Almost every tree with m edges decomposes K2m,2m

We show that asymptotically almost surely a tree with m edges decomposes the complete bipartite graph K2m,2m, a result connected to a conjecture of Graham and Häggkvist. The result also implies that asymptotically almost surely a tree with m edges decomposes the complete graph with O(m2) edges. An i...

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Autores: Drmota, Michael, Lladó Sánchez, Ana M.|||0000-0002-0993-6556
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/28488
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/28488
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963548313000485
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Graph theory
Bipartition
Complete bipartite graphs
Complete graphs
Equal sizes
Random tree
Grafs, Teoria de
05C Graph theory
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica discreta::Teoria de grafs
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Resumo:We show that asymptotically almost surely a tree with m edges decomposes the complete bipartite graph K2m,2m, a result connected to a conjecture of Graham and Häggkvist. The result also implies that asymptotically almost surely a tree with m edges decomposes the complete graph with O(m2) edges. An ingredient of the proof consists in showing that the bipartition classes of the base tree of a random tree have roughly equal size. © Cambridge University Press 2013.