Graphs of non-crossing perfect matchings

Let Pn be a set of n = 2m points that are the vertices of a convex polygon, and let Mm be the graph having as vertices all the perfect matchings in the point set Pn whose edges are straight line segments and do not cross, and edges joining two perfect matchings M1 and M2 if M2 = M1 ¡ (a; b) ¡ (c; d)...

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Autores: Hernando Martín, María del Carmen|||0000-0002-3864-6566, Hurtado Díaz, Fernando Alfredo|||0000-0002-0108-9671, Noy Serrano, Marcos|||0000-0002-2399-1359
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/829
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/829
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Graph theory
Perfect matching
Non-crossing configuration
Gray code
Grafs, Teoria de
Classificació AMS::05 Combinatorics::05C Graph theory
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Sumario:Let Pn be a set of n = 2m points that are the vertices of a convex polygon, and let Mm be the graph having as vertices all the perfect matchings in the point set Pn whose edges are straight line segments and do not cross, and edges joining two perfect matchings M1 and M2 if M2 = M1 ¡ (a; b) ¡ (c; d) + (a; d) + (b; c) for some points a; b; c; d of Pn. We prove the following results about Mm: its diameter is m ¡ 1; it is bipartite for every m; the connectivity is equal to m ¡ 1; it has no Hamilton path for m odd, m > 3; and finally it has a Hamilton cycle for every m even, m>=4.