In this note it is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a P 3 factorization of complete multipartite graph λK n m is (1) m≥3, (2) mn≡0 (mod 3) and (3) λ(m-1)n≡0 ...In this note it is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a P 3 factorization of complete multipartite graph λK n m is (1) m≥3, (2) mn≡0 (mod 3) and (3) λ(m-1)n≡0 (mod 4).展开更多
Let λK m,n be a bipartite multigraph with two partite sets having m and n vertices, respectively. A P v-factorization of λK m,n is a set of edge-disjoint P v-factors of λK m,n which partition the set of edges of λ...Let λK m,n be a bipartite multigraph with two partite sets having m and n vertices, respectively. A P v-factorization of λK m,n is a set of edge-disjoint P v-factors of λK m,n which partition the set of edges of λK m,n . When v is an even number, Ushio, Wang and the second author of the paper gave a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a P v-factorization of λK m,n . When v is an odd number, we have proposed a conjecture. Very recently, we have proved that the conjecture is true when v = 4k ? 1. In this paper we shall show that the conjecture is true when v = 4k + 1, and then the conjecture is true. That is, we will prove that the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a P 4k+1-factorization of λK m,n are (1) 2km ? (2k + 1)n, (2) 2kn ? (2k + 1)m, (3) m + n ≡ 0 (mod 4k + 1), (4) λ(4k + 1)mn/[4k(m + n)] is an integer.展开更多
文摘In this note it is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a P 3 factorization of complete multipartite graph λK n m is (1) m≥3, (2) mn≡0 (mod 3) and (3) λ(m-1)n≡0 (mod 4).
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10571133).
文摘Let λK m,n be a bipartite multigraph with two partite sets having m and n vertices, respectively. A P v-factorization of λK m,n is a set of edge-disjoint P v-factors of λK m,n which partition the set of edges of λK m,n . When v is an even number, Ushio, Wang and the second author of the paper gave a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a P v-factorization of λK m,n . When v is an odd number, we have proposed a conjecture. Very recently, we have proved that the conjecture is true when v = 4k ? 1. In this paper we shall show that the conjecture is true when v = 4k + 1, and then the conjecture is true. That is, we will prove that the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a P 4k+1-factorization of λK m,n are (1) 2km ? (2k + 1)n, (2) 2kn ? (2k + 1)m, (3) m + n ≡ 0 (mod 4k + 1), (4) λ(4k + 1)mn/[4k(m + n)] is an integer.
