Calculating the number of the linear factors in planar graphs.
In this paper we consider partitions (resp. packings) of graphs without odd chordless cycles into cliques of order at least 2. We give a structure theorem, min-max results and characterization theorems for this kind of partitions and packings.
The Hadwiger number h(G) of a graph G is the maximum size of a complete minor of G. Hadwiger's Conjecture states that h(G) ≥ χ(G). Since χ(G) α(G) ≥ |V(G)|, Hadwiger's Conjecture implies that α(G) h(G) ≥ |V(G)|. We show that (2α(G) - ⌈log_{τ}(τα(G)/2)⌉) h(G) ≥ |V(G)| where τ ≍ 6.83. For graphs with α(G) ≥ 14, this improves on a recent result of Kawarabayashi and Song who showed (2α(G) - 2) h(G) ≥ |V(G) | when α(G) ≥ 3.
A dominating set in a graph is a connected dominating set of if it induces a connected subgraph of . The connected domatic number of is the maximum number of pairwise disjoint, connected dominating sets in . We establish a sharp lower bound on the number of edges in a connected graph with a given order and given connected domatic number. We also show that a planar graph has connected domatic number at most 4 and give a characterization of planar graphs having connected domatic number 3.
In this paper, we study the existence of cycle double covers for infinite planar graphs. We show that every infinite locally finite bridgeless k-indivisible graph with a 2-basis admits a cycle double cover.
We examine decompositions of complete graphs with an even number of vertices, , into n isomorphic spanning trees. While methods of such decompositions into symmetric trees have been known, we develop here a more general method based on a new type of vertex labelling, called flexible q-labelling. This labelling is a generalization of labellings introduced by Rosa and Eldergill.
Snarks are bridgeless cubic graphs with chromatic index χ' = 4. A snark G is called critical if χ'(G-{v,w}) = 3, for any two adjacent vertices v and w. For any k ≥ 2 we construct cyclically 5-edge connected critical snarks G having an independent set I of at least k vertices such that χ'(G-I) = 4. For k = 2 this solves a problem of Nedela and Skoviera [6].