49:12.832Z