Maximum matchings in 3-connected graphs contain contractible edges
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In this paper it is shovm that every maximum matching in a 3-connectccl graph, other than ](4, contains at least one contractible edge. In the case of a. perfect ma.tching, those graphs in \vhich there exists a perfect matching containing precisely one contractible edge arc characterized.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Australasian J. Combinatorics
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992