Questions tagged [perfect-matchings]
A perfect matching is a matching of all the vertices of a graph. In other words, a perfect matching is a set of edges such that each vertex of the graph is incident to exactly one edge in the set.
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How to characterize "matching-transitive" regular graphs?
I am interested in regular graphs $G$ such that for each pair of 1-factors (=perfect matchings) $F$ and $F'$ there is an automorphism of $G$ that takes $F$ to $F'$. Let's call this property matching ...
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Complexity for calculating number of Perfect Matchings in k-regular hypergraph
Let $G(V,E)$ be a unweighted, k-regular hypergraph, with vertices $V=(v_1, ... v_n)$ and edges $E=(e_1, ... e_m)$. The k-regularity leads to $|e_i|=k$ (i.e. every edge contains exactly $k$ vertices).
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Matching and minimal degree
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}$ be a positive integer and let $G =(V,E)$ be a connected simple undirected graph with $|V| = 2n$. Is it true that if for the minimal degree $\delta(G)$ we have $\delta(G) \geq n$, ...
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Graphs with only disjoint perfect matchings
Let $G(V,E)$ be a graph. I am searching for graphs with only disjoint perfect matchings (i.e. every edge only appears in at most one of the perfect matchings).
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Cyclic graph $C_n$ with even ...
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Connected infinite graph $G$ with $\delta(G)\geq 2$ and no perfect matching [closed]
Is there a connected infinite graph $G=(V,E)$ such that $\text{deg}(v) \geq 2$ for all $v\in V$, and $G$ possesses no perfect matching?
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Perfect matchings in infinite graphs
Let $G=(V,E)$ be an infinite graph such that $|V| = \kappa$ for some infinite cardinal $\kappa$, and every $v\in V$ has degree $\kappa$. Does $G$ have a perfect matching?
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Does the Hadwiger-Nelson graph have a perfect matching?
The Hadwiger-Nelson graph on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is defined to be $(\mathbb{R}^n,E_n)$ where $$E_n = \big\{\{x,y\}: x,y\in \mathbb{R}^n \text{ and } |x-y|=1\big\},$$ where $|\cdot|$ denotes the Euclidean ...
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Unique matching completion
Assume we have bridgeless cubic graph $G(V, E)$, $n=|V|$.
By Petersen's theorem, every such graph has a perfect matching.
Moreover, given any edge in $G$ there exists a perfect matching containing ...
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Graph to Bipartite conversion preserving number of perfect matchings
Given a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices is there a technique to convert to a balanced bipartite graph $B$ with $O(n^c)$ vertices at some fixed $0<c$ in $O(n^{c'})$ time at some fixed $0<c'$ such that ...
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Minimum size of genus $g$ bipartite graphs with $2^n$ perfect matchings
Given $n\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0}$ let $2T_{n,g}$ be size of smallest number of vertices of genus $g$ bipartite graph with $T_{n,g}$ vertices of each color such that number of perfect matchings is $2^n$.
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Applications of Hafnians
I am learning about Hafnians but I am struggling to find real-world applications of them. I understand the applications of determinants, permanents, and even pfaffians but I am at a loss for Hafnians. ...
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Matching on sphere to create cycle with chords
Imagine a number of chords of a sphere $S$ which nearly, but not quite, pass through
the center of $S$, in such a way that no pair of chords intersect:
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Fastest algorithm for counting perfect matchings in a general graph
Let $G(V,E)$ be a undirected graph. I am interested in the fastest known algorithm for counting the number of perfect matchings in $G(V,E)$ (which is known to be in $\#P$). In particular, what is the ...
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Edmond's blossom algorithm for Max weight perfect matchings
Edmond's blossom algorithm computes a maximum weight matching in a general graph (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_algorithm).
Many papers also reference to Edmond's blossom algorithm to compute ...
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Number of perfect matchings in bipartite graph with given minimum degree
Let $G$ be a spanning subgraph of $K_{n,n}$ with minimum degree $\delta(G) \geq n/2$. It's easy to show using Hall's theorem that $G$ has a perfect matching, and the example of two disjoint copies of ...
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Reference Request: "Resolutions" of $K_n$ for $n$ odd
A resolution (in the combinatorial design sense) of $K_{n}$ is a collection of sets of edges of $K_{n}$ so that within each set of edges, each vertex appears once, and over the entire collection, each ...
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On symmetric difference of $k$-partite perfect matchings
Given a bipartite graph we know that symmetric difference of any two perfect matchings is union of even cycles.
Conversely when is it true that every union of even cycles comes from symmetric ...
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On Schrijver's lower bound for the number of perfect matchings
Schrijver's lower bound gives the number of perfect matchings in a $k$-regular bipartite graph as $\Big(\frac{(k-1)^{k-1}}{k^{k-2}}\Big)^n$. What is the corresponding lower bound for minimum-degree $k$...
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Densest Graphs with Unique Perfect Matching
Given a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, that has a perfect matching $M$, what is the maximal number of edges that $G$ can have without contradicting the uniqueness of $M$?
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Expected number of perfect matchings in bounded degree bipartite graphs
Consider collection $\mathcal C_{n,n,\Delta}$ of every $2n$ vertex balanced bipartite graph of average degree $\Delta$.
What is the expected number of perfect matching a graph in $\mathcal C_{n,n,\...
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Largest number of perfect matchings in bounded genus graphs
What is the largest number of perfect matchings a genus $g$ bipartite graph on $n+m$ vertices have?
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Fraction of graphs with bound on number of perfect matchings
Asymptotically what is the fraction of balanced bipartite graph on $2n$ vertices with at most $cn^{\beta}$ edges having at most $n^\alpha$ perfect matchings for any fixed $c,\alpha>0$ and fixed $\...
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The cost function in the Weighted Bipartite Matching Problem (a.k.a the Assignment Problem)
In the definition of this problem, the weight/cost function generally takes value in $\mathbb{Z}$ (or sometimes $\mathbb{Q}$).
This is what I observed from some books (e.g. "Combinatorial ...
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Probability bound for perfect matching
Let $p<1$ be a constant. Consider two sets $A,B$, each with $n$ vertices. For each pair $(a,b)\in A\times B$, the edge between $a$ and $b$ appears with probability $p$, independently of the ...
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Does every 3-regular bridgeless graph have a perfect matching? [closed]
Let $G$ be a simple $3$-regular (every vertex has degree $3$) $2$-edge connected graph. Does $G$ contain a perfect matching?
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"Hypo" and "Hyper" for Perfect Matching
There is a fairly rich classification on graphs with respect to the existence of Hamiltonian cycles either in unmodified graphs or after certain small modifications.
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Test Instances for Perfect Matchings in Graphs
Are there any graphs with a known set of perfect matchings and other predefined properties, such as vertex connectivity, which can be used for testing the implementation of matching algorithms?
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Algorithm to count the number of perfect matchings in non planar graph
I need to count the number of perfect matchings of a certain family of graphs. This family of graph is non planar and a type of snark. For the initial cases, it seems that this number is growing ...
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Matching with probabilistic edges
Let $p<1$ be a constant. Consider two sets $A,B$, each with $n$ vertices. For each pair $(a,b)\in A\times B$, the edge between $a$ and $b$ appears with probability $p$, independently of the ...
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About structure of the set of perfect matchings of $K_{n,n}$
Are there any special properties known about the set of perfect matchings of $K_{n,n}$? Like any global structure of this set? Some natural way to partition it? Like is there some algebraic structure ...
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Mixing time for dimers on the square-octagon graph
Consider the "fortress graph" of order $n$ (see Figure 9 of http://faculty.uml.edu/jpropp/tiling/www/mdblum/arctic.html). It's been known empirically for twenty years that if one turns the set of ...
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Counting perfect matchings with integrals
Has anyone used the Joni-Rota-Godsil integral formula (see details below) to count perfect matchings of square-grid graphs, Aztec diamond graphs, hexagon-honeycomb graphs, etc.? (Or even just to ...
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Kasteleyn, Gessel-Viennot and eigenvalues
The Kasteleyn matrix (for counting perfect matchings) and the Lindström-Gessel-Viennot matrix (for counting families of nonintersecting lattice paths) are tightly related, as observed many times by ...
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Complexity of finding three perfect matchings with no edge in common in a bridgeless cubic graph
According to a conjecture:
Conjecture (Fan & Raspaud, 1994) Every bridgeless cubic graph contains three perfect matchings with no edge in common.
Equivalent statement here
Main question:
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Converse of Petersen's 2-Factorization Theorem
Definition: A $k$-factor of a graph is a spanning $k$-regular
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Definition: A $k$-factorization of a graph is a partition of the edge
set into $k$-factors.
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Perfect Matching for Edge-transitive Hypergraphs
I'm new to this subject, but I've noticed that a lot of work has been done on perfect matching in k-uniform hypergraphs. I'm curious to know if there are any results on perfect matching in the more ...
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Counting matchings in a bipartite matching-covered graph
A graph is called matching-covered if every edge is containd in a perfect matching. (Such graphs are also sometimes called "elementary", e.g. in Chapter 4 of "Matching Theory" by Lovasz & Plummer)....
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Planar eucliean bipartite matching with squared distances
This is probably a really stupid question, but suppose I have two sets of points in the plane $X$ and $Y$ each with cardinality $|X| = |Y| = n$. For any bipartite matching $M$ between $X$ and $Y$, ...
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Perfect matching in a vertex-transitive hypergraph
In connection with this MO problem, I wonder whether the hypergraph in
question was actually vertex-transitive. And so, as a natural variation (and,
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If the vertex set of a ...
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Algorithm to find all (up to isomorphism) perfect matchings of quartic plane graphs
I need to find all (up to isomorphism) perfect matchings of some quartic plane graphs. I haven't found any specific algorithm to give me all the perfect matchings. Does anybody know about such an ...
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A k-1 edge connected k regular graph is matching covered
As the title says, let $k \geq 2$ be a positive integer and let $G$ be a $(k-1)$-edge-connected $k$-regular graph with an even number of vertices. Then, for every edge $e$ of the graph there is a ...
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Condition on a bipartite graph to have an $m$-factor
This might be the most stupid question I am ever posting here: I am asking for a proof or a counterexample to a problem I proposed on MathLinks long ago.
Let $G$ be a bipartite graph, i. e., a graph ...
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