摘要
线性森林是指所有分支都是路的森林.图G的线性荫度la(G)是划分G的边集E(G)所需的线性森林的最小数目.图G和H的笛卡尔积图G□H定义为:顶点集V(G□H)={(u,v)u∈V(G),v∈V(H)}.边集E(G□H)={(u,x)(v,y)u=v且xy∈E(H),或uv∈E(G)且x=y}.令Pm与Cm分别表示m个顶点的路和圈,Kn表示n个顶点的完全图.证明了la(Kn□Pm)=(n+1)/2(m≥2),la(Kn□Cm)=(n+2)/2以及la(Kn□Km)=(n+m-1)/2.证明过程给出了将这些图分解成线性森林的方法.进一步的线性荫度猜想对这些图类是成立的.
A linear forest is a forest whose components are paths. The linear arboricity la (G) of a graph G is the minimum number of linear forests which partition the edge set E(G) of G. The Cartesian product G□H of two graphs G and H is defined as the graph with vertex set V(G□H) = {(u, v)| u ∈V(G), v∈V(H) } and edge set E(G□H) = { ( u, x) ( v, Y)|u=v and xy∈E(H), or uv∈E(G) and x=y}. Let Pm and Cm,, respectively, denote the path and cycle on m vertices and K, denote the complete graph on n vertices. It is proved that (Km□Pm)=[n+1/2]for m≥2,la(Km□Cm)=[n+2/2],and la(Km□Km)=[n+m-1/2]. The methods to decompose these graphs into linear forests are given in the proofs. Furthermore, the linear arboricity conjecture is true for these classes of graphs.
基金
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10971025)
关键词
线性森林
线性荫度
笛卡尔积
linear forest
linear arboricity
Cartesian product