Edge colorings and circular flows on regular graphs
Abstract
Let be the circular flow number of a bridgeless graph . In [Edge-colorings and circular flow numbers of regular graphs, J. Graph Theory 79 (2015) 1-7] it was proved that, for every , is a bridgeless -regular graph with if and only if has a perfect matching such that is bipartite. This implies that is a class 1 graph. For , all graphs with circular flow number bigger than 4 are class 2 graphs. We show for all , that . This was conjectured to be true in [Edge-colorings and circular flow numbers of regular graphs, J. Graph Theory 79 (2015) 1-7]. Moreover we prove that is a -regular class graph with no perfect matching whose removal leaves a bipartite graph. We further disprove the conjecture that every -regular class graph has circular flow number at most .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2001.02484,
title = {Edge colorings and circular flows on regular graphs},
author = {Davide Mattiolo and Eckhard Steffen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02484},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
17 pages; submitted for publication