MATCHINGS IN LINE GRAPHS

  • Nam, Yun-Sun (Mathematics Department, Ehwa Womans University)
  • Published : 2000.02.01

Abstract

In this paper, we obtain an algorithm for finding a maximum matching in the line graph L(G) of a graph G. The complexity of our algorithm is O($$\mid$E$\mid$$), where is the edge set of G($$\mid$E$\mid$$ is equal to the number of vertices in L(G)).

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References

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