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22nd Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing
May 21-23, 2009
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY, USA

Organizers
Bela Csaba, Chair; Mustafa Atici; Robert Crawford; Claus Ernst; Dominic Lanphier; Attila Por

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Claw-Free Graphs and 2-Factors that Separate Independent Vertices
by
Colton Magnant
Lehigh University
Coauthors: Ralph J. Faudree, Univ. of Memphis, Kenta Ozeki, Keio University, and Kiyoshi Yoshimto, Nihon University

An independent set S of vertices in a graph G is said to be separated by a 2-factor F of G if each vertex of S is in a different cycle of F. If the number of cycles in F is equal to the number of vertices in S, then the set S is said to be precisely separated by F. We will discuss minimum degree conditions implying that claw-free or line graphs have a 2-factor that separates or precisely separates independent sets of vertices.

Date received: March 22, 2009


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