Tutte's Edge-Colouring Conjecture

نویسندگان

  • Neil Robertson
  • Paul D. Seymour
  • Robin Thomas
چکیده

Tutte made the conjecture in 1966 that every 2-connected cubic graph not containing the Petersen graph as a minor is 3-edge-colourable. The conjecture is still open, but we show that it is true in general provided it is true for two special kinds of cubic graphs that are almost planar.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B

دوره 70  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997