On $α$-Critical Edges in König-Egerváry Graphs

Details On $α$-Critical Edges in König-Egerváry Graphs On $α$-Critical Edges in König-Egerváry Graphs

2000-02-10

arxiv.org/abs/math/0002070v1

Mathematics

Combinatorics

15 pages, 10 figures

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The stability number of a graph G, denoted by alpha(G), is the cardinality of a stable set of maximum size in G. If alpha(G-e) > alpha(G), then e is an alpha-critical edge, and if mu(G-e) < mu(G), then e is a mu-critical edge, where mu(G) is the cardinality of a maximum matching in G. G is a Koenig-Egervary graph if alpha(G) + mu(G) equals its order. Beineke, Harary and Plummer have shown that the set of alpha-critical edges of a bipartite graph is a matching. In this paper we generalize this statement to Koenig-Egervary graphs. We also prove that in a Koenig-Egervary graph alpha-critical edges are also mu-critical, and that they coincide in bipartite graphs. We obtain that for any tree its stability number equals the sum of the cardinality of the set of its alpha-critical vertices and the size of the set of its alpha-critical edges. Eventually, we characterize the Koenig-Egervary graphs enjoying this property.

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