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We conjecture that any graph $G$ with treewidth~$k$ and maximum degree $Δ(G)\geq k + \sqrt{k}$ satisfies $χ'(G)=Δ(G)$. In support of the conjecture we prove its fractional version. We also show that any graph $G$ with treewidth~$k\geq 4$ and maximum degree $2k-1$ satisfies $χ'(G)=Δ(G)$, improving an old result of Vizing.
Hajós conjecture asserts that a simple Eulerian graph on n vertices can be decomposed into at most (n - 1)/2 cycles. The conjecture is only proved for graph classes in which every element contains vertices of degree 2 or 4. We develop new techniques to construct cycle decompositions. They work on the common neighbourhood of two degree-6 vertices. With these techniques we find structures that cannot occur in a minimal counterexample to Hajós conjecture and verify the conjecture for Eulerian graphs of pathwidth at most 6. This implies that these graphs satisfy the small cycle double cover conjecture.
Bidirected graphs generalize directed and undirected graphs in that edges are oriented locally at every node. The natural notion of the degree of a node that takes into account (local) orientations is that of net-degree. In this paper, we extend the following four topics from (un)directed graphs to bidirected graphs: - Erdős-Gallai-type results: characterization of net-degree sequences, - Havel-Hakimi-type results: complete sets of degree-preserving operations, - Extremal degree sequences: characterization of uniquely realizable sequences, and - Enumerative aspects: counting formulas for net-degree sequences. To underline the similarities and differences to their (un)directed counterparts, we briefly survey the undirected setting and we give a thorough account for digraphs with an emphasis on the discrete geometry of degree sequences. In particular, we determine the tight and uniquely realizable degree sequences for directed graphs.
We show that every quadrangulation of the sphere can be transformed into a $4$-cycle by deletions of degree-$2$ vertices and by $t$-contractions at degree-$3$ vertices. A $t$-contraction simultaneously contracts all incident edges at a vertex with stable neighbourhood. The operation is mainly used in the field of $t$-perfect graphs. We further show that a non-bipartite quadrangulation of the projective plane can be transformed into an odd wheel by $t$-contractions and deletions of degree-$2$ vertices. We deduce that a quadrangulation of the projective plane is (strongly) $t$-perfect if and only if the graph is bipartite.
We prove that a triangulation of the projective plane is (strongly) $t$-perfect if and only if it is perfect and contains no $K_4$.
We prove that the number of $1$-factorisations of a generalised Petersen graph of the type $GP(3k,k)$ is equal to the $k$th Jacobsthal number $J(k)$ if $k$ is odd, and equal to $4J(k)$, when $k$ is even. Moreover, we verify the list colouring conjecture for $GP(3k,k)$.