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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 18(2) (1998) 233-242
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1079

2-HALVABLE COMPLETE 4-PARTITE GRAPHS

Dalibor Fronček

Department of Applied Mathematics
Technical University Ostrava
17 listopadu, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

e-mail: dalibor.froncek@vsb.cz

Abstract

A complete 4-partite graph Km1,m2,m3,m4 is called d-halvable if it can be decomposed into two isomorphic factors of diameter d. In the class of graphs Km1,m2,m3,m4 with at most one odd part all d-halvable graphs are known. In the class of biregular graphs Km1,m2,m3,m4 with four odd parts (i.e., the graphs Km,m,m,n and Km,m,n,n) all d-halvable graphs are known as well, except for the graphs Km,m,n,n when d = 2 and n ≠ m. We prove that such graphs are 2-halvable iff n,m ≥ 3. We also determine a new class of non-halvable graphs Km1,m2,m3,m4 with three or four different odd parts.

Keywords: Graph decompositions, isomorphic factors, selfcomplementary graphs.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C70.

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Received 9 March 1998
Revised 3 August 1998


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