Linear balanceable and subcubic balanceable graphs
Abstract
In [{Structural properties and decomposition of linear balanced matrices}, {\it Mathematical Programming}, 55:129--168, 1992], Conforti and Rao conjectured that every balanced bipartite graph contains an edge that is not the unique chord of a cycle. We prove this conjecture for balanced bipartite graphs that do not contain a cycle of length 4 (also known as linear balanced bipartite graphs), and for balanced bipartite graphs whose maximum degree is at most 3. We in fact obtain results for more general classes, namely linear balanceable and subcubic balanceable graphs. Additionally, we prove that cubic balanced graphs contain a pair of twins, a result that was conjectured by Morris, Spiga and Webb in [Balanced Cayley graphs and balanced planar graphs, {\it Discrete Mathematics}, 310:3228--3235, 2010].
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@article{arxiv.1309.1961,
title = {Linear balanceable and subcubic balanceable graphs},
author = {Pierre Aboulker and Marko Radovanović and Nicolas Trotignon and Théophile Trunck and Kristina Vušković},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1961},
year = {2015}
}