Maximum fractional factors in graphs

نویسندگان

  • Guizhen Liu
  • Qinglin Yu
  • Lanju Zhang
چکیده

We prove that fractional k-factors can be transformed among themselves by using a new adjusting operation repeatedly. We introduce, analogous to Berge’s augmenting path method in matching theory, the technique of increasing walk and derive a characterization of maximum fractional k-factors in graphs. As applications of this characterization, several results about connected fractional 1-factors are obtained. c © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Appl. Math. Lett.

دوره 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007