The Hamilton-Waterloo problem with even cycle lengths

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2019.04.013zbMATH Open1441.05178arXiv1810.02009OpenAlexW2963299192WikidataQ127864071 ScholiaQ127864071MaRDI QIDQ2319702FDOQ2319702

Authors: Peter Danziger, Tommaso Traetta, Andrea Burgess 

Publication date: 20 August 2019

Published in: Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Hamilton-Waterloo Problem HWP$$ asks for a 2-factorization of the complete graph $K_v$ or $K_v-I$, the complete graph with the edges of a 1-factor removed, into $alpha$ $C_m$-factors and $$ $C_n$-factors, where $3leqm<n$. In the case that $m$ and $n$ are both even, the problem has been solved except possibly when $$ or when $alpha$ and $$ are both odd, in which case necessarily $vequiv2pmod4$. In this paper, we develop a new construction that creates factorizations with larger cycles from existing factorizations under certain conditions. This construction enables us to show that there is a solution to HWP$$ for odd $alpha$ and $$ whenever the obvious necessary conditions hold, except possibly if $$; $$ and $gcd(m,n)=1$; $alpha=1$; or $v=2mn/gcd(m,n)$. This result almost completely settles the existence problem for even cycles, other than the possible exceptions noted above.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.02009

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Waterloo problem2-factorizations(resolvable) cycle decompositions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distance in graphs (05C12) Paths and cycles (05C38) Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.) (05C70)

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