Nowhere-zero 5-flows
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چکیده
We prove that every cyclically 6-edge-connected cubic graph with oddness at most 4 has a nowhere-zero 5-flow. Therefore, a possible minimum counterexample to the 5-flow conjecture has oddness at least 6.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics
دوره 49 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015