Distance-restricted matching extension in triangulations of the torus and the Klein bottle (Q743652)

Summary: A graph \(G\) with at least \(2m+2\) edges is said to be distance \(d\) \(m\)-extendable if for any matching \(M\) in \(G\) with \(m\) edges in which the edges lie pair-wise distance at least \(d\), there exists a perfect matching in \(G\) containing \(M\). In a previous paper, \textit{R. E. L. Aldred} and \textit{M. D. Plummer} [Australas. J. Comb. 29, 215--224 (2004; Zbl 1048.05066)] proved that every 5-connected triangulation of the plane or the projective plane of even order is distance \(5\;m\)-extendable for any \(m\). In this paper we prove that the same conclusion holds for every triangulation of the torus or the Klein bottle.