Existence of perfect matching with low weight
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Let $kge1$, and suppose that $G$ is a $k$-regular and $(kâÂÂ1)$-edge-connected graph with an even number of vertices, and with edge weights $c:E(G)tomathbbR$.
I want to show that there is a perfect matching $M$ in $G$ with $c(M)le frac1kcdot c(E(G))$.
Edit: Below are my original thoughts on this problem which were shown to be wrong in the answers.
It would obviously suffice to show that there are $k$ pairwise-disjoint perfect matchings of $G$. Let's try to prove this by induction:
If $k=2$ then $G$ is a circle with an even number of vertices and the claim easily follows.
Now assume that $G$ is $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected. It easily follows from Tutte's Theorem that $G$ has a pefect matching $M$. Now it would be tempting to apply the inductive hypothesis to $G-M$. However while it is obvios that $G-M$ is $k$-regular it need not be $(k-1)$-edge-connected.
Here is an example of a $3$-regular, $2$-edge-connected graph $G$ with perfect matching (red) $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is not connected (i.e. $1$-edge-connected):
But maybe we just picked the wrong matching. We could have also choosen the following one which works:
So it would duffice if every $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected graph $G$ with an even number of vertices contained a perfect matching $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is $(k-1)$-edge-connected? (Unfortunetly this turned out to be wrong as shown in the answers)
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Let $kge1$, and suppose that $G$ is a $k$-regular and $(kâÂÂ1)$-edge-connected graph with an even number of vertices, and with edge weights $c:E(G)tomathbbR$.
I want to show that there is a perfect matching $M$ in $G$ with $c(M)le frac1kcdot c(E(G))$.
Edit: Below are my original thoughts on this problem which were shown to be wrong in the answers.
It would obviously suffice to show that there are $k$ pairwise-disjoint perfect matchings of $G$. Let's try to prove this by induction:
If $k=2$ then $G$ is a circle with an even number of vertices and the claim easily follows.
Now assume that $G$ is $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected. It easily follows from Tutte's Theorem that $G$ has a pefect matching $M$. Now it would be tempting to apply the inductive hypothesis to $G-M$. However while it is obvios that $G-M$ is $k$-regular it need not be $(k-1)$-edge-connected.
Here is an example of a $3$-regular, $2$-edge-connected graph $G$ with perfect matching (red) $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is not connected (i.e. $1$-edge-connected):
But maybe we just picked the wrong matching. We could have also choosen the following one which works:
So it would duffice if every $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected graph $G$ with an even number of vertices contained a perfect matching $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is $(k-1)$-edge-connected? (Unfortunetly this turned out to be wrong as shown in the answers)
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Let $kge1$, and suppose that $G$ is a $k$-regular and $(kâÂÂ1)$-edge-connected graph with an even number of vertices, and with edge weights $c:E(G)tomathbbR$.
I want to show that there is a perfect matching $M$ in $G$ with $c(M)le frac1kcdot c(E(G))$.
Edit: Below are my original thoughts on this problem which were shown to be wrong in the answers.
It would obviously suffice to show that there are $k$ pairwise-disjoint perfect matchings of $G$. Let's try to prove this by induction:
If $k=2$ then $G$ is a circle with an even number of vertices and the claim easily follows.
Now assume that $G$ is $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected. It easily follows from Tutte's Theorem that $G$ has a pefect matching $M$. Now it would be tempting to apply the inductive hypothesis to $G-M$. However while it is obvios that $G-M$ is $k$-regular it need not be $(k-1)$-edge-connected.
Here is an example of a $3$-regular, $2$-edge-connected graph $G$ with perfect matching (red) $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is not connected (i.e. $1$-edge-connected):
But maybe we just picked the wrong matching. We could have also choosen the following one which works:
So it would duffice if every $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected graph $G$ with an even number of vertices contained a perfect matching $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is $(k-1)$-edge-connected? (Unfortunetly this turned out to be wrong as shown in the answers)
graph-theory matching-theory
Let $kge1$, and suppose that $G$ is a $k$-regular and $(kâÂÂ1)$-edge-connected graph with an even number of vertices, and with edge weights $c:E(G)tomathbbR$.
I want to show that there is a perfect matching $M$ in $G$ with $c(M)le frac1kcdot c(E(G))$.
Edit: Below are my original thoughts on this problem which were shown to be wrong in the answers.
It would obviously suffice to show that there are $k$ pairwise-disjoint perfect matchings of $G$. Let's try to prove this by induction:
If $k=2$ then $G$ is a circle with an even number of vertices and the claim easily follows.
Now assume that $G$ is $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected. It easily follows from Tutte's Theorem that $G$ has a pefect matching $M$. Now it would be tempting to apply the inductive hypothesis to $G-M$. However while it is obvios that $G-M$ is $k$-regular it need not be $(k-1)$-edge-connected.
Here is an example of a $3$-regular, $2$-edge-connected graph $G$ with perfect matching (red) $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is not connected (i.e. $1$-edge-connected):
But maybe we just picked the wrong matching. We could have also choosen the following one which works:
So it would duffice if every $(k+1)$-regular and $k$-edge-connected graph $G$ with an even number of vertices contained a perfect matching $M$ s.t. $G-M$ is $(k-1)$-edge-connected? (Unfortunetly this turned out to be wrong as shown in the answers)
graph-theory matching-theory
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The Petersen graph is 3-regular and 2-edge-connected, but not Hamiltonian. Hence, removing any perfect matching results in a disconnected graph.
To be clear, this means that the answer to your question is "no".
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
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The Petersen graph is 3-regular and 2-edge-connected, but not Hamiltonian. Hence, removing any perfect matching results in a disconnected graph.
To be clear, this means that the answer to your question is "no".
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
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The Petersen graph is 3-regular and 2-edge-connected, but not Hamiltonian. Hence, removing any perfect matching results in a disconnected graph.
To be clear, this means that the answer to your question is "no".
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
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The Petersen graph is 3-regular and 2-edge-connected, but not Hamiltonian. Hence, removing any perfect matching results in a disconnected graph.
To be clear, this means that the answer to your question is "no".
The Petersen graph is 3-regular and 2-edge-connected, but not Hamiltonian. Hence, removing any perfect matching results in a disconnected graph.
To be clear, this means that the answer to your question is "no".
edited Oct 18 '17 at 13:22
answered Oct 17 '17 at 0:49
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
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As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
As usual, any question beginning with "Does there exist a graph..." has an answer beginning with "The Petersen graph..."
â Misha Lavrov
Oct 17 '17 at 3:13
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