Paired $(n-1)$-to-$(n-1)$ disjoint path covers in bipartite transposition-like graphs

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Autores principales: Coleman, Anna, Fischberg, Gabrielle, Gong, Charles, Harrington, Joshua, Wong, Tony W. H.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Coleman, Anna
Fischberg, Gabrielle
Gong, Charles
Harrington, Joshua
Wong, Tony W. H.
author_facet Coleman, Anna
Fischberg, Gabrielle
Gong, Charles
Harrington, Joshua
Wong, Tony W. H.
contents A paired $k$-to-$k$ disjoint path cover of a graph $G$ is a collection of pairwise disjoint path subgraphs $P_1,P_2,\dotsc,P_k$ such that each $P_i$ has prescribed vertices $s_i$ and $t_i$ as endpoints and the union of $P_1,P_2,\dotsc,P_k$ contains all vertices of $G$. In this paper, we introduce bipartite transposition-like graphs, which are inductively constructed from lower ranked bipartite transposition-like graphs. We show that every rank $n$ bipartite transposition-like graph $G$ admit a paired $(n-1)$-to-$(n-1)$ disjoint path cover for all choices of $S=\{s_1,s_2,\dotsc,s_{n-1}\}$ and $T=\{t_1,t_2,\dotsc,t_{n-1}\}$, provided that $S$ is in one partite set of $G$ and $T$ is in the other.
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spellingShingle Paired $(n-1)$-to-$(n-1)$ disjoint path covers in bipartite transposition-like graphs
Coleman, Anna
Fischberg, Gabrielle
Gong, Charles
Harrington, Joshua
Wong, Tony W. H.
Combinatorics
05C45, 05C70, 05C75
A paired $k$-to-$k$ disjoint path cover of a graph $G$ is a collection of pairwise disjoint path subgraphs $P_1,P_2,\dotsc,P_k$ such that each $P_i$ has prescribed vertices $s_i$ and $t_i$ as endpoints and the union of $P_1,P_2,\dotsc,P_k$ contains all vertices of $G$. In this paper, we introduce bipartite transposition-like graphs, which are inductively constructed from lower ranked bipartite transposition-like graphs. We show that every rank $n$ bipartite transposition-like graph $G$ admit a paired $(n-1)$-to-$(n-1)$ disjoint path cover for all choices of $S=\{s_1,s_2,\dotsc,s_{n-1}\}$ and $T=\{t_1,t_2,\dotsc,t_{n-1}\}$, provided that $S$ is in one partite set of $G$ and $T$ is in the other.
title Paired $(n-1)$-to-$(n-1)$ disjoint path covers in bipartite transposition-like graphs
topic Combinatorics
05C45, 05C70, 05C75
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11381