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An edge-coloured version of Dirac's theorem

Combinatorics 2013-12-11 v2

Abstract

Let GG be an edge-coloured graph. The minimum colour degree δc(G) \delta^c(G) of GG is the largest integer kk such that, for every vertex vv, there are at least kk distinct colours on edges incident to vv. We say that GG is properly coloured if no two adjacent edges have the same colour. In this paper, we show that every edge-coloured graph GG with δc(G)2G/3 \delta^c(G) \ge 2|G| / 3 contains a properly coloured 22-factor. Furthermore, we show that for any ε>0 \varepsilon > 0 there exists an integer n0 n_0 such that every edge-coloured graph GG with G=nn0|G| = n \ge n_0 and δc(G)(2/3+ε)n \delta^c(G) \ge ( 2/3 + \varepsilon ) n contains a properly coloured cycle of length \ell for every 3n3 \le \ell \le n. This result is best possible in the sense that the statement is false for δc(G)<2n/3 \delta^c(G) < 2n / 3 .

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@article{arxiv.1212.6735,
  title  = {An edge-coloured version of Dirac's theorem},
  author = {Allan Lo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.6735},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Minor revision. Accepted for publication in SIAM Journal Discrete Mathematics

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