DIMACS TR: 2000-23

How Many Disjoint 2--edge Paths Must a Cubic Graph Have?



Authors: Alexander Kelmans and Dhruv Mubayi

ABSTRACT

In this paper we show that every simple cubic graph on $n$ vertices has a list of at least n/4 disjoint 2-edge paths and that this bound is sharp. Our proof provides a polynomial time algorithm for finding such a list in a simple cubic graph.

Keywords: packing, 2--edge path, cubic graph, polynomial time algorithm.



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