Questions tagged [matching-theory]
For questions about matchings in graph theory. A matching on a graph is a set of edges such that no two edges share a common vertex.
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Maximal matchable set in hypergraph with finite edges
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. A set $M\subseteq E$ consisting of mutually disjoint members of $E$ is said to be a matching. We say $S\subseteq V$ is matchable if there is a matching $M$ such that $\...
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Matching number in infinite hypergraphs
If $H= (V,E)$ is a hypergraph, a matching is a set $M\subseteq E$ such that $e_1\cap e_2 = \emptyset$ whenever $e_1\neq e_2 \in M$. The matching number $\mu(H)$ of a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$ with $V$ ...
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Topology of densest graphs whose optimal $3D$-matching can be calculated efficiently
let $A=\lbrace a_1,\,\dots,\,a_k\rbrace $ and $B=\lbrace b_1,\,\dots,\,b_{2k}\rbrace,\ A\cap B=\emptyset$ be be a partition of a graph's vertex set $V$, i.e. $V\,=\,A\cup B$.
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Do I need to find a maximum matching to get the matching number of a graph?
Let’s say we are talking about a simple undirected graph with no loops and no multiple edges. But not necessarily bipartite. And we need to find its matching number. Do we have to find a maximum ...
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What's the name of the graph operation of connecting two copies of a graph with a perfect matching?
Let $G=(V_1,E_1)$ be a simple graph with vertex set $\{v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_n\}$ and let $G'=(V_2,E_2)$ be another copy of $G$ with vertex set $\{u_1,u_2,\ldots,u_n\}$. Assume $V_1\cap V_2= \emptyset$.
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A counterexample of a theorem about matching extendable
$M$ is perfect if $M$ covers all vertices of $G$, and $M$ is extendable if $G$ has a perfect matching containing $M$. Moreover, a graph $G$ with at least $2k + 2$ vertices is said to be $k$-extendable ...
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Disjoint perfect matchings in complete bipartite graph
Let $K_{n,n}$ be a complete bipartite graph with two parts $\{u_1,u_2,\ldots,u_n\}$ and $\{v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_n\}$, and let $K^-_{n,n}$ be the graph derived from $K_{n,n}$ by delete a perfect matching $\...
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Generalization of Marshall Hall's Theorem to non-simple bipartite graphs
Lemma 8.6.5 of the book "Matching Theory" by Lovász and Plummer states the following lemma:
Lemma: Let $G$ be a simple bipartite graph with bipartition $(A,B)$, and assume that each point ...
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Berge-Fulkerson conjecture --- the planar case
A well-known conjecture of Berge and Fulkerson says that every bridgeless cubic graph has a collection of six perfect matchings that together cover every edge exactly twice. Is this still open for ...
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Bipartite graph with exactly one perfect matching
$\textbf{Problem:}$ Find all bipartite graphs $G[X,Y]$ satisfying the following properties:
$1.$ $|X|=|Y|$, where $|X|\ge 2$ and $|Y|\ge 2$.
$2.$ All vertices have degree three except for two vertices ...
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Can rectangular optimal assignment be reduced to quadratic optimal assignment
Let $G(V=A\mathbin{\dot\cup} B, E\subseteq A\times B)$ be a bipartite graph with $n=n_a+n_b,\ n_a\lt n_b $ vertices and weighted edges$.
Let further $G$ have a unique minimum weight matching $\mathcal{...
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Name for a type of assignment task
given a bipartite graph $G(U,V,E\subseteq U\times V)$ with strictly positive edge-weights; is there an established name for the the task of calculating the lightest spanning subgraph and what is the ...
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A perfect rainbow matching in an edge-colored graph with spanning color classes
This question is related to my last question and is eventually motivated by recent advances in quantum physics. Given an even number $n\ge 6$ and a positive integer $k<n$, Claim from the linked ...
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A special perfect matching in a complete edge-colored graph
In 2018 Mario Krenn posed this question, originated from recent advances in quantum physics. Despite very intensive Krenn’s promotion and our efforts, the question is answered only in special cases. ...
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Number of edges in bipartite graphs
Let $G$ be a bipartite graph on $n$ vertices of either color.
Suppose $G$ contains no perfect matching the number of edges can be $\Omega(n^2)$ (just do not place an edge between a particular pair of ...
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Terminal set of iterated edge-filtering
Given a finite symmetric graph $G(V,E)$ with randomly weighted edges, what will the set of edges be that survives the following refiltering process that is repeated until no edges exist that satisfy ...
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Is there any theorem similar to the Tutte–Berge formula?
Tutte–Berge formula is a characterization of the size of a maximum matching in a graph.
The theorem states that the size of a maximum matching of a graph
${\displaystyle G=(V,E)}$ equals $${\...
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Which edges to delete from cubic graphs to get good cycle covers?
Let $G\left(V,E\subset V\times V,\omega: V\supset \lbrace u,v\rbrace\mapsto w_{uv}\in\mathbb{R}\right);\ \left|e_{uv}\right|:=\omega_{uv}\quad$ be a cubic symmetric graph that contains a vertex-...
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Finding optimal cycle covers with fixed number of vertices
Optimal vertex-disjoint cycle covers of weighted symmetric graphs with $n$ vertices can be calculated efficiently with the method of Tutte.
It is also possible to efficiently calculate optimal ...
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Determining a specific perfect matching $M$ by repeatedly asking for $|M \cap M_i|$ for other perfect matchings $M_i$
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a complete bipartite graph with $2n$ vertices and $M \subset E$ some unknown perfect matching of $G$.
The goal is to determine $M$ by repeatedly choosing some perfect matching $M_i \...
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Maximum weight matching with classes of edges in a multi-edge bipartite graph
Consider a multi-edge bipartite graph $G = (L, R, E)$, with $|L| = |R| = n$, such that any $x \in L, y \in R$ have precisely two edges in $E$, $(x, y)_r, (x,y)_b$. We can imagine that we are assigning ...
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Unique bipartite perfect matchings and cycles?
Given a graph $G$ which is bipartite and balanced and has unique perfect matching let $G^{e}$ be $G$ without edge $e$. Let $G\cup G_{\pi,\pi'}$ be union of $G$ and $G_{\pi,\pi'}$ where $G_{\pi,\pi'}$ ...
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Algorithm for minimum weight matching with "tree topology"
Given a finite graph $G(V,E)$ with undirected and weighted edges, whose set of vertices $V$ is partitioned into a collection $\mathfrak{P}=\lbrace V_1,\,\dots,\,V_k\rbrace$ of non-empty and pairwise ...
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Complexity of heaviest 2-optimal vertex-disjoint cycle covers
Calculating lightest vertex-disjoint cycle covers of finite complete symmetric graphs with weighted edges can be done efficiently and also renders the edge set of the calculated cycles free of pairs ...
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Assignment problem with priorities and scores
I have run into a real problem that is actually a sort of assignment problem. I am describing it here because I am interested in knowing whether this problem already has a name (and whether there is ...
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Counting matchings in middle levels of the Boolean lattice
Let $k$ be a nonnegative integer and consider $C_k$, the set of all subsets $A$ of size $k$ in $[2k+1]=\{1,2,\ldots,2k+1\}$ as well as $C_{k+1}$, the set of all subsets $B$ of size $k+1$ in $[2k+1]$. ...
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Number of maximum matchings in bipartite graphs of positive surplus
Let $G$ be a simple bipartite graph with left part $L(G)$ and right part $R(G)$. For $S \subseteq L(G)$, denote $N(S)$ the set of neighbours of vertices of $S$. Define the surplus $s(G)$ as $\min_{S \...
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Perfect matchings in infinite regular bipartite graphs
This question was motivated by a discussion here and is related to a previous question here.
Let $\kappa$ and $\lambda$ be cardinals such that $0<\lambda\leq \kappa$. Let $G=(A\cup B, E)$ be a ...
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Relationship between minimum vertex cover and matching width
Let $H$ be a 3-partite 3-uniform hypergraph with minimum vertex cover number $\tau(H)$ (i.e. $\tau(H)=\min\{|Q|: Q\subseteq V(H), e\cap Q\neq \emptyset \text{ for all } e\in E(H)\}$).
Question: Is $\...
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$1$-factorizability for linear hypergraphs with infinite edges on $\omega$
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. We say that $M\subseteq E$ is a matching if the members of $M$ are pairwise disjoint, and $M$ is said to be perfect if $\bigcup M = E$. Moreover, $H$ is $1$-factorizable ...
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$1$-factorizability for "complete" finite hypergraphs
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph such that $V\neq \varnothing$ and $\varnothing \notin E$. A matching is a subset $M\subseteq E$ such that $m_1\neq m_2 \in M$ implies $m_1\cap m_2 = \varnothing$, and $M$ ...
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Birkhoff's theorem for hypergraphs
Birkhoff's theorem says that, in a bipartite graph $G$ in which both sides have size $n$, any fractional matching of size $n$ can be presented as a convex combination of integral matchings of size $n$ ...
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Weak $1$-factorizability
A simple, undirected graph is said to be $1$-factorizable if there is a partition of the edge set $E$ such that every member of the partition is a perfect matching of $G$. Let us call $G$ weakly $1$-...
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Are countable graphs with infinite minimal degree $1$-factorizable? [duplicate]
We say that a simple, undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ is $1$-factorizable if there is a partition of $E$ such that every member of the partition is a perfect matching of $G$. It is easy to see that any $1$-...
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Proving Hall's marriage theorem using Sperner's lemma
In the paper Hall's theorem for hypergraphs (Aharoni and Haxell, 2000),
the authors prove a theorem on the existence of perfect matchings in bipartite hypergraphs, using Sperner's lemma. At the last ...
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Perfect matching in hypergraphs: tripartite, regular and unbalanced
In a balanced bipartite graph - where both sides have the same size - a sufficient condition for the existence of a perfect matching is that the graph is regular - all vertices have the same degree.
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From fractional matching to integral matching in tripartite hypergraphs
Let $G = (X\cup Y, E)$ by a bipartite graph with $n = |X|\leq |Y|$.
A fractional matching is a function assigning a non-negative weight to every edge in $E$, such that the sum of weights near each ...
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Optimal preprocessing in the Kuhn-Munkres algorithm
The matrix formulation of the Kuhn-Munkres algorithm for solving the Linear Assignment Problem requires a preprocessing in which the minimal values of a line be subtracted from every value in that ...
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Max weighted matching where edge weight depends on the matching
Given a bipartite graph $G$, we seek a maximal weighted matching $E$. The particularity is below. Once an edge $e$ is chosen, the action of choosing $e$ adds a negative weight $w(e,e')$ to any other ...
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What graph's minimum vertex cover equals twice the maximum matching?
Matching: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_(graph_theory)
Vertex Cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex_cover
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Expanding Hall's theorem [closed]
I'm trying to get a "feel" about Hall's theorem and try to expand it for one to many matching.
So my question is:
Given a bipartite graph, what would be a neccessary and sufficient condition for that ...
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Matching generating function of 2-lifts
Let $P_G$ denote the matching generating function of a finite simple bipartite graph $G$.
Let now $H$ be a $2$-lift of $G$. We know (see for example Proposition 5.3.3 in Barvinok's book Combinatorics ...
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Number of subgraphs with matching of size $n$ for a complete bipartite graph
Say we have a $K_{n,n}$ bipartite graph (i.e. a complete bipartite graph with $n$ nodes on each side). We induce a subgraph by deleting some subset of edges. There are $2^{n^2}$ possible subgraphs. ...
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maximum weighted matching with weights being sets
Given a set $S$ and a bipartite graph $G$, each edge $v\in E(G)$ covers a subset $S_v$ of $S$. My problem is to find a matching maximizing the number of covered elements, i.e., denote $V$ the set of ...
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Does there exist an r-regular graph (r≥2) with a unique maximum matching?
Akbari, Ghodrati, Hosseinzadeh (2017), On the structure of graphs having a unique k-factor, Aust. J. Combin. (pdf) show:
... we prove that there is no r-regular graph (r≥2) with a unique perfect ...
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Hypergraphs with only disjoint perfect matchings
Let $H(n,r)$ be the set of $r$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices that have only disjoint perfect matchings (i.e. every hyperedge only appears in at most one of the perfect matchings). Let $m(h(n,r))...
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Sizes of matchings and transversals in hypergraphs
Let $H=(V,E)$ be a hypergraph. We call $H$ proper if $E\neq\emptyset, \emptyset \notin E$ and for no $e_1\neq e_2\in E$ we have $e_1\subseteq e_2$. A matching is a set $M$ of pairwise disjoint edges (...
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Extending perfect matchings into Hamiltonian cycles
Let $G$ be a simple cubic graph which has a Hamiltonian circuit $C$. In general, it is not possible to find a second Hamiltonian circuit which contains all the chords of $C$. For example, the Wagner ...
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Clutters with no maximum-size matchings
A clutter is a pair $C=(V,E)$ where $V\neq\emptyset$ is a set, and $E\subseteq {\cal P}(V)$ such that no member of $E$ is included in another member of $E$. A matching in $C$ is a collection of ...
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Decomposition of triangle-free bridgeless planar cubic graphs
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is it true that every triangle-free connected bridgeless planar cubic graph can be decomposed into a vertex-disjoint cycle cover and a single maximal matching of the edges that are adjacent ...
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