Heavy cycles and spanning trees with few leaves in weighted graphs

Binlong Li, Shenggui Zhang

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Abstract

Let G be a 2-connected weighted graph and k≥2 an integer. In this note we prove that if the sum of the weighted degrees of every k+1 pairwise nonadjacent vertices is at least m, then G contains either a cycle of weight at least 2m/(k+1) or a spanning tree with no more than k leaves.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)908-910
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Mathematics Letters
Volume24
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Heavy cycles
  • Spanning trees
  • Weighted graphs

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