
arXiv: 1808.10443
The \emph{matching preclusion number} of a graph $G$, denoted by $\mpo(G)$, is the minimum number of edges whose deletion results in a graph that has neither perfect matchings nor almost-perfect matchings. In this paper, we first give some sharp upper and lower bounds of matching preclusion number. Next, graphs with large and small matching preclusion number are characterized, respectively. In the end, we investigate some extremal problems and the Nordhaus-Gaddum-type relations on matching preclusion number.
23 pages
Network design and communication in computer systems, perfect matching, matching preclusion number, Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.), Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), extremal problem, Nordhaus-Gaddum problem, interconnection networks
Network design and communication in computer systems, perfect matching, matching preclusion number, Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.), Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), extremal problem, Nordhaus-Gaddum problem, interconnection networks
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