Nowhere‐zero 3‐flow and ‐connectedness in graphs with four edge‐disjoint spanning trees

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Abstract: Given a zero-sum function with , an orientation D of G with in mathbbZ3 for every vertex vinV(G) is called a -orientation. A graph G is mathbbZ3-connected if G admits a - orientation for every zero-sum function . Jaeger et al. conjectured that every 5-edge-connected graph is mathbbZ3-connected. A graph is langlemathbbZ3angle-extendable at vertex v if any pre-orientation at v can be extended to a -orientation of G for any zero-sum function . We observe that if every 5-edge-connected essentially 6-edge-connected graph is langlemathbbZ3angle-extendable at any degree five vertex, then the above mentioned conjecture by Jaeger et al. holds as well. Furthermore, applying the partial flow extension method of Thomassen and of Lov'{a}sz et al., we prove that every graph with at least 4 edge-disjoint spanning trees is mathbbZ3-connected. Consequently, every 5-edge-connected essentially 23-edge-connected graph is langlemathbbZ3angle-extendable at degree five vertex.









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