Induced matchings in cubic graphs

نویسندگان

  • Peter Horák
  • He Qing
  • William T. Trotter
چکیده

In this paper, we show that the edge set of a cubic graph can always be partitioned into 10 subsets, each of which induces a matching in the graph. This result is a special case of a general conjecture made by Erdos and NeSetiil: For each d 2 3, the edge set of a graph of maximum degree d can always be partitioned into [5d2/4] subsets each of which induces a matching.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of Graph Theory

دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993