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Notes on the binding numbers for (a, b, k)-critical graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Sizhong Zhou
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Mengxi Road 2, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003People's Republic of China e-mail address: zsz-cumt@163.com
Jiashang Jiang
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Mengxi Road 2, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003People's Republic of China e-mail address: zsz-cumt@163.com
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Let G be a graph of order n, and let a, b, k be nonnegative integers with 1 ≤ a < b. An [a, b]-factor of graph G is defined as a spanning subgraph F of G such that adF(x) ≤ b for each x ϵ V (F). Then a graph G is called an (a, b, k)-critical graph if after deleting any k vertices of G the remaining graph of G has an [a, b]-factor. In this paper, it is proved that G is an (a, b, k)-critical graph if the binding number and

Furthermore, it is showed that the result in this paper is best possible in some sense.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2007

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