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Petersen proved that every 2k-regular graph can be decomposed into k disjoint 2-factors. I would like to know that is it true that if G is a directed regular graph (d_out(v)=d_in(v)=k), then can G be decomposed into k directed 2-factors? And if it is true where can I find a proof for it?

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It is true. In order to find a 2-factor in a regular directed graph, you need to associate an outneighbour to any vertex, in such a way that two vertices select different outneighbours.

Use Hall's theorem to obtain that. Hall's theorem always works on regular bipartite graph.

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