On the thickness and arboricity of a graph

نویسندگان

  • Alice M. Dean
  • Joan P. Hutchinson
  • Edward R. Scheinerman
چکیده

We prove that the thickness and the arboricity of a graph with e edges are at most Lfl3 + 3/2J and r~l, respectively, and that the laller bound is best possible. The thickness of a graph G, e(G), is the mInImum number of planar graphs into which the edges of G can be partitioned, and the arboricity, J(G), is the minimum number of acyclic graphs into which the edges of G can be partitioned. Nash-Williams [9J has determined a precise formula for the arboricity of a graph; namely, All rights of reproduclion in any Corm reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B

دوره 52  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1991