Using multi-terminal networks we build methods on constructing graphs without nowhere-zero group-and integer-valued flows. In this way we unify known constructions of snarks (nontrivial cubic graphs without edge-3-colorings, or equivalently, without nowhere-zero 4-flows) and provide new ones in the
The size of graphs without nowhere-zero 4-flows
✍ Scribed by Hong-Jian Lai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 428 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-9024
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✦ Synopsis
Let G be a 2-edge-connected simple graph with order n. We show that if IV(G)l 5 17, then either G has a nowhere-zero 4-flow, or G is contractible to the Petersen graph. We also show that for n large, if I€(G)J L (' 2 17) + 34, then either G has a nonwhere-zero 4-flow, or G can be contracted to the Petersen graph.
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