## Lin, Hao and Wang, Xiumei - Three matching intersection property for matching covered graphs

dmtcs:3728 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 15, 2018, Vol. 19 no. 3
Three matching intersection property for matching covered graphs

Authors: Lin, Hao and Wang, Xiumei

In connection with Fulkerson's conjecture on cycle covers, Fan and Raspaud proposed a weaker conjecture: For every bridgeless cubic graph $G$, there are three perfect matchings $M_1$, $M_2$, and $M_3$ such that $M_1\cap M_2 \cap M_3=\emptyset$. We call the property specified in this conjecture the three matching intersection property (and 3PM property for short). We study this property on matching covered graphs. The main results are a necessary and sufficient condition and its applications to characterization of special graphs, such as the Halin graphs and 4-regular graphs.

Source : oai:arXiv.org:1611.09531
DOI : 10.23638/DMTCS-19-3-16
Volume: Vol. 19 no. 3
Section: Graph Theory
Published on: January 15, 2018
Submitted on: June 22, 2017
Keywords: Mathematics - Combinatorics,05C70