Packing and Covering Directed Triangles

被引:3
作者
McDonald, Jessica [1 ]
Puleo, Gregory J. [1 ]
Tennenhouse, Craig [2 ]
机构
[1] Auburn Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
[2] Univ New England, Dept Math Sci, Biddeford, ME 04005 USA
关键词
Digraphs; Packing; Covering; Triangles; CONJECTURE; GRAPHS;
D O I
10.1007/s00373-020-02167-8
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We prove that if a directed multigraph D has at most t pairwise arc-disjoint directed triangles, then there exists a set of less than 2t arcs in D which meets all directed triangles in D, except in the trivial case t=0. This answers affirmatively a question of Tuza from 1990.
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页码:1059 / 1063
页数:5
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