For a graph G and even integers b ⩾ a ⩾ 2, a spanning subgraph F of G such that a ⩽ degF (x) ⩽ b and degF (x) is even for all x ∈ V (F) is called an even [a, b]-factor of G. In this paper, we show that a 2-edge-connected graph G of order n has an even [2, b]-factor if [...] max {degG (x),degG (y)}⩾max {2n2+b,3} $\max \{ \deg _G (x),\deg _G (y)\} \ge \max \left\{ {{{2n} \over {2 + b}},3} \right\}$ for any nonadjacent vertices x and y of G. Moreover, we show that for b ⩾ 3a and a > 2, there exists an infinite family of 2-edge-connected graphs G of order n with δ(G) ⩾ a such that G satisfies the condition [...] degG (x)+degG (y)>2ana+b $\deg _G (x) + \deg _G (y) > {{2an} \over {a + b}}$ for any nonadjacent vertices x and y of G, but has no even [a, b]-factors. In particular, the infinite family of graphs gives a counterexample to the conjecture of Matsuda on the existence of an even [a, b]-factor.
In this note we give a characterization of the complete bipartite graphs which have an even (odd) [a,b]-factor. For general graphs we prove that an a-edge connected graph G with n vertices and with δ(G) ≥ max{a+1,an/(a+b) + a - 2} has an even [a,b]-factor, where a and b are even and 2 ≤ a ≤ b. With regard to the edge-connectivity this result is slightly better than one of the similar results obtained by Kouider and Vestergaard in 2004 and unlike their results, this result has no restriction on the order of graphs.
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