Degree conditions of nearly induced matching extendable graphs

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  • Longshu Wu China Jiliang University
  • Qin Wang China Jiliang University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/cdm.v16i3.69926

Abstract

A graph $G$ is induced matching extendable (shortly, IM-extendable) if every induced matching of $G$ is included in a perfect matching of $G$. The IM-extendable graph was first introduced by Yuan. A graph $G$ is nearly IM-extendable if $G \vee K_1$ is IM-extendable. We show in this paper that: (1) Let $G$ be a graph with $2n-1$ vertices, where $n \geq 2$. If for each pair of nonadjacent vertices $u$ and $v$ in $G$, $d(u)+d(v) \geq 2 \lceil {{4n}/{3}}\rceil-3$, then $G$ is nearly IM-extendable. (2) Let $G$ be a claw-free graph with $2n-1$ vertices, where $n \geq 2$. If for each pair of nonadjacent vertices $u$ and $v$ in $G$, $d(u)+d(v) \geq 2n-1$, then $G$ is nearly IM-extendable. Minimum degree conditions of nearly IM-extendable graphs and nearly IM-extendable claw-free graphs are also obtained in this paper. It is also shown that all these results are best possible.

Author Biography

Longshu Wu, China Jiliang University

College of Sciences

Associate Professor

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2021-12-31

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