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A Proof of the Tree Packing Conjecture

Combinatorics 2024-10-24 v2

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Gy\'arf\'as (1976), which asserts that any family of trees T1,,TnT_1, \dots, T_{n} where each TkT_k has kk vertices packs into KnK_n. We do so by translating the decomposition problem into a labeling problem, namely complete labeling. Our proof employs the polynomial method using a functional reformulation of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2410.13840,
  title  = {A Proof of the Tree Packing Conjecture},
  author = {Parikshit Chalise and Antwan Clark and Edinah K. Gnang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.13840},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2409.01981

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