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Packing Digraphs with Directed Closed Trails

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2003

PAUL BALISTER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-3240, USAbalistep@msci.memphis.edu
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Abstract

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It has been shown [2] that if n is odd and m1,…,mt are integers with mi[ges ]3 and [sum ]i=1tmi=|E(Kn)| then Kn can be decomposed as an edge-disjoint union of closed trails of lengths m1,…,mt. This result was later generalized [3] to all sufficiently dense Eulerian graphs G in place of Kn. In this article we consider the corresponding questions for directed graphs. We show that the complete directed graph <?TeX \displaystyle{\mathop{K}^{\raise-2pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle\leftrightarrow$}}}_{n}?> can be decomposed as an edge-disjoint union of directed closed trails of lengths m1,…,mt whenever mi[ges ]2 and <?TeX \sum_{i=1}^t m_{i}=\vert E({\leftrightarrow}_{n})\vert ?>, except for the single case when n=6 and all mi=3. We also show that sufficiently dense Eulerian digraphs can be decomposed in a similar manner, and we prove corresponding results for (undirected) complete multigraphs.

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2003 Cambridge University Press