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Even Factors of Large Size
Author(s) -
Favaron Odile,
Kouider Mekkia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of graph theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1097-0118
pISSN - 0364-9024
DOI - 10.1002/jgt.21773
Subject(s) - mathematics , combinatorics , vertex (graph theory) , graph , graph factorization , discrete mathematics , line graph , voltage graph
An even factor of a graph is a spanning subgraph in which each vertex has a positive even degree. We show that if a simple graph G = ( V G , E G ) admits an even factor, then one of its even factors has at least9 ( | E G | + 1 ) 16 edges.