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Even [a,b]-factors in graphs

Authors 1, 2

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, UMR 8623 Bât. 490, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
  2. Department of Mathematics, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7G, DK-9220 Aalborg Øst, Denmark

Abstract

Let a and b be integers 4 ≤ a ≤ b. We give simple, sufficient conditions for graphs to contain an even [a,b]-factor. The conditions are on the order and on the minimum degree, or on the edge-connectivity of the graph.

Keywords

ENG
even factor, eulerian, spanning subgraph

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory
2004/24/3
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Pages:
431-441
Main language of publication
English
Received
2003-04-22
Accepted
2003-10-09
Published
2004

DOI: 10.7151/dmgt.1242

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