The branchwidth of graphs and their cycle matroids
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چکیده
We prove a conjecture stating that the branchwidth of a graph and the branchwidth of the graph’s cycle matroid are equal if the graph has a cycle of length at least 2.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B
دوره 97 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007