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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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Reference Request: "Resolutions" of $K_n$ for $n$ odd

I might be missing something, but it looks like you want a partition of the edges of $K_n$, odd $n$, into a set of subgraphs which are regular of degree 2. That's called a 2-factorization. It can be …
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Algorithm to find all (up to isomorphism) perfect matchings of quartic plane graphs

I'll just address the "up to isomorphism" requirement, assuming you have an algorithm for making all the perfect matchings. I'm assuming you are only consider embedding-preserving automorphisms. A con …
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Unique matching completion

Take a circular ladder of odd length. Also known as the cartesian product of $C_n$ ($n$ odd) and $K_2$. For every perfect matching there are many ways to change it into a different perfect matching by …
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Can local flip moves connect dimer matchings on 'quadrangulated' planar bipartite graphs? (p...

Counterexample for general planar bipartite graphs I'll take "the planar bipartite graph is generated by 2-cells which are 4-cycles" to mean that every edge lies on at least one 4-face. Consider a c …
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Calculating variance-minimal perfect matchings

If the edge weights are scaled by a sufficiently high factor, a minimum weight matching will have the least greatest weight. By also removing the edges with weight less than $w$, a minimum weight matc …
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Existence of certain regular graphs

All simple non-empty regular graphs of even degree have a two factor, see here . So you are just asking when they have a 1-factor. In addition to having an even number of vertices, the conditions are …
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Counting matchings in a bipartite matching-covered graph

Yes, it is still just as hard. Given an arbitrary bipartite graph, in polynomial time you can remove every edge that is not in a perfect matching (test one edge at a time), thus reducing the problem …
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How to characterize "matching-transitive" regular graphs?

One infinite family is the lexicographic product (composition) $C_s[\bar K_t]$, where $s$ is odd and $t$ is even. Basically you take the cycle $C_s$ and expand each vertex into a cluster of $t$ indepe …
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