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Circular flow numbers of $r$-graphs ★★

Author(s): Steffen

A nowhere-zero $ r $-flow $ (D(G),\phi) $ on $ G $ is an orientation $ D $ of $ G $ together with a function $ \phi $ from the edge set of $ G $ into the real numbers such that $ 1 \leq |\phi(e)| \leq r-1 $, for all $ e \in E(G) $, and $ \sum_{e \in E^+(v)}\phi(e) = \sum_{e \in E^-(v)}\phi(e), \textrm{ for all } v \in V(G) $.

A $ (2t+1) $-regular graph $ G $ is a $ (2t+1) $-graph if $ |\partial_G(X)| \geq 2t+1 $ for every $ X \subseteq V(G) $ with $ |X| $ odd.

Conjecture   Let $ t > 1 $ be an integer. If $ G $ is a $ (2t+1) $-graph, then $ F_c(G) \leq 2 + \frac{2}{t} $.

Keywords: flow conjectures; nowhere-zero flows

Posted by Eckhard Steffen
updated August 6th, 2015
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