We prove that every connected graph on n vertices can be covered by at most nΓ2+O(n 3Γ4 ) paths. This implies that a weak version of a well-known conjecture of Gallai is asymptotically true.
Covering the edges of a graph by circuits
β Scribed by D. Ya. Kesel'man
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 847 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-8337
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