We prove that every connected graph on n vertices can be covered by at most nÂ2+O(n 3Â4 ) paths. This implies that a weak version of a well-known conjecture of Gallai is asymptotically true.
Covering the edges of a graph by three odd subgraphs
✍ Scribed by Tamás Mátrai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-9024
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