On the parallel complexity of the alternating hamiltonian cycle problem
On the parallel complexity of the alternating Hamiltonian cycle problem
Given a graph with colored edges, a Hamiltonian cycle is called alternating if its successive edges differ in color. The problem of finding such a cycle, even for 2-edge-colored graphs, is trivially NP-complete, while it is known to be polynomial for 2-edge-colored complete graphs. In this paper we study the parallel complexity of finding such a cycle, if any, in 2-edge-colored complete graphs. We give a new characterization for such a graph admitting an alternating Hamiltonian cycle which allows...
Perfect matching in general vs. cubic graphs : a note on the planar and bipartite cases
Perfect Matching in General vs. Cubic Graphs: A Note on the Planar and Bipartite Cases
It is known that finding a perfect matching in a general graph is -equivalent to finding a perfect matching in a 3-regular ( cubic) graph. In this paper we extend this result to both, planar and bipartite cases. In particular we prove that the construction problem for perfect matchings in planar graphs is as difficult as in the case of planar cubic graphs like it is known to be the case for the famous Map Four-Coloring problem. Moreover we prove that the existence and construction...
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